Health and Social Care Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Wednesday, 7 November 2012

 

 

 

Meeting time:

09:30 - 11:55

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:
http://www.senedd.tv/archiveplayer.jsf?v=en_200000_07_11_2012&t=0&l=en

 

 

Concise Minutes:

 

 

 

Assembly Members:

 

Mark Drakeford (Chair)

Mick Antoniw

Rebecca Evans

Vaughan Gething

William Graham

Elin Jones

Darren Millar

Lynne Neagle

Lindsay Whittle

Kirsty Williams

 

 

 

 

 

Witnesses:

 

Lesley Griffiths, Minister for Health and Social Services

Christopher Brereton, Welsh Government

Christopher Humphreys, Welsh Government

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

Fay Buckle (Clerk)

Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk)

Lisa Salkeld (Legal Advisor)

 

 

 

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1.  Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1 There were no apologies or substitutions.

 

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2.  Food Hygiene Rating (Wales) Bill: Stage 2 - Consideration of Amendments

2.1 In accordance with Standing Order 26.21, the Committee will dispose of amendments to the Bill in the following order:

 

Sections 1 – 26

Schedule

 

2.2 The Committee considered and disposed of the following amendments:

 

Section 1:
No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore it was deemed agreed to.

 

Section 2:
Amendments 1, 2 and 3 (Lesley Griffiths) were agreed to, in accordance with Standing Order 17.34 (i).

 

Section 3 and 4:
No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore it was deemed agreed to.

 

Section 5:
Amendment 28 (Darren Millar)

 

For

Against

Abstain

William Graham
Elin Jones
Darren Millar
Lindsay Whittle
Kirsty Williams 

Mick Antoniw
Mark Drakeford
Rebecca Evans
Vaughan Gething
Lynne Neagle

5

5

0

As the vote was tied, the Chair used his casting vote in the negative (in accordance with SO 6.20 (ii)), Amendment 5 was not agreed to.

 

As Amendment 28 was not agreed to, Amendment 29 (Darren Millar) fell.

 

Amendments 4 and 5 (Lesley Griffiths) were agreed to, in accordance with Standing Order 17.34 (i).

 

Amendment 6 (Lesley Griffiths)

 

For

Against

Abstain

Mick Antoniw
Mark Drakeford
Rebecca Evans
Vaughan Gething
Lynne Neagle
Elin Jones
Lindsay Whittle
Kirsty Williams 

William Graham
Darren Millar

 

 

8

2

0

Amendment 6 was agreed to.

 

Amendments 7, 8 and 9 (Lesley Griffiths) were agreed to, in accordance with Standing Order 17.34 (i).

 

Section 6:
Amendment 33 (Kirsty Williams)

For

Against

Abstain

William Graham
Elin Jones
Darren Millar
Lindsay Whittle
Kirsty Williams 

Mick Antoniw
Mark Drakeford
Rebecca Evans
Vaughan Gething
Lynne Neagle

5

5

0

As the vote was tied, the Chair used his casting vote in the negative (in accordance with SO 6.20 (ii)), Amendment 33 was not agreed to.

 

Amendment 34 (Kirsty Williams)

For

Against

Abstain

William Graham
Elin Jones
Darren Millar
Lindsay Whittle
Kirsty Williams 

Mick Antoniw
Mark Drakeford
Rebecca Evans
Vaughan Gething
Lynne Neagle

5

5

0

As the vote was tied, the Chair used his casting vote in the negative (in accordance with SO 6.20 (ii)), Amendment 34 was not agreed to.

 

Amendment 10 (Lesley Griffiths)

For

Against

Abstain

Mick Antoniw
Mark Drakeford
Rebecca Evans
Vaughan Gething
Lynne Neagle

William Graham
Elin Jones
Darren Millar
Lindsay Whittle
Kirsty Williams 

5

5

0

As the vote was tied, the Chair used his casting vote in the negative (in accordance with SO 6.20 (ii)), Amendment 10 was not agreed to.

