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Inquiry into the Blue Badge Scheme in Wales: Eligibility and Implementation
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Meeting: 23/10/2019 - Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 Correspondence from the Minister for Economy and Transport regarding the report on the Blue Badge Scheme in Wales - 15 October 2019
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
3.1a
The Committee noted the correspondence from the Minister for Economy and
Transport regarding the report on the Blue Badge Scheme in Wales.
Meeting: 17/10/2019 - Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)
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5 Correspondence to the Minister for Economy and Transport in regarding the inquiry into the Blue Badge Scheme in Wales: Eligibility and Implementation
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
5.1a
The Committee noted the correspondence to the Minister for Economy and
Transport regarding the inquiry into the Blue Badge Scheme in Wales.
Meeting: 03/10/2019 - Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)
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6 Consideration of the Welsh Government's response to the report on the Inquiry into the Blue Badge Scheme in Wales: Eligibility and Implementation
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 11 , View reasons restricted (6/1)
- Restricted enclosure 12 , View reasons restricted (6/2)
Minutes:
6.1
The committee discussed the Welsh Government's response to the report on the
Inquiry into the Blue Badge Scheme in Wales: Eligibility and Implementation
Meeting: 27/06/2019 - Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 1)
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1 Inquiry into the Blue Badge Scheme in Wales: consideration of draft report
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 16 , View reasons restricted (1/1)
Minutes:
1.1
The Committee considered and agreed the report, subject to minor changes.
Meeting: 05/06/2019 - Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)
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2 Welsh Government correspondence in relation to the evidence session on blue badges
Paper
2
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
2.2a
The Committee noted the correspondence from the Welsh Government.
Meeting: 05/06/2019 - Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)
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2 Correspondence from Macmillan and Tenovus in relation to blue badges inquiry
Paper
1
Supporting documents:
- PTN cover sheet, item 2 PDF 181 KB View as HTML (2/1) 16 KB
- ELGC(5)-17-19 - Paper 1 - Correspondence from Macmillan and Tenovus, item 2 PDF 207 KB
Minutes:
2.1a
The Committee noted the correspondence from Macmillan and Tenovus.
Meeting: 15/05/2019 - Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)
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2 Inquiry into the Blue Badge Scheme in Wales: Eligibility and Implementation - correspondence from Alzheimer's Society Cymru
Paper
1
Supporting documents:
- Papers to note cover sheet, item 2 PDF 177 KB View as HTML (2/1) 8 KB
- ELGC(5)-15-19 Paper 1 - Correspondence from Alzheimer's Society Cymru, item 2 PDF 543 KB
Minutes:
2.1a
The Committee noted the correspondence from Alzheimer's Society Cymru.
Meeting: 15/05/2019 - Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)
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4 Inquiry into the Blue Badge Scheme in Wales: Eligibility and Implementation: Key issues paper
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 34 , View reasons restricted (4/1)
- Restricted enclosure 35 , View reasons restricted (4/2)
Minutes:
4.1
The Committee discussed the key issue paper.
Meeting: 01/05/2019 - Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)
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4 Inquiry into the Blue Badge Scheme in Wales: Eligibility and Implementation: Evidence Session 5
·
Ken
Skates, Minister for Economy and Transport
·
Simon
Jones, Director of Economic Infrastructure
·
Dewi
Rowlands, Deputy Director, Transport Policy, Planning and Partnerships
Research
briefing
Paper 1 – Welsh
Government
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 39 , View reasons restricted (4/1)
- ELGC(5)-13-19 Paper 1 - Welsh Governmnet, item 4 PDF 648 KB
Minutes:
4.1
The Committee received evidence from:
·
Ken
Skates, Minister for Economy and Transport
·
Simon
Jones, Director of Economic Infrastructure
·
Dewi
Rowlands, Deputy Director, Transport Policy, Planning and Partnerships
4.2
The Minister agreed:
·
to
provide further information on the prevalence of abuse in the blue badge scheme
in Wales, including details of National Fraud Authority data that indicated that
20 per cent of blue badges are being misused across the UK;
·
to
provide details on local authorities’ engagement with the Welsh Government’s
training workshops and toolkit for blue badge assessments; and
·
to
provide details on the proportion of system abuse that can be eradicated by the
cleansing of invalid badges.
