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Private meetings – Wales Covid-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee

This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

Note: Meeting Agenda can change at short notice. Particularly where future meeting dates are indicated more than a week in advance. Please check before planning to attend a Committee Meeting that the item you are interested in has not been moved.

 

 

Meeting: 31/03/2025 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 2.)

Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting

Meeting: 17/02/2025 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 2)

Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting and the following committee meeting on 10 March 2025

Minutes:

The motion was agreed.

Meeting: 03/02/2025 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 3)

3 Preparations for undertaking public-inquiry style questioning ahead of taking oral evidence in public sessions

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Sir Paul Silk facilitated a session with Members to discuss their strategic direction, set a common purpose and prioritise their work.

Meeting: 20/01/2025 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 2)

Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting and the following committee meetings on 27 January and 03 February 2025

Minutes:

The motion was agreed.

Meeting: 18/11/2024 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 2)

Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting

Minutes:

The Co-Chair explained that Professor Rowena Hill and Richard Pickford from Nottingham Trent University had been commissioned to produce a gap analysis of the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry’s Module 1 report. Dr Simon Williams, has also been appointed as a long-term expert adviser to the Committee. The academics were attending today’s meeting to provide an update on civil contingencies as well as an opportunity for Members to ask questions and shape the direction of their work in preparing the gap analysis which will assist the Committee in its evidence gathering to identify potential gaps that require further consideration.

 

As this session related to internal committee business the Co-Chair proposed that the item was held in private session.

 

The motion was agreed.

Meeting: 14/10/2024 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 3)

Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and the start of the next meeting on 4 November 2024

Minutes:

The motion was agreed.

Meeting: 14/05/2024 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 2)

Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting and the following committee meetings on 18 June and 16 July 2024

Minutes:

The motion was agreed.

Meeting: 06/02/2024 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 3)

Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting and the following committee meetings on 20 February and 19 March 2024

Minutes:

The motion was agreed.

Meeting: 30/01/2024 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 3)

Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

Minutes:

3.1 The motion was agreed.

Meeting: 17/10/2023 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 3)

3 Discussion and Next Steps

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered a briefing outlining options around expert advisors and academics to support the work of the Committee.

 

Members discussed options of next steps it could take prior to the UK Covid Inquiry publishing its report on its Module 1 in early summer 2024.

 

The Committee agreed to next meet in early 2024 with academics and experts to take advise on relevant issues arising from the UK Covid Inquiry modules.

 

The Committee will also receive a briefing on the civil contingencies framework in Wales to assist our understanding of this area. These meetings will be conducted in public. Members also agreed to publish a statement of intent in the interim, in order to outline the Committee’s planned work.

Meeting: 17/10/2023 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 2)

2 Communications Handling Plan

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The Members received a briefing from representatives of the Senedd Commission News and Communications team.

Meeting: 26/09/2023 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 4)

Discussion and Next Steps

Minutes:

The Members discussed options of next steps it could take, agreeing to continue to monitor the work of the UK Covid Public Inquiry in the interim and seek to engage with expert advisors to support the Committee in its work. The Committee also discussed its approach to wider engagement for the duration of its work and will communicate these plans publicly once an approach has been agreed and finalised.

Meeting: 26/09/2023 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 3)

3 Research Briefing

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The Members received a research briefing from a representative of the Senedd Commissions Research Service.

Meeting: 26/09/2023 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 2)

2 Legal Briefing

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

The Members received a legal briefing from representatives of the Senedd Commissions Legal Service.

Meeting: 19/09/2023 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 2)

Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting and the following committee meetings: 26 September, 17 October, 7 November and 14 November

Minutes:

The motion was agreed.

Meeting: 11/07/2023 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 2)

Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:

The remainder of the meeting.

Minutes:

2.1 The motion was agreed.

 

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