Meetings

The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

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Meeting: 06/06/2013 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 7)

7 The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Letter from the Chairs of the Sub Committees

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Meeting: 06/06/2013 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 7)

7 The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services

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Meeting: 19/02/2013 - Sub Committees on The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Fourth Assembly (Item 9)

9 SFP(4)-03-13 - Paper 7 - Additional written evidence from Equity following meeting on 29 January

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Meeting: 19/02/2013 - Sub Committees on The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Fourth Assembly (Item 9)

9 SFP(4)-03-13 - Paper 8 and Paper 9 - Additional written evidence from Public Health Wales following meeting on 29 January

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Meeting: 19/02/2013 - Sub Committees on The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

3 The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Evidence Session 6

Film Agency Wales

SFP(4)-03-13 – Paper 3

 

·         Pauline Burt, Chief Executive

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Minutes:

3.1 The sub-committees took evidence from the Film Agency Wales.

 

3.2 The Committee would be provided with the full report by the Economic Social Research Centre-funded UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies. 


Meeting: 19/02/2013 - Sub Committees on The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)

4 The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Evidence Session 7

Cardiff Council
SFP(4)-03-13 – Paper 4

·         Bethan Jones, Operational Manager, Public Protection & Private Sector Housing, Cardiff Council

 

Chartered Institute for Environmental Health

SFP(4)-03-13 – Paper 5

 

·         Julie Barratt, Director

 

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Minutes:

4.1 The sub-committees took evidence from Cardiff Council and the Chartered Institute for Environmental Health.

 

4.2 The Committee would be provided with the case study of film production in Northern Ireland taken from the Economic Impact of UK film Industry Report.


Meeting: 19/02/2013 - Sub Committees on The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)

2 The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Evidence Session 5

Royal College of Physicians
SFP(4)-03-13 – Paper 1

 

·         Dr Keir Lewis FRCP, Consultant in Respiratory Medicine

 

British Medical Association (BMA)
SFP(4)-03-13 – Paper 2

·         Dr Tony Calland, Chair of BMA Ethics department

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Minutes:

2.1 The sub-committees took evidence from the British Medical Association and the Royal College of Physicians.  

 

2.2 The Committee would seek further evidence from Stirling University on the research they have conducted into the level of smoking on screen and the impact on public health and also the product placement of cigarettes.

 


Meeting: 19/02/2013 - Sub Committees on The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Fourth Assembly (Item 8)

8 SFP(4)-03-13 - Paper 6 - Additional written evidence from ASH Wales following meeting on 22 January

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Meeting: 19/02/2013 - Sub Committees on The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)

Consideration of key issues and next steps

Minutes:

6.1 The sub committees agreed to take further oral evidence after Easter from the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Chief Medical Officer, the Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science, the Creative Industries Sector Panel and the Wales Screen Commission. 


Meeting: 29/01/2013 - Sub Committees on The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

3 The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Evidence Session 4

Local Health Boards

SFP(4)-02-13 – Paper 3

 

·         Dr Sharon Hopkins, Director of Public Heath, Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust

 

Public Health Wales
SFP(4)-02-13 – Paper 4

 

·         Dr Hugo Van Woerden, Director of Health and Healthcare Improvement Division

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Minutes:

3.1The sub-committees took evidence from the Local Health Boards and Public Health Wales.

 

3.2 Public Health Wales agreed to provide sub-committee members with information on the following:

 

-       Smoking cessation rates in Wales and England from 2007, by age group;

-       Figures showing changes in the prevalence rates for smoking in Wales and England since the smoking ban was introduced. 


Meeting: 29/01/2013 - Sub Committees on The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)

2 The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Evidence Session 3

BECTU

SFP(4)-02-13 – Paper 1

 

·         Sian Gale, Chair South Wales Freelance Branch, BECTU

 

Equity
SFP(4)-02-13 – Paper 2

 

·         Simon Curtis, National Organiser for Wales

 

 

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Minutes:

2.1 The sub-committees took evidence from BECTU and Equity.

 

2.2 The witnesses agreed to provide further information on how the exemption to the Smoke-free Premises Legislation works in England.

 

2.3 Equity agreed to provide sub-committee members with the figures for the last few years to show the proportion of its members who are Welsh.


Meeting: 22/01/2013 - Sub Committees on The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

3 The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Evidence Session 2

ASH Wales
SFP(4)-01-13 – Paper 4

 

·         Felicity Waters, Press and Campaigns Manager

 

British Heart Foundation
SFP(4)-01-13 – Paper 5

 

·         Delyth Lloyd, Public Affairs and Comms Manager

 

Cancer Research UK
SFP(4)-01-13 – Paper 6

 

·         Dr Jean King, Director of Tobacco Control

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Minutes:

3.1 The committee took evidence from the representatives of Ash Wales, the British Heart Foundation and Cancer Research UK.

 

3.2 The committee agreed to seek further information on the impact on the film and television industries in Scotland and Northern Ireland of the prevention of smoking on film and television sets.

 


Meeting: 22/01/2013 - Sub Committees on The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)

2 The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 - Evidence session 1

BBC Cymru Wales

SFP(4)-01-13 – Paper 1

SFP(4)-01-13 – Paper 1a

SFP(4)-01-13 – Paper 1b

 

·         Clare Hudson – Head of BBC Cymru Wales Productions

 

PACT (Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television)
SFP(4)-01-13 – Paper 2

 

·         Sue Vertue, Hartswood Films and Member of PACT

 

Teledwyr Annibynnol Cymru (Welsh Independent Producers)
SFP(4)-01-13 – Paper 3

SFP(4)-01-13 – Paper 3a

 

·         Sion Clwyd Roberts, Media and IP Specialist - Capital Law and a Member of the TAC Council

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Minutes:

2.1        The committee took evidence from the representatives of BBC Wales and TAC.

2.2        The witnesses agreed to provide further information on costs associated with the regulations, including: the cost of relocating BBC productions to England to record dramatic scenes in which actors were smoking; the cost arising from productions deciding not to locate in Wales as a result of the lack of an exemption in the legislation; and more detail on the cost of simulating smoking using CGI technology.

 


Meeting: 29/11/2012 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

3 Motion under Standing Order 17.17 to establish a sub- committee to take evidence on The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

HSC(4)-32-12 paper 5

 

That the committee resolves, under Standing Order 17.17 to establish a sub- committee to take evidence on The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012;

that the remit of the sub-committee is to hear evidence, concurrently with the sub-committee established by the Enterprise and Business Committee on The Smoke-free Premises etc. (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012. The sub-committee will seek to agree on the content of a joint report with the sub-committee established by the Enterprise and Business Committee to inform the Assembly’s consideration of the regulations. The sub-committee will cease to exist when the Regulations have been considered by the Assembly in plenary;

that the membership of the sub-committee comprises Mark Drakeford AM, Vaughan Gething AM, Elin Jones AM, Darren Millar AM, and Lynne Neagle AM, with Mark Drakeford AM elected as a Chair.

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Minutes:

3.1 The Committee agreed the Motion.


Meeting: 29/11/2012 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)

2 Motion to establish a sub-committee for the Smoke-free Premises etc (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

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The Committee agreed the Motion.


Meeting: 15/11/2012 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

3 Correspondence from the Leader of the House on the Smoke Free Premises (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations

HSC(4)-30-12 paper 8

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Minutes:

3.5 The Committee noted the letter.


Meeting: 17/10/2012 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

3 Letter from the Minister for Finance and Leader of the House - Smoke-Free Premises (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2012

HSC(4)-27-12 (paper 2)

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