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Public Health (Wales) Bill
- This consultation has completed. It ran from Friday, 19 June 2015 to Friday, 4 September 2015
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Response to the consultation
Evidence submitted in response to this Consultation
- PHB 01 Chartered Institute of Environmental Health PDF 183 KB View as HTML (4) 59 KB
- PHB 02 Local Health Boards in Wales PDF 117 KB View as HTML (5) 60 KB
- PHB 03 Public Health Wales PDF 383 KB View as HTML (6) 153 KB
- PHB 04 Directors of Public Protection (Wales) PDF 196 KB View as HTML (7) 56 KB
- PHB 05 The Welsh NHS Confederation PDF 213 KB View as HTML (8) 86 KB
- PHB 06 Welsh Local Government Association PDF 151 KB View as HTML (9) 69 KB
- PHB 07 Paul Barnes PDF 115 KB View as HTML (10) 34 KB
- PHB 08 British Body Piercing Association PDF 47 KB View as HTML (11) 29 KB
- PHB 09 Abigail Cottrill PDF 203 KB
- PHB 10 Carole Coote PDF 49 KB View as HTML (13) 40 KB
- PHB 11 Vince Jarvis PDF 36 KB View as HTML (14) 5 KB
- PHB 12 Llansteffan and Llanybri Community Council PDF 403 KB
- PHB 13 Under Age Sales Ltd PDF 182 KB View as HTML (16) 22 KB
- PHB 14 Dr David Upton PDF 46 KB View as HTML (17) 77 KB
- PHB 15 British Acupuncture Council PDF 71 KB View as HTML (18) 15 KB
- PHB 16 Graham and Karen Wiseman PDF 41 KB View as HTML (19) 29 KB
- PHB 17 The City of Cardiff Council PDF 131 KB View as HTML (20) 35 KB
- PHB 18 Gordon Beard PDF 212 KB View as HTML (21) 20 KB
- PHB 19 Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board PDF 127 KB
- PHB 20 Dispensing Doctors' Association Limited PDF 71 KB View as HTML (23) 38 KB
- PHB 21 Wales Heads of Environmental Health Communicable Disease Expert Panel PDF 219 KB View as HTML (24) 88 KB
- PHB 22 Decadent Vapours Ltd PDF 75 KB View as HTML (25) 44 KB
- PHB 23 Caroline Evans PDF 49 KB View as HTML (26) 6 KB
- PHB 24 Rhydian Mann PDF 77 KB View as HTML (27) 45 KB
- PHB 25 Royal College of Physicians PDF 567 KB View as HTML (28) 51 KB
- PHB 26 British Lung Foundation PDF 772 KB
- PHB 27 Welsh Pharmaceutical Committee PDF 78 KB View as HTML (30) 56 KB
- PHB 28 Cytûn PDF 995 KB
- PHB 29 British Institute and Association of Electrolysis PDF 60 KB View as HTML (32) 12 KB
- PHB 30 Cardiff and Vale University Health Board PDF 269 KB View as HTML (33) 61 KB
- PHB 31 Wales Heads of Environmental Health PDF 783 KB
- PHB 32 Older People’s Commissioner for Wales PDF 190 KB View as HTML (35) 74 KB
- PHB 33 British Association of Cosmetic Nurses PDF 548 KB
- PHB 34 Welsh Language Commissioner PDF 325 KB
- PHB 35 Royal College of Nursing PDF 194 KB View as HTML (38) 59 KB
- PHB 36 The Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons PDF 73 KB View as HTML (39) 17 KB
- PHB 37 Robert Heyes PDF 69 KB View as HTML (40) 44 KB
- PHB 38 Company Chemists Association PDF 94 KB View as HTML (41) 13 KB
- PHB 39 Counterfactual PDF 137 KB View as HTML (42) 57 KB
- PHB 40 Royal College of General Practitioners PDF 141 KB
- PHB 41 Police Liaison Unit PDF 257 KB View as HTML (44) 21 KB
- PHB 42 Age Cymru PDF 143 KB View as HTML (45) 46 KB
- PHB 43 Cancer Research UK PDF 145 KB View as HTML (46) 91 KB
- PHB 44 Hywel Dda University Health Board PDF 195 KB View as HTML (47) 33 KB
- PHB 45 Margaret Hermon PDF 70 KB View as HTML (48) 28 KB
- PHB 46 Save Face PDF 360 KB
- PHB 47 Caerphilly Council PDF 238 KB View as HTML (50) 80 KB
- PHB 48 ASH Wales PDF 200 KB View as HTML (51) 59 KB
- PHB 49 Owain Rowley-Conwy PDF 67 KB View as HTML (52) 37 KB
- PHB 50 Electronic Cigarette Industry Trade Association PDF 2 MB
- PHB 51 Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council PDF 148 KB View as HTML (54) 58 KB
- PHB 52 Cardiff Third Sector Council (with input from GVS) PDF 47 KB View as HTML (55) 26 KB
- PHB 53 British Toilet Association PDF 200 KB View as HTML (56) 24 KB
- PHB 54 Jonathan Edwards PDF 51 KB View as HTML (57) 31 KB
- PHB 55 Paediatric Continence Forum PDF 96 KB View as HTML (58) 31 KB
- PHB 56 Welsh Dental Committee PDF 109 KB View as HTML (59) 53 KB
- PHB 57 UK Health Forum PDF 1022 KB
- PHB 58 Wrexham County Borough Council PDF 104 KB View as HTML (61) 70 KB
- PHB 59 Gower Enterprises Limited PDF 98 KB View as HTML (62) 25 KB
