Agenda - Equality and Social Justice Committee

Meeting Venue:

Video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 21 March 2022

Meeting time: 13.30
For further information contact:

Rhys Morgan

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddEquality@senedd.wales

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Private pre-meeting and registration (13.00 - 13.30)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(13:30)                                                                                                             

 

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2       Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes Programme: Evidence session 5

(13.30-14.30)                                                                             (Pages 1 - 36)

Jane Hutt, Minister for Social Justice

Steve Chamberlain, Domestic Energy Efficiency and Fuel Poverty Policy Lead

Mark Alexander, Head of Public Sector Decarbonisation, Innovation and Fuel Poverty

Attached Documents:
Research paper
Summary of engagement - Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes Programme
Evidence paper from Welsh Government

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3       Papers to note

(14:30)                                                                                                             

 

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3.1   Welsh Government response to Committee report: Minding the Future - The Childcare Barrier Facing Working Parents

                                                                                                 (Pages 37 - 55)

Attached Documents:
Welsh Government response

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3.2   Correspondence from the Senedd Commission on the use of the term BAME

                                                                                                 (Pages 56 - 57)

Attached Documents:
Correspondence from the Senedd Commission -  15 February 2022

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3.3   Correspondence from Travelling Ahead regarding the implementation of the Housing (Wales) Act

                                                                                                 (Pages 58 - 60)

Attached Documents:
Correspondence from Travelling Ahead to the Local Government and Housing Committee - 2 March 2022

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3.4   Correspondence from the Enforcement Conduct Board regarding debt enforcement

                                                                                                           (Page 61)

Attached Documents:
Letter from Enforcement Conduct Board - 14 March

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4       Motion under SO17.42 (iv) and to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting

(14:30)                                                                                                             

 

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Break (14:30-14:45)

 

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5       Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes Programme: Briefing session with Audit Wales

(14:45-15:10)                                                                                                  

Mark Jeffs, Audit Wales

Chris Pugh, Audit Wales

Seth Newman, Audit Wales

 

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6       Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes Programme: Consideration of evidence

(15:10 - 15:25)                                                                                                

 

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7       UK Government consultation on proposals to reform Human Rights Act 1998: consideration of draft correspondence

(15:25-15:30)                                                                           (Pages 62 - 63)

Attached Documents:
Draft response to UK Government

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8       Future Generations Commissioner:  annual scrutiny - draft report

(15:30-16:10)                                                                         (Pages 64 - 142)

Attached Documents:
Draft report
Correspondence to the Future Generations Commissioner - 14 February 2022
Correspondence from the Future Generations Commissioner to Chair - 1 March 2022
Correspondence to Welsh Government - 15 February 2022
Correspondence from Welsh Government - 7 March 2022

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9       Forward work programme

(16:10-16:30)                                                                       (Pages 143 - 148)

Forward Work Programme

Attached Documents:
Forward work programme

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10    EU Settlement Scheme: Monitoring report

(16:30-16:35)                                                                       (Pages 149 - 161)

Attached Documents:
Note: EU Settlement Scheme in Wales
Monitoring report (October-December 2021): EU Settlement Scheme in Wales

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