Agenda and minutes

The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to:

·         write to the Minister for Education and Skills seeking his views on the petition; and

·         check whether any previous petitions had raised similar issues to review the actions taken. 

The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to write to the Minister for Health and Social Services as a matter of urgency seeking his views on the petition.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to report on the petition to the Assembly with a view to holding a  Plenary debate on the matter.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to ask the Minister if he will agree to meet the lead petitioner as requested.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to:

• write to the Environment and Sustainability Committee to ask whether they could consider looking at the issues as part of their forward work programme and depending on their response;

·         consider undertaking a piece of work on the petition as part of the Petitions Committee’s forward work programme; and

• write to the Minister for Housing and Regeneration and Natural Resources Wales giving them the opportunity to respond to the issues raised by the petitioners.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to;

·         close the petition as it was felt that there was little more that could be done to progress the petition in either specific or general terms; but in doing so

·         forward details of the petition to both Darren Millar AM and the Chair of the Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee in light of their consideration of the Holiday Caravans (Wales) Bill. 

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to:

·         await the response from Welsh Women’s Aid; and

·         Inform the petitioner of arrangements for Stage 1 Scrutiny of the Gender Based Violence (Wales) Bill and invite him to contribute to that process.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to seek the Minister and Petitioner’s views in the light of the information provided by the Welsh Ornithological Society.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to pursue a response from Hitachi on their work in developing clean coal technology.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to:

·         consider petitions P-04-408 and P-04-505 separately in future; and

·         draw the petitioner’s attention to the Children, Young People and Education Committee’s Inquiry into Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services; and

·         forward details of the petition to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to:

·         consider petitions P-04-408 and P-04-505 separately in future; and

·         write to the petitioner asking for information on her recent campaign.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to continue to maintain a watching brief.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to:

·         ask the Minister what steps he has taken specifically to consult HIV patients on the guidelines; and

·         seek views from HIV patient groups on the issue.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to:

·         share the Research paper with the petitioners; and

·         consider whether any further action is needed in the light of their response.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to:

·         share the Research paper with the petitioner; and

·         write to Professor Graham Donaldson sharing the Research paper and asking whether he would be prepared to meet the petitioner to hold a more detailed discussion on the subject of the petition.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to ask the petitioner again if he has any comments in light of the  responses received so far.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to ask the petitioner whether he is satisfied with the Deputy Minister’s response.

The Committee considered a Research paper on petitions P-04-475, 513 and 515 and agreed to write to the Minister for Economy, Science and Transport, asking her to respond to a number of questions, which will aid the work being undertaken by the Committee.

See action point under agenda item 3.16.

See action point under agenda item 3.16.