NHS Redress (Wales) Measure 2008

Government proposed Measure – Introduced by Edwina Hart AM, Minister for Health and Social Services

About the Measure

To make provision about arrangements for redress in relation to liability in tort in connection with services provided as part of the health service in Wales; and for connected purposes.

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Following agreement by the National Assembly of the text of the proposed Measure, it received Royal Approval on 9 July 2008. The proposed Measure is now a Measure of the National Assembly (a Welsh law).

Record of Passage in the National Assembly for Wales

The following table sets out the dates for each stage of the Measure’s passage through the National Assembly for Wales.  

NHS Redress (Wales) Measure 2008

Stage

Date

  • Proposed Measure introduced

  • Stage 1 - Committee consideration of general principles*   

  • Stage 1 - Debate in plenary on general principles

  • Stage 2 - Committee consideration of amendments *

  • Stage 3 - Plenary consideration of amendments

  • Stage 4 - Passing of the Measure in Plenary

  • Date of Royal Approval

* undertaken by the proposed NHS Redress (Wales) Measure Committee

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Measure and Explanatory Memorandum

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Proposed Measure Committee

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The Committee was established on 4 July 2007 to consider and report on the general principles of the Proposed Measure (Stage 1). The Committee ceased to exist when the Measure was passed by the Assembly on 6 May 2008.

  • Stage 1

Consideration and agreement of the general principles of the Measure:

Public consultation

The Committee issued a call for evidence (PDF, 25KB), which has now closed and the responses received can be accessed at:

Committee Stage 1 report

The Committee published its

Stage 1 Committee report (PDF, 1.5MB) on 24 January 2008.

Plenary Stage 1 debate
The Assembly agreed to the general principles of the Measure after the Stage 1 debate in plenary on 29 January 2008.

  • Stage 2
Detailed consideration of the Measure and any amendments tabled for consideration in committee:

Stage 2 commenced on 30 January 2008 and concluded on 11 March 2008.

Details of tabled amendments are available at:

  • Stage 3

Detailed consideration on the Measure and any selected amendments in plenary:

Stage 3 commenced on 12 March 2008. and concluded on 6 May 2008.

Details of tabled amendments are available at:

  • Stage 4

Passing the final text of the Measure: The Measure was passed by the Assembly on 6 May 2008.

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