Meeting: 01/05/2019 - Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)
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Inquiry into the Blue Badge Scheme in Wales: Eligibility and Implementation: Consideration of Evidence
Minutes:
6.1
The Committee discussed the evidence received under item 4.
Meeting: 01/05/2019 - Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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Inquiry into the Blue Badge Scheme in Wales: Eligibility and Implementation: Feedback from focus group sessions
Summary
note of focus groups
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 45 , View reasons restricted (3/1)
Minutes:
3.1
The Committee discussed the feedback received from the focus group
sessions.
Meeting: 04/04/2019 - Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)
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2 Inquiry into the Blue Badge Scheme in Wales: Eligibility and Implementation: evidence session 2
Samuel Stone, External Affairs Officer,
National
Autistic Society
Huw Owen, Policy Officer,
Alzheimer’s Society Cymru
Helen Powell, Specialist Support
Advisor, Benefits Advice Programme, Wales Macmillan Cancer Support
Martin Fidler Jones, Policy Officer, Tenovus
Cancer Care
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 49 , View reasons restricted (2/1)
- ELGC(5)-12-19 Paper 1 NAS, item 2 PDF 199 KB View as HTML (2/2) 23 KB
- ELGC(5)-12-19 Paper 2 Alzheimer's Society Cymru, item 2 PDF 889 KB
- ELGC(5)-12-19 Paper 3 Macmillan Cancer Support, item 2 PDF 490 KB
- ELGC(5)-12-19 Paper 4 Tenovus Cancer Care, item 2 PDF 294 KB
Minutes:
2.1 The Committee received evidence from:
·
Samuel
Stone, External Affairs Officer, National Autistic Society
·
Huw
Owen, Policy Officer, Alzheimer’s Society Cymru
·
Helen
Powell, Specialist Support Advisor, Benefits Advice Programme, Wales Macmillan
Cancer Support
·
Martin
Fidler Jones, Policy Officer, Tenovus Cancer Care.
Meeting: 04/04/2019 - Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 7)
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Inquiry into the Blue Badge Scheme in Wales: Eligibility and Implementation: consideration of oral evidence
Minutes:
7.1
The Committee discussed the evidence received under items 2, 3 and 4.
Meeting: 04/04/2019 - Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)
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Inquiry into the Blue Badge Scheme in Wales: Eligibility and Implementation: evidence session 4
Andrew
Meredith, Customer Services Team Leader, Caerphilly County Borough Council
Rhys
J. Page, Senior Business Manager, Carmarthenshire County Council
Minutes:
4.1
The Committee received evidence from:
·
Andrew
Meredith, Customer Services Team Leader, Caerphilly County Borough Council
·
Rhys
J. Page, Senior Business Manager, Carmarthenshire County Council.
Meeting: 04/04/2019 - Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 Inquiry into the Blue Badge Scheme in Wales: Eligibility and Implementation: evidence session 3
Valerie
Billingham, Policy and Campaigns Manager, Age Cymru
Kate Young, Director, All Wales Forum of Parents and Carers of People with Learning Disabilities
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
3.1
The Committee received evidence from:
·
Valerie
Billingham, Policy and Campaigns Manager, Age Cymru
·
Kate
Young, Director, All Wales Forum of Parents and Carers of People with Learning
Disabilities.
Meeting: 21/03/2019 - Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 7)
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Inquiry into the Blue Badge Scheme in Wales: Eligibility and Implementation: consideration of the evidence received
Minutes:
7.1
The Committee discussed the evidence received from Disability Wales.
Meeting: 21/03/2019 - Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 Inquiry into the Blue Badge Scheme in Wales: Eligibility and Implementation: evidence session 1
Miranda
Evans, Policy and Programmes Manager, Disability Wales
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 67 , View reasons restricted (3/1)
- ELGC(5)-10-19 Paper 8 Disability Wales, item 3 PDF 225 KB View as HTML (3/2) 36 KB
Minutes:
3.1.
The Committee received evidence from:
·
Miranda
Evans, Policy and Programmes Manager, Disability Wales.
Meeting: 09/01/2019 - Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 9)
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Inquiry into the Blue Badge Scheme in Wales: Eligibility and Implementation: consideration of approach to the inquiry
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 71 , View reasons restricted (9/1)
Minutes:
9.1. The Committee discussed and agreed its
approach for the inquiry into the Blue Badge Scheme in Wales: Eligibility and
Implemetation.