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- PHB 60 Helen Smith (Welsh only) PDF 34 KB View as HTML (64) 5 KB
- PHB 61 New Nicotine Alliance UK PDF 414 KB
- PHB 62 Centre for Drug Misuse Research PDF 140 KB View as HTML (66) 22 KB
- PHB 63 One Voice Wales PDF 26 KB View as HTML (67) 13 KB
- PHB 64 Truckers Toilets UK PDF 82 KB View as HTML (68) 14 KB
- PHB 65 Alcohol Health Alliance PDF 137 KB View as HTML (69) 31 KB
- PHB 66 Nicoventures PDF 149 KB View as HTML (70) 119 KB
- PHB 67 UK Faculty of Public Health PDF 148 KB View as HTML (71) 5 KB
- PHB 68 Martin Hensman LLB (Hons) PDF 94 KB View as HTML (72) 33 KB
- PHB 69 Bevan Foundation PDF 190 KB View as HTML (73) 26 KB
- PHB 70 Chartered Society of Physiotherapy PDF 169 KB View as HTML (74) 28 KB
- PHB 71 Fontem Ventures PDF 242 KB View as HTML (75) 66 KB
- PHB 72 Totally Wicked Ltd PDF 433 KB
- PHB 73 British Beer & Pub Association PDF 145 KB
- PHB 74 Association of Convenience Stores PDF 128 KB View as HTML (78) 30 KB
- PHB 75 Royal College of Midwives PDF 103 KB View as HTML (79) 36 KB
- PHB 76 BMA Cymru Wales PDF 446 KB
- PHB 77 Forest PDF 50 KB View as HTML (81) 31 KB
- PHB 78 The Association of Directors of Public Health PDF 217 KB
- PHB 79 Philip Morris Limited PDF 555 KB
- PHB 79 Philip Morris Limited Annex PDF 1 MB
- PHB 80 University South Wales – School of Life Science Education PDF 105 KB View as HTML (85) 31 KB
- PHB 81 Gwynedd Council (Welsh only) PDF 79 KB View as HTML (86) 32 KB
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- PHB 82 Joint response from organisations PDF 680 KB View as HTML (88) 68 KB
- PHB 83 The Urology Trade Association PDF 49 KB View as HTML (89) 25 KB
- PHB 84 Royal Pharmaceutical Society PDF 295 KB View as HTML (90) 30 KB
- PHB 85 Celesio UK and Lloyds Pharmacy PDF 125 KB
- PHB 86 Powys Teaching Health Board PDF 124 KB View as HTML (92) 74 KB
- PHB 87 Japan Tobacco International PDF 359 KB
- PHB 88 Mental Health Foundation PDF 142 KB View as HTML (94) 69 KB
- PHB 89 Public Health Wales PDF 385 KB View as HTML (95) 248 KB
- PHB 90 National Federation of Retail Newsagents PDF 158 KB View as HTML (96) 29 KB
- PHB 91 Federation of Small Businesses PDF 519 KB
- PHB 92 Powys County Council PDF 233 KB View as HTML (98) 47 KB
- PHB 93 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council PDF 176 KB View as HTML (99) 62 KB
- PHB 94 Royal College of Psychiatrists PDF 121 KB View as HTML (100) 27 KB
- PHB 95 Professional Standards Authority PDF 247 KB
- PHB 96 Tenovus Cancer Care PDF 326 KB
- PHB 97 Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association PDF 192 KB View as HTML (103) 24 KB
- PHB 98 Tobacco Retailers’ Alliance PDF 233 KB View as HTML (104) 20 KB
- PHB 99 Crohn’s and Colitis UK PDF 169 KB View as HTML (105) 65 KB
- PHB 100 Advertising Standards Authority PDF 911 KB
- PHB 101 British Heart Foundation PDF 120 KB View as HTML (107) 17 KB
- PHB 102 Welsh Medical Committee PDF 54 KB View as HTML (108) 10 KB
- PHB 103 Healthcare Inspectorate Wales PDF 579 KB
- PHB 104 Dee Yeoman PDF 6 MB
- PHB 105 Tattoo and Piercing Industry Union PDF 62 KB View as HTML (111) 22 KB
- Additional information
- PHB AI 01 Minister for Health and Social Services - 4 September 2015 PDF 824 KB
- PHB AI 02 Public Health Wales PDF 1 MB
- PHB AI 03 BMA Cymru Wales PDF 85 KB View as HTML (115) 23 KB
- PHB AI 04 ECITA PDF 562 KB
- PHB AI 05 UK Faculty of Public Health PDF 199 KB View as HTML (117) 45 KB
- PHB AI 06 Crohn's and Colitis UK PDF 237 KB
- PHB AI 07 BMA Cymru Wales PDF 2 MB
- PHB AI 08 Minister for Health and Social Services - 23 October 2015 PDF 661 KB
- PHB AI 09 Minister for Health and Social Services - 31 October 2015 PDF 592 KB
- PHB AI 09 Minister for Health and Social Services - 31 October 2015 (Annex) PDF 1 MB
- PHB AI 10 Minister for Health and Social Services - 10 November 2015 PDF 540 KB
- PHB AI 11 Minister for Health and Social Services - 17 October 2015 PDF 1 MB
- PHB AI 11 Minister for Health and Social Services - 17 October 2015 (Annex) PDF 816 KB
Purpose of the consultation
The
Health and Social Care
Committee issued
a call for evidence on the general principles of the Public Health (Wales) Bill.
