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Transcript: Transcript for 07/11/2017 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
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(9.30) Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting, and Rhun
ap Iorwerth AM and Neil McEvoy AM to the Petitions Committee. Mike
Hedges AM sent his apologies and David Rees AM attended as a substitute. |
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New petitions |
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P-05-781 Port Talbot Community Against the Super Prison Supporting documents:
Minutes: David
Rees declared the following relevant interest under Standing Order 17.24A: He
is in support of the petition as it directly affects his constituency. The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to write to:
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P-05-782 Build a Chepstow Bypass to Remove the Bottle Neck from the M48 onto the A48 Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to await the
views of the petitioner on the response received from the Cabinet Secretary for
Economy and Infrastructure before considering further action on the petition. |
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P-05-783 Ensuring Equality of Curriculum for Welsh Medium Schools e.g. GCSE Psychology Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to await the
views of the petitioner on the responses received from the Welsh Government and
Qualifications Wales before considering further action on the petition. |
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Updates to previous petitions |
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P-04-682 Routine Screening for Type 1 Diabetes in Children and Young People Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered the responses from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and
Social Services, local health boards and professional bodies, and agreed to invite
the Cabinet Secretary to a future Committee meeting to provide further evidence
prior to producing a report on the petition. |
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P-04-628 To improve access to Education and services in British Sign Language Supporting documents: Minutes: The
Committee discussed the lack of a response from the Welsh Local Government
Association to the Committee’s correspondence, and agreed to write a further
letter to the WLGA expressing their disappointment and to ask for an urgent
response to the letter dated 3 August. Following
the meeting, a response from the WLGA has been received. |
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P-05-760 Stop Compulsory Welsh Language GCSE Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Education
and agreed to close the petition in light of the unequivocal commitment
expressed by the Cabinet Secretary to the compulsory study of the Welsh language
at GCSE, and her answers to the concerns raised by the petitioner. |
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P-04-688 TATA Steel Port Talbot Power Plant Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and
Infrastructure and agreed to await the views of the petitioner on the latest
information before considering closing the petition, in light of the
information received and further funding committed by the Welsh Government in
the draft budget for 2018-19. |
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P-05-738 Public Petition for the Dinas Powys By-Pass Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered correspondence from the Vale of Glamorgan Council along
with further comments from the petitioner and agreed to write to the Vale of
Glamorgan Council to request an update when the results of the WelTAG Stage 2
report have been considered by the Council’s Cabinet. |
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P-05-748 School Buses for School Children Supporting documents: Minutes: The
Committee discussed the lack of response from the Welsh Local Government
Association to the Committee’s correspondence and agreed to write a further
letter to the WLGA expressing their disappointment and asking for an urgent
response to the letter of 24 July. |
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P-05-758 Statue to Honour Billy Boston Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered correspondence from the petitioner and agreed to ask the
petitioner to provide the Committee with a further update on the project in due
course. |
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P-05-776 To recognize the three hundredth anniversary of Williams Pantycelyn Supporting documents:
Minutes: Rhun
ap Iorwerth declared the following
relevant interest under Standing Order 17.24A: He
is in contact with the lead petitioner regarding the matter. The
Committee considered correspondence from the Arts Council for Wales and agreed
to write to the petitioner to share information about the recent event in the
Senedd and the answers given by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and
Infrastructure, and ask if he knows of any suitable organisations or
individuals who could bring forward concrete proposals. |
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P-05-742 Stop Forsythia Closing Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to write to
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council and 3Gs Development Trust to ask for an
update on the current and future provision of services for young people at
Forsythia Youth Centre. |
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P-05-715 A Ban on the Manufacture, Sale and Use of Snares in Wales. Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered correspondence from the petitioner and agreed to close the
petition given the issue has recently been the subject of detailed attention by
the Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee, and that the Welsh
Government has accepted that committee’s recommendations. |
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P-05-773 Don't Fill Landfill! Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee considered correspondence from the petitioner and agreed to write to
Cardiff Council to share the petitioner’s comments on the recycling bags used
in Cardiff and her proposal that stickers should be placed on black bins to
raise awareness that waste in them is destined for landfill. |
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P-04-472 Make the MTAN law Supporting documents: Minutes: The
Committee heard evidence from Lesley Griffiths AM, Neil Hemington and Joanne
Smith. The Cabinet Secretary agreed to investigate further, comments attributed
to the planning inspector during an appeal hearing over an application for an
opencast mine at Varteg Hill, and write to the Committee. |
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P-04-575 Call in All Opencast Mining Planning Applications Supporting documents:
Minutes: The
Committee heard evidence from Lesley Griffiths AM, Neil Hemington and Joanne
Smith. The Cabinet Secretary agreed to investigate further, comments attributed
to the planning inspector during an appeal hearing over an application for an
opencast mine at Varteg Hill, and write to the Committee. |