Agenda and minutes
Venue: Committee Room 1 - Senedd
Contact: Graeme Francis
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Transcript: Transcript for 01/05/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
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Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Suzy Davies attended the meeting in place of Janet Finch-Saunders from
item 3.2. |
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New petitions |
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P-05-805 Fair Deal For Supply Teachers Supporting documents:
Minutes: Neil
McEvoy declared the following relevant interest under Standing Order 17.24A: He
has previously worked as a supply teacher. The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and, in light of the range
of issues and concerns raised by the petition, agreed to ask the petitioners
whether there are any specific solutions to the issues raised that they would
like the Committee to explore in taking consideration of the petition forward. |
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P-05-808 Welsh should not be compulsory for Children with Dyslexia and Special Needs Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to: ·
request
information about the level of support available in the teaching of Welsh to
pupils with dyslexia and what happens in extreme cases where it is identified
that a pupil is struggling to learn a second language; and ·
await
the views of the petitioner on the response from the Minister for Welsh
Language and Lifelong Learning before deciding whether to take any further
action on the petition. |
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P-05-809 Proposed New Fishing Bylaws and Failings of NRW Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered this petition for the first time and agreed to: ·
consider
this petition in future alongside P-05-810 Give Welsh Fishing Clubs and Salmon
and Seatrout a Chance; ·
write
to the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs to provide the
detailed comments from the petitioner for P-05-810 and to ask for an update on
her consideration of NRW’s application for the determination of bylaws. |
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P-05-810 Give Welsh Fishing Clubs and Salmon and Seatrout a Chance Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered this petition for the first time and agreed to:
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P-05-811 Stop Using Worker Certification On Welsh Government Projects Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to write to the
Cabinet Secretary for Finance to: ·
seek
a response to the detailed comments provided by the petitioner and the
alternative approach proposed; and ·
ask
whether Welsh Government has made any assessment of the impact of certification
schemes such as CSCS on insurance costs for individuals or companies. |
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Updates to previous petitions |
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P-05-780 Reopen Carno Station Supporting documents:
Minutes:
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P-04-481 Close the Gap for deaf pupils in Wales Supporting documents:
Minutes:
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P-05-757 Remove the Obligation on Schools to Hold Acts of Religious Worship Supporting documents:
Minutes: The Committee considered
this petition together with P-05-765 Keeping Current Guidelines for Religious
Assemblies and agreed to: ·
write
back to the Cabinet Secretary to press for further clarity on the timescale for
providing a substantive response; and ·
consider
taking further evidence once that response has been received. |
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P-05-765 Keeping Current Guidelines for Religious Assemblies Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered this petition together with P-05-757 Remove the Obligation
on Schools to Hold Acts of Religious Worship and
agreed to:
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consider
taking further evidence once that response has been received. |
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P-05-783 Ensuring Equality of Curriculum for Welsh Medium Schools e.g. GCSE Psychology Supporting documents: Minutes: The
Committee indicated that they would be interested in considering the issues
raised by this petition further and agreed to give the petitioner an
opportunity to provide his comments in response to the correspondence received,
but close the petition at the next meeting if this is not forthcoming. |
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P-05-802 Protecting Class Sizes in Design and Technology Classrooms and Workshops Supporting documents:
Minutes: The Committee considered
correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary together with further comments from
the petitioner and agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Education to
ask: ·
if her commitment to remind
Headteachers, and others, of their duties in this area will take the form of an
advice note as requested by the petitioner; and ·
for her to provide a copy of this
to the Committee once it has been produced. |
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P-05-781 Port Talbot Community Against the Super Prison Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee agreed to await the petitioners’ response to the Welsh Government’s
Written Statement on Justice Policy in Wales, issued on 6 April, before
considering further action on the petition. |
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P-05-800 Urgent Appeal for a Welsh Veterans Commissioner Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Local
Government and Public Services and agreed to await the views of the petitioner on
that, and on the Cabinet Secretary’s Written Statement of 23 April, before
considering whether it can take any further action on the petition. |
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P-05-784 Prescription drug dependence and withdrawal - recognition and support Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered the evidence received to date and agreed to: ·
write
to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services to ask when the
Substance Misuse Treatment Framework is expected to be published; and ·
prepare
a draft letter to the Cabinet Secretary, outlining the evidence received
together with any recommendations which the Committee might wish to make. |
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P-05-793 Hi speed broadband to Llangenny village Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered an update from the petitioners and agreed to write back to
the Leader of the House and Chief Whip and BT Openreach, to ask them to
expedite the installation of high speed broadband to the village given previous
assurances that it had been done. |
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P-05-798 Male domestic violence victim support services to be independently run & funded Supporting documents:
Minutes:
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P-05-804 We need Welsh Government funding for play!! Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered correspondence from the Minister for Children and Social
Care and from the Chair of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, and
agreed to await the views of the petitioners on the answers provided by the
Minister before considering further action on the petition. |
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P-04-479 Tywyn Memorial Hospital X-ray & Minor Injuries Unit Petition Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee noted both papers. |
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Evidence session - P-05-751 Recognition of Parental Alienation Huw
Irranca-Davies AM, Minister for Children and Social Care Albert
Heaney, Director of Social Services and Integration, Welsh Government Nigel
Brown, Chief Executive, CAFCASS Cymru Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee heard evidence from the Minister for Children and Social Care, Albert
Heaney and Nigel Brown. |
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business: The
remainder of today’s business. Minutes: The
motion was agreed. |
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Discussion of Previous Evidence Session Minutes: The
Committee considered the evidence heard and agreed to: ·
write
to the Minister for Children and Social Care to ask for more detail of the
future intentions of the Welsh Government and Cafcass Cymru to revise policies
and pathways in relation to parental alienation, including training for staff;
and ·
seek
the views of the petitioners on the recent evidence received by the Committee. |
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Consideration of draft report - P-05-785 Suspend Marine Licence 12/45/ML to dump radioactive marine sediments from the Hinkley Point nuclear site into Wales coastal waters off Cardiff Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee agreed the Report with some minor changes. |