Social Partnership Council meeting, 22 September 2025: previous meeting actions
Actions arising from previous meeting.
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Meeting 7: 4 June 2025
Agenda item 10: date and venue of next meeting
SPC Secretariat to confirm details of the 15 September meeting of the Council to members in due course.
Owner: SPC Secretariat.
Completed: diary marker issued to members on 11 June.
Agenda item 8: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
SPC Secretariat to ensure a paper is provided for the next meeting of the Council on potential next steps regarding the ethical use of AI.
Owner: SPC Secretariat.
Completed: paper tabled for September meeting (SPC 08-05).
Agenda item 7: SPC Statements
SPC Secretariat to arrange a workshop to discuss the issue of how to reach consensus on advice in social partnership.
Owner: SPC Secretariat.
Completed: email sent to members on 16 July.
Agenda item 5: Employment Rights Act
SPC Secretariat to keep members informed of the Senedd’s timetable for debating the LCMs on the Employment Rights Bill.
Owner: SPC Secretariat.
Completed: email sent to members on 2 July.
Agenda item 5: Employment Rights Act
Welsh Government officials to provide a written briefing to SPC members on the current position in relation to arrangements for pay and conditions for school support staff in Wales.
Owner: Welsh Government officials.
Completed: email sent to members on 16 July.
Agenda item 4: Procurement subgroup and update on implementation of socially responsible procurement
SPC Secretariat to provide clarification on the expression of interest process.
Owner: SPC Secretariat.
Completed: email sent to members on 20 June.
Agenda item 4: Procurement subgroup and update on implementation of socially responsible procurement
SPC Secretariat to offer a briefing session for SPC members and their colleagues on the section 9(5) guidance and related matters contained in paper SPC 07-04.
Owner: SPC Secretariat.
Completed: email sent to members on 20 June.
Agenda item 3: agreeing the draft Welsh Government Social Partnership Annual Report
SPC Secretariat to arrange for the Welsh Government Social Partnership Annual Report to be laid before the Senedd and published on the Welsh Government website.
Owner: SPC Secretariat.
Completed: the report was laid and published on 4 August.
Agenda Item 2: consultation on the annual review of the Welsh Government’s well-being objectives
SPC Secretariat to ensure the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy is discussed at a future meeting of the SPC once it has been published.
Owner: SPC Secretariat.
Completed: paper tabled for September meeting (SPC 08-02).
Meeting 6: 12 March 2025
Agenda item 4: The Skill Shift, preparing for an AI-driven economy
Welsh Government officials to progress the further work on AI suggested in paper (SPC06-04) taking into account members’ views.
Owner: SPC Secretariat.
Ongoing: a further paper has been tabled for September meeting (SPC 08-05).
Agenda item 2: confidential: members only, consultation on Welsh Ministers Legislative Priorities
Members to provide ideas on any technical bills that are likely to have cross party support that could be proposed for future consideration beyond the current Senedd term to the SPC Secretariat.
Owner: SPC Members.
Ongoing.
Meeting 5: 5 December 2024
Agenda item 7: next meeting, date and venue
The SPC Secretariat to explore options for holding the meeting on 8 October in North Wales.
Owner: SPC Secretariat.
Completed: members chose to hold the meeting in Swansea.
Agenda item 4: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Workforce
The SPC Secretariat to develop options (in consultation with the WPC’s AI Working Group) for how the SPC might progress work on AI.
Owner: SPC Secretariat.
On-going: further paper tabled for September meeting (SPC 08-05).
Agenda item 4: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Workforce
The WPC’s AI Working Group to provide the easy read versions of their reports to the SPC once completed.
Owner: WPC AI Working Group.
On-going: quick read versions have been translated and work is progressing on branding ahead of their publication.
Agenda item 2: Employment Rights Bill
SPC Secretariat to ensure regular updates are provided to the SPC on the progress of the Employment Rights Bill.
Owner: SPC Secretariat.
On-going: update provided for March and June meetings. Further update provided for September meeting.
Meeting 1: 1 February 2024
Agenda item 4: proposed approach to the provision of information and advice by the SPC to the Welsh Ministers
DMSP agreed to share all 56 social partnership reports from public bodies (when available) with the summary report for 2024/25 should SPC members wish to see them.
Owner: SPC Secretariat.
On-going: links to all published reports have been shared with members.
Agenda Item 6: The Socially Responsible Public Procurement provisions of the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023
SH to consider how best to ensure that the SPC is kept up to date via technical briefings on procurement matters as well as the development of the Procurement Subgroup.
Owner: Welsh Government Official.
On-going: a further update has been provided at September meeting, following papers at previous meetings. A technical briefing on procurement was held on 24 September 2024 and a further session has been offered to members this year.