 

Amendment 35 (Kirsty Williams)

For

Against

Abstain

William Graham
Elin Jones
Darren Millar
Lindsay Whittle
Kirsty Williams 

Mick Antoniw
Mark Drakeford
Rebecca Evans
Vaughan Gething
Lynne Neagle

5

5

0

As the vote was tied, the Chair used his casting vote in the negative (in accordance with SO 6.20 (ii)), Amendment 35 was not agreed to.

 

Amendment 11 (Lesley Griffiths) was agreed to, in accordance with Standing Order 17.34 (i).

 

Section 7:

Amendment 23 (Elin Jones)

For

Against

Abstain

William Graham
Elin Jones
Darren Millar
Lindsay Whittle
Kirsty Williams 

Mick Antoniw
Mark Drakeford
Rebecca Evans
Vaughan Gething
Lynne Neagle

5

5

0

As the vote was tied, the Chair used his casting vote in the negative (in accordance with SO 6.20 (ii)), Amendment 23 was not agreed to.

 

Amendment 26 (Elin Jones) was not moved.

 

Amendment 30 (Darren Millar)

For

Against

Abstain

William Graham
Darren Millar
Kirsty Williams

 

 

Mick Antoniw
Mark Drakeford
Rebecca Evans
Vaughan Gething
Elin Jones
Lynne Neagle
Lindsay Whittle

3

7

0

Amendment 30 was not agreed to.

 

As Amendment 23 was not agreed to, Amendment 24 (Elin Jones fell).

 

As Amendment 30 was not agreed to, Amendment 31 (Darren Millar fell).

 

Section 8:

Amendment 12 (Lesley Griffiths) was agreed to, in accordance with Standing Order 17.34 (i).

 

Section 9:

 

As Amendment 23 was not agreed, Amendment 25 (Elin Jones) fell.

 

As Amendment 26 was not moved, Amendment 27 (Elin Jones) fell.

 

As Amendment 30 was not agreed, Amendment 32 (Darren Millar) fell.

 

Amendments 13 and 14 (Lesley Griffiths) were agreed to, in accordance with Standing Order 17.34 (i).

 

Section 10:
No amendments were tabled to this section, therefore it was deemed agreed to.

 

Section 11:

Amendments 15, 16 and 17 (Lesley Griffiths) were agreed to, in accordance with Standing Order 17.34 (i).

 

Sections 14 – 21:

No amendments were tabled to these sections, therefore they were deemed agreed to.

 

Section 22:

Amendment 18 (Lesley Griffiths) was agreed to, in accordance with Standing Order 17.34 (i).

 

New Section:

Amendment 19 (Lesley Griffiths) was agreed to, in accordance with Standing Order 17.34 (i).

 

Section 23:
No amendments were tabled to this sections, therefore it was deemed agreed to.

 

Section 24:

Amendments 20 and 21 (Lesley Griffiths) were agreed to, in accordance with Standing Order 17.34 (i).

 

Section 25:

Amendment 22 (Lesley Griffiths) was agreed to, in accordance with Standing Order 17.34 (i).

 

Section 26:
No amendments were tabled to this sections, therefore it was deemed agreed to.

 

Schedule
No amendments were tabled to the schedule, therefore it was deemed agreed to.

 

2.3 The Chair advised that all sections of the Bill had been agreed by the Committee and as all amendments had been disposed of, Stage 3 will commence from 8 November 2012.

 

2.4 Under standing order 26.27, Members agreed that the Welsh Government should prepare a revised Explanatory Memorandum.

 

 

 

 

 

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3.  Motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) to exclude the public from the meeting for item 4

3.1 The Committee agreed the motion.

 

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4.  Inquiry into Residential Care for Older People - Consideration of draft report

4.1 The Committee considered the draft report and agreed to schedule a session to consider it again on 15 November.

 

 

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Transcript

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