Agenda and minutes

The Chair welcomed Committee Members and members of the public.

There were no apologies.

The Committee agreed to await a response from the Minister and to defer consideration of the issue until the call for evidence has closed.

The Committee agreed to ask the relevant constituency and regional Members to consider raising the issue in Plenary.

The Clerk to provide Committee with details of the Minister’s response to the point recently raised by Eluned Parrott on this issue in Plenary.

Mike Clark - Board Member, Hijinx Theatre

Val Hill - Administrative Director, Hijinx Theatre

Gaynor Lougher – Artistic Director, Hijinx Theatre

Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM

The petitioners gave a presentation on the issue with support from Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM, and answered questions from the Committee.

Graham Warlow – Lead Petitioner

Steve Matthews – PCS Union

 The petitioners gave a presentation on the issue, and answered questions from the Committee.

The Committee agreed to:

write to the Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee to request that a task and finish group be established to review the implementation of the Report on Accessibility of Arts and Cultural Activities in Wales recommendations accepted by the Minister;

write to the Minister for Finance and Leader of the House, as the Minister responsible for equality of opportunity, seeking her view on the issues raised by the petition;

write to the Minister for Housing, Regeneration and Heritage to enquire how he will decide on the priorities set out in future remit letters to the Arts Council of Wales and whether Members could have an input into that.

The Committee agreed to:

write to tourism bodies and operators in the Gower and Snowdonia and to the four Regional Tourism Partnerships on this issue;

write to the Minister to ask whether the Government would be willing to undertake a risk assessment of the safety of tourists in coastal areas in the context of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency proposals for the future of coastguard stations in Wales;

produce an interim report on the subject, using the evidence collated as part of the Committee’s consideration of the issue;

write to the UK Government to enquire how the proposals relating to Wales were arrived at and expressing concern about the potential impact on the safety of tourists in Wales;

write to Pembrokeshire Tourism Association , and the north, mid, south west and south east tourism organisations , and the National Parks of Wales to seek their view on the issues raised by the petition.

The Committee agreed to close the petition.

The Committee agreed to write to the Auditor General for Wales asking for the issue to be included in his forward work programme for future consideration.

The Committee agreed to write to the Auditor General for Wales asking for the issue to be included in his forward work programme for future consideration.

The Committee agreed to write to the Auditor General for Wales asking for the issue to be included in his forward work programme for future consideration.

The Committee agreed to invite the Minister for Local Government and Communities to give evidence to the Committee in relation to these petitions.

The Committee agreed to invite the Minister for Local Government and Communities to give evidence to the Committee in relation to these petitions.

The Committee agreed to close the petition but to ask the Minister for Local Government and Communities to keep the situation under review.

The Committee agreed to:

Forward the petition and relating correspondence to the consultation on the Schools and Standards (Wales) Bill;

Close the petition, but notify the petitioner that should the consultation not address her concerns, the Committee would be happy to consider a reworded petition.

Forward the petition and relating correspondence to the consultation on the Schools and Standards (Wales) Bill;

Close the petition, but notify the petitioner that should the consultation not address her concerns, the Committee would be happy to consider a reworded petition.

The Committee agreed to close the petition.

The Committee agreed to write to the petitioner explaining that the Health and Social Services Committee and the Enterprise and Business Committee will consider this issue, and then close the petition.

The Committee agreed to write to the Chief Executive of Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust on this issue, and to the Minister for Health and Social Services, encouraging her to make representations to the Secretary of State for Health in England in relation to the issue.

These papers were noted by the committee.

These papers were noted by the committee.

View the meeting transcript.