What does this Bill seek to achieve?
The
Bill sets out a series of proposals in priority areas of public health policy.
The
Bill includes provision for the following:
Tobacco
and nicotine products
- Restricting
the use of nicotine inhaling devices such as electronic cigarettes in
enclosed and substantially enclosed public and work places, bringing the
use of these devices into line with existing provisions on smoking;
- Creating
a national register of retailers of tobacco and nicotine products;
- Adding
to the offences which contribute to a Restricted Premises Order (RPO). (An
RPO prohibits the sale of tobacco products from a premises);
- Prohibiting
the handing over of tobacco or nicotine products to people under the age
of 18.
Special
procedures
- Creating
a mandatory licensing scheme for practitioners and businesses carrying out
’special procedures’, namely acupuncture, body piercing, electrolysis and
tattooing;
- Introducing
a ban on the intimate piercing of people under 16 years old.
Pharmaceutical
services
- Changing
the way Health Boards make decisions about pharmaceutical services by
making sure these are based on assessments of pharmaceutical need in their
areas.
Provision
of toilets
- Requiring
local authorities to prepare local toilets strategies for the provision
of, and access to, toilets for public use, based on the needs of their
communities.
Further detail about the
Bill can be found in its accompanying Explanatory
Memorandum (PDF, 3MB).
What is the
Committee’s role?
The role of the Committee
is to consider and report on the general principles of the Bill and the need
for legislation. The Committee has agreed the following terms of reference for
its work:
To consider
- The
need for legislation in the following areas –
- Placing
restrictions on the use of tobacco and nicotine inhaling devices (NIDs)
such as electronic cigarettes in enclosed and substantially enclosed
public and work places, and giving the Welsh Ministers a
regulation-making power to extend the restrictions to certain open
spaces;
- Creating
a national register of retailers of tobacco and nicotine products;
- Providing
the Welsh Ministers with a regulation-making power to add to the offences
which contribute to a Restricted Premises Order (RPO) in Wales;
- Prohibiting
the handing over of tobacco and/or nicotine products to a person under
the age of 18;
- Creating
a mandatory licensing scheme for practitioners and businesses carrying
out ’special procedures’, namely acupuncture, body piercing, electrolysis
and tattooing;
- Introducing
a prohibition on the intimate piercing of persons under the age of 16
years;
- Changing
the arrangements for determining applications for entry onto the
pharmaceutical list of Local Health Boards, to a system based on the
pharmaceutical needs of local communities; and
- Requiring
local authorities to prepare a local strategy to plan how they will meet
the needs of their communities for accessing toilet facilities for public
use.
- Any
potential barriers to the implementation of these provisions and whether
the Bill takes account of them;
- Whether
there are any unintended consequences arising from the Bill;
- The
financial implications of the Bill (as set out in Part 2 of the
Explanatory Memorandum - the Regulatory Impact Assessment, which estimates
the costs and benefits of implementation of the Bill);
- The
appropriateness of the powers in the Bill for Welsh Ministers to make
subordinate legislation (as set out in Chapter 5 of Part 1 of the
Explanatory Memorandum, which contains a table summarising the powers for
Welsh Ministers to make subordinate legislation; and
- The
extent to which the Bill reflects priorities for improving public health
in Wales.
The Chair, David Rees AM, speaking about the consultation.
The consultation has now closed.
Supporting documents
- Consultation Letter PDF 130 KB View as HTML (1) 41 KB
- Consultation Letter - Annex A PDF 39 KB View as HTML (2) 35 KB
- Consultation Letter - Annex B PDF 19 KB View as HTML (3) 4 KB
Contact details
Should you wish to speak to someone regarding this consultation, please use the below contact details:
Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly
Welsh Parliament
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1SN
Email: Contact@senedd.wales
Telephone: 0300 200 6565