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P-06-1404 Increase clarity and rights for people on direct payments or WILG to live independently

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Meeting: 16/09/2024 - Petitions Committee (Item 4)

4 P-06-1404 Increase clarity and rights for people on direct payments or WILG to live independently

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The Committee considered the petition agreed to:

 

  • write back to the Minister for Children and Social Care to highlight the petitioner’s response and ask whether Welsh Government has any plans for a Commissioner for Disabled People; and
  • forward the latest correspondence to the Health and Social Care Committee for consideration as part of its scrutiny of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill.

 

In writing back to the Welsh Government and the Health and Social Care Committee Members noted that the issues raised by the petitioner are very important, and the Welsh Government appears to be taking many of the issues raised in the petition  forward via legislation and work with the Disability Rights Taskforce. In light of this Members agreed to close the petition at this stage and thank the petitioner.

Meeting: 24/06/2024 - Petitions Committee (Item 3)

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The Committee considered the petition and agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care for further clarity on the guidance being developed on the control and spending of direct payments and the role of third party intermediates or advocate within this system.

Meeting: 15/05/2024 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 3)

3 Letter to the Chair from the Chair of the Petitions Committee regarding Petition P-06-1404 Increase clarity and rights for people on direct payments or WILG to live independently

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3.1 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 18/03/2024 - Petitions Committee (Item 3)

3 P-06-1404 Increase clarity and rights for people on direct payments or WILG to live independently

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The Committee considered the petition and noted that legislation on social care is expected to be introduced after Easter. In light of this Members agreed to write to the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee raising awareness of the issues outlined in petition and the role the bill could play in addressing them.

 

 

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