Eich cyf/Your ref

Ein cyf/Our ref

 5 November 2012

Chairs of Health & Social Services Committee and Enterprise & Business Committee

National Assembly for Wales

Cardiff

CF99 1NA

Dear Mark and Nick,

Thank you for your letter of 17th October setting out the arrangements for your Committees to meet concurrently to consider evidence associated with the Smoke Free Premises (Amendment)(Wales) Regulations.

I very much appreciate that you have accommodated this scrutiny on top of your scheduled business for the next session. As for your point about timetabling, I'm sure you will agree that given the interest shown both within and outside the Senedd, it would be very helpful to complete the work as quickly as possible. Perhaps the Clerk to the sub committee could let my office know when you have established a timeframe for the report to be considered by the respective parent Committees.

Many thanks for your co-operation in taking this forward.

I am copying this to the Presiding Officer.

Jane Hutt AC / AM

Y Gweinidog Cyllid ac Arweinydd y Ty

Minister for Finance and Leader of the House