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Transcript: Transcript for 29/01/2019 - 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. There were no apologies. |
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New petitions |
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P-05-855 Small Business Rates Relief Review Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to await a
response from the petitioners to the correspondence received from the Welsh Government
before considering whether to take further actions on the petition. |
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P-05-856 Ban the sale of puppies by pet shops and all commercial 3rd party dealers in Wales (Lucy’s Law) Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to:
·
await
the outcome of the consultation before considering what further action may be
required on the petition, including a Plenary debate. |
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P-05-857 Create a national task force for children’s mental health Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to:
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write
to the Children, Young People and Education Committee to make them aware of the
petition in the context of their ongoing work on this subject following the
Mind over Matter report, and to ask for any reflections that the Committee has
in relation to the role and scope of the Ministerial Task and Finish Group; and ·
request
a Research Brief on the existing requirements in relation to mental health
plans for children and its effectiveness. |
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P-05-860 Make curriculum for life lessons compulsory Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to: ·
write
a combined letter in relation to this petition and P-05-861 to the Minister for
Education to query whether it is possible to begin to implement improvements to
the teaching of life skills to pupils in schools ahead of the full
implementation of the new curriculum by 2022, and how, in the context of
providing flexibility to professionals, the Government intends to ensure that pupils
receive sufficient grounding in life skills during their education; and ·
await
a response from the petitioners to the correspondence received from the Welsh
Government before considering whether to take further actions on the petition. |
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P-05-861 Make political education a compulsory element of the new national curriculum Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to: ·
write
a combined letter in relation to this petition and P-05-860 to the Minister for
Education to request that the Minister consider swifter action to ensure that
improvements to the political education provided with schools are implemented
prior to the proposed extension of voting rights to 16 and 17 year olds for the
2021 Assembly elections. |
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Updates to previous petitions |
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P-05-778 Protect the Razor Clams on Llanfairfechan Beach Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy
and Rural Affairs and agreed to keep a watching brief on this issue to allow
the stock assessment work to be completed, before considering any further
action. |
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P-05-815 Control Rapidly Expanding Intensive Poultry Industry in Wales Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered correspondence from Minister for Environment, Energy and
Rural Affairs together with further comments from the petitioner and agreed to:
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P-05-837 Green Energy for the Wellbeing of Future Generations in Wales Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy
and Rural Affairs together with further comments from the petitioner and agreed
to: ·
write
to the UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to ask that
consideration be given to reallocating funding that would have gone to Wylfa
Newydd to support the further development of renewable energy production in
Wales. |
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P-05-839 Adopt WHO Guidelines and Introduce a Clean Air Act for Wales Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy
and Rural Affairs together with further comments from the petitioner and agreed
to:
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P-05-783 Ensuring Equality of Curriculum for Welsh Medium Schools e.g. GCSE Psychology Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered correspondence from the Minister for Education and the
Welsh Language Commission and agreed to write to Qualifications Wales and the
Minister for Education to share the analysis and information provided by the
Welsh Language Commission, and to seek their responses to the specific
solutions proposed. |
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P-05-793 Hi speed broadband to Llangenny village Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered correspondence from the then Leader of the House and
agreed write to the Deputy
Minister for Economy and Transport, following his statement of 18 January, to
ask him to provide the Committee with an update about coverage for premises in
Llangenny when he is in a position to do so and, if the village will be covered
by the programme, to provide an indicative timeline for its connection to high
speed broadband. |
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P-05-824 Newtown Brimmon Oak Bypass Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered correspondence and agreed to close the petition in light
of the definitive rejections of the proposal by the Welsh Government and Powys
County Council. |
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P-05-797 Ensure access to the cystic fibrosis medicine, Orkambi, as a matter of urgency Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered correspondence from Vertex and the Cystic Fibrosis Trust,
and agreed to write to the Minister for Health and Social Services to ask him
to consider whether there is an appropriate method for providing interim access
to patients who would benefit from Orkambi, in light of the resumption of
discussions with the company over the long-term availability of the medicine on
the NHS. |
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P-05-842 Give young people a voice when commissioning local services in Wales Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered correspondence from the Children’s Commissioner for Wales
and the petitioners, and agreed to:
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P-05-806 We call for all premises in Wales to be awarded an Access Certificate number similar to the Food Hygiene Certificate. Supporting documents:
Minutes: The Committee considered correspondence from the
then Leader of the House and the Equality and Human Rights Commission and
agreed to write to the Welsh Government to welcome the consideration of actions
referred to by the previous Minister, especially the implementation of a pilot
scheme, and request an update on the timescales for further consideration or
work in this area, now that the consultation on the revised Framework for
Action on Independent Living has finished. |
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P-05-843 More Third party rights in planning appeals Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered correspondence from the Minister for Housing and Local
Government, the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales and the petitioner
and agreed to accept
the petitioner’s offer to provide a further report on the reason why the law in
this area needs to change, before considering what further action it could
take. |