Decision details
Stage 4 Standing Order 26.47 motion to approve the Social Services and Well-Being (Wales) Bill
Decision Maker: Business Committee - Fourth Assembly, Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly, Plenary - Fourth Assembly, Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fourth Assembly
Status: Recommendations approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Purpose:
A
Government Bill, introduced by Gwenda Thomas, Deputy Minister for Social
Services. The Business Committee remitted the Bill to the Health and Social Care Committee.
About the Bill
The
Bill will reform and integrate social services law for people and make
provision for:
- Improving the well-being
outcomes for people who need care and support, and carers who need
support;
- Co-ordination and partnership by
public authorities with a view to improving the well-being of people;
- Complaints and representations
relating to social care and palliative care;
- Local authorities’ social service functions and that of Welsh Ministers to intervene in a local authority’s exercise of its social services functions; and connected purposes.
Current
Stage
The
Social
Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (external website) became law in Wales (external
website) on 1 May 2014.
Record
of Passage in the National Assembly for Wales
The
following table sets out the dates for each stage of the Bill’s passage through
the National Assembly for Wales.
Stage |
Documents |
Bill introduced – 28
January 2013 |
Social
Services and Well-being (Wales) Bill, as introduced (PDF, 691KB) Explanatory
Memorandum (PDF, 600KB) Presiding
Officer’s Statement on Legislative Competence: 28 January 2013 (PDF,
125KB) Business
Committee’s Report on the timetable for consideration of the Bill: 28 January
2013 (PDF, 60.6KB) Report
on the revised timetable for consideration of the Social Services and
Well-being (Wales) Bill: 25 June 2013 (PDF, 47.3KB) Research
Service Bill Summary (PDF, 334KB) Written
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Children and Social Services: 28 January 2013 Oral
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: 29 January 2013 Plenary statement:
Introduction of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Bill: 29 January
2013 Legislative
Glossary – Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Bill (Welsh language
version only) (PDF, 180KB) |
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Consultation
letter (PDF, 324KB) – The Committee issued a call for evidence, which
closed on 15 March 2013. Legislative advice from Expert
Adviser The Committee considered the Bill on the following dates: 6 March 2013 (private) 12 June 2013 (private) 20 June 2013 (private) 26 June 2013 (private) 4 July 2013 (private) Committee
Stage 1 report (PDF,
1.08MB) Constitutional
and Legislative Affairs Committee report (PDF, 576KB) Deputy Minister’s response to the recommendations of the Health and Social Care Committee (PDF, 561KB) (letter dated 7 October 2013) |
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The Health and Social
Care Committee agreed
on 9 October 2013 under Standing Order 26.21, that the order of
consideration for Stage 2 proceedings will be: Sections 2 to 69; Schedule 1;
Sections 70 to 119; Schedule 2; Sections 120 to 160; Schedule 3; Sections 161
to 169; Section 1; Long title. Stage 2 consideration
began in Committee on 13
November 2013. At that meeting, Sections 2 to 17 were deemed to be
agreed. Marshalled
List of Amendments (PDF, 539KB) Stage 2 consideration
continued in Committee on 27
November 2013. During the meeting, Sections 18 to 42 were deemed to be
agreed. Marshalled
List of Amendments (PDF, 484KB) Stage 2 consideration
continued in Committee on 5
December 2013. During the meeting,
Sections 43 to 161 and Schedules 1 to 3 were deemed to be agreed. Marshalled
List of Amendments (PDF, 387KB) Stage 2 continued in
Committee on 11
December 2013. During the meeting,
Sections 162 to 169 and Section 1 were deemed to be agreed. Marshalled
List of Amendments (PDF, 153KB) Notices
of Amendments Notice
of Amendments: 9 October 2013 (PDF, 142KB) Notice
of Amendments: 10 October 2013 (PDF, 69 KB) Notice of Amendments: 14 October 2013 (PDF, 96KB) Notice
of Amendments: 15 October 2013 (PDF, 55KB) Notice
of Amendments: 16 October 2013 (PDF, 121KB) Notice
of Amendments: 22 October 2013 (PDF, 63KB) Notice
of Amendments: 23 October 2013 (PDF, 128KB) Notice
of Amendments: 28 October 2013 (PDF, 56KB) Notice
of Amendments: 29 October 2013 (PDF, 101KB) Notice
