Concise Minutes - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee

Meeting Venue: This meeting can be viewed

Committee Room 1 - on Senedd TV at: http://senedd.tv/en/3816 Meeting date: Monday, 21 November 2016

Meeting time: 14.31 - 15.49

Attendance

Category Names

Huw Irranca-Davies AM (Chair)

Nathan Gill AM Assembly Members: Dai Lloyd AM

David Melding AM

Rebecca Evans AM, Minister for Social Services and Public Health Witnesses: Nia Roberts, Welsh Government

Chris Tudor-Smith, Welsh Government

P Gareth Williams (Clerk)

Naomi Stocks (Second Clerk)

Sian Giddins (Deputy Clerk) Committee Staff: Alys Thomas (Researcher)

Gareth Howells (Legal Adviser)

Gareth Pembridge (Legal Adviser) 1 Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 Apologies were received from Dafydd Elis-Thomas. There was no substitute.

2 Public Health () Bill: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Services and Public Health

2.1 The Committee took evidence from the Minister for Social Services and Public Health

3 Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3

3.0a The Committee considered the instruments and agreed to report to the Assembly.

3.1 SL(5)025 - The National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services and Optical

Charges and Payments) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2016

3.2 SL(5)026 - The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (Wales) Order 2016

3.3 SL(5)027 - The Home Loss Payments (Prescribed Amounts) (Wales) Regulations

2016

3.4 SL(5)028 - The Plant Health (Export Certification) (Wales) (Amendment) Order

2016

3.5 SL(5)029 - The Education Workforce Council (Registration of Youth Workers,

Youth Support Workers and Work Based Learning Practitioners) Order 2016

4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:

4.1 The motion was agreed.

5 Public Health (Wales) Bill: Consideration of Evidence

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received. 6 Inter-Government and Inter-Parliamentary working: Inquiry plan

6.1 The Committee considered and agreed its inquiry name, objectives and terms of reference.