of Amendments: 30 October 2013 (PDF, 171KB) Notice
of Amendments: 31 October 2013 (PDF, 62KB) Notice
of Amendments: 4 November 2013 (PDF, 88KB) Notice
of Amendments: 5 November 2013 (PDF, 84KB) Notice
of Amendments: 6 November 2013 (PDF, 66KB) Notice
of Amendments: 18 November 2013 (PDF, 79KB) Notice
of Amendments: 19 November 2013 (PDF, 51KB) Notice
of Amendments: 20 November 2013 (PDF, 58KB) Notice
of Amendments: 27 November 2013 (PDF, 64KB) Social
Services and Well-being (Wales) Bill, as amended at Stage 2 (PDF, 807KB)
(Amendments to the Bill since the previous version are indicated by
sidelining in the right margin.) Explanatory
Memorandum revised after Stage 2 (PDF,
1.04MB) Research
Service Bill Summary of changes made at Stage 2 (PDF, 158KB) |
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The Assembly agreed on 28
January 2014 under Standing Order 26.36, that the order of consideration
for Stage 3 proceedings will be: Sections 2 to 76; Schedule 1; Sections 77 to
133; Schedule 2; Sections 134 to 169; Schedule 3; Sections 170 to 183;
Section 1; Long title. Stage 3 consideration
and disposal of amendments began in Plenary on 4
February 2014, during which sections 2 to 68 were deemed to be agreed. Marshalled
List of Amendments: 4 February 2014 (PDF, 385KB) Groupings
List: 4 February 2014 (PDF, 80KB) Stage 3 consideration
and disposal of amendments continued in Plenary on 11
February 2014. During the meeting,
Sections 69 to 183, Section 1 and Schedules 1 to 3 were deemed to be agreed. Marshalled
List of Amendments: 11 February 2014 (PDF, 263KB) Groupings
List: 11 February 2014 (PDF, 72KB) Notices
of Amendments Notice
of Amendments: 6 January 2014 (PDF, 158KB) Notice
of Amendments: 8 January 2014 (PDF, 58KB) Notice
of Amendments: 15 January 2014 (PDF, 82KB) Notice
of Amendments: 21 January 2014 (PDF, 63KB) Notice
of Amendments: 22 January 2014 (PDF, 81KB) Notice
of Amendments: 23 January 2014 (PDF, 65KB) Notice
of Amendments: 24 January 2014 (PDF, 154KB) Notice
of Amendments: 27 January 2014 (PDF, 75KB) Notice
of Amendments: 28 January 2014 (PDF, 136KB) Social
Services and Well-being (Wales) Bill, as amended at Stage 3 (PDF, 671KB)
(Amendments to the Bill since the previous version are indicated by
sidelining in the right margin.) Research
Service Bill Summary of changes made at Stage 3 (PDF, 148KB) |
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Marshalled
List of Amendments: 18 March 2014 (PDF, 305KB) Groupings
List: 18 March 2014 (PDF, 71KB) The Assembly agreed on 11 March 2014
under Standing Order 26.36, that the order of consideration for Report Stage
proceedings will be: Sections 2 to 79; Schedule 1; Sections 80 to 137;
Schedule 2; Sections 138 to 173; Schedule 3; Sections 174 to 194; Section 1;
Long title. Notices
of Amendments Notice
of Amendments: 3 March 2014 (PDF, 51KB) Notice
of Amendments: 4 March 2014 (PDF, 57KB) Notice
of Amendments: 6 March 2014 (PDF, 69KB) Notice
of Amendments: 7 March 2014 (PDF, 227KB) Notice
of Amendments: 10 March 2014 (PDF, 88KB) Notice
of Amendments: 11 March 2014 (PDF, 99KB) Notice
of Amendments: 18 March 2014 (PDF, 51KB) |
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The Bill was agreed by
the Assembly in accordance with SO 12.36 on 18
March 2014. Social
Services and Well-being (Wales) Bill, as passed (PDF, 917KB) (Amendments to
the Bill since the previous version are indicated by sidelining in the right
margin.) Social
Services and Well-being (Wales), as passed (Crown XML) |
Post-stage 4 |
The Attorney
General (PDF, 173KB), Counsel
General (PDF, 122KB)and Secretary
of State for Wales (PDF, 72KB) wrote to the Chief Executive and Clerk of
the Assembly to advise that they would not be referring the Social Services
and Well-being (Wales) Bill to the Supreme Court under Sections 112 or 114 of
the Government of Wales Act 2006. |
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Contact information
Clerk: Helen Finlayson
Phone: 0300 200 6565
Postal address:
National
Assembly for Wales
Cardiff
Bay
Cardiff
CF99
1NA
Email: Contact@assembly.wales
Decision:
The
item started at 20.05
At
the conclusion of Report Stage the Deputy Minister may propose that the Bill be
passed in accordance with Standing Order 26.47:
Stage
4 Standing Order 26.47 motion to approve the Social Services and Well-Being
(Wales) Bill.
The
result was as follows
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
53 |
0 |
5 |
58 |
The motion was agreed.
Publication date: 18/03/2014
Date of decision: 18/03/2014
Decided at meeting: 18/03/2014 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly