DRAFT MINUTES

DRAFT MINUTES

Meeting ID	13205
Committee	Equality and Social Justice Committee
Date	13/02/2023
Attendees	Jenny Rathbone MS (Chair) Jane Dodds MS (Member) Altaf Hussain MS (Member) Sarah Murphy MS (Member) Sioned Williams MS (Member) Ken Skates MS (Member) Rhys Morgan (Clerk) Rachael Davies (Second Clerk) Angharad Roche (Deputy Clerk) Gabriela Dimitrova (Monitor) Evan Jones (Monitor) Rhys Jones (Monitor) Sam Mason (Legal Adviser) Jonathan Baxter (Monitor) Osian Bowyer (Monitor) Chloe Corbyn (Monitor) Sarah Hatherley (Monitor) Hannah Johnson (Monitor) Sara Moran (Monitor) Nia Moss (Monitor) Kathryn Potter (Monitor) Ben Stokes (Monitor) Claire Thomas (Monitor) Gareth David Thomas (Monitor) Dr Paul Worthington (Monitor) MSS Jenny Rathbone (Monitor) MSS Jane Dodds (Monitor) MSS Altaf Hussain (Monitor) MSS Sarah Murphy (Monitor) MSS Ken Skates (Monitor) MSS Sioned Williams (Monitor) Central Admin (Monitor) TRS Admin group (Monitor) TRS - Users (Monitor) Access to Equality and Social Justice Committee (Monitor) Access All Committees (Monitor) Publishers for Equality and Social Justice Committee (Sixth Senedd) (Monitor) Equality and Social Justice Committee (Monitor) Ceri Cunnington (Public) Karen Davies (Public) Sarah Germain (Public) Susan Lloyd Selby (Public) Robbie Davison (Public) Nicola Field (Public) Jen Griffiths (Public)

Item ID	77788
Item Title	Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Summary	No apologies were received from Members and no substitutions were made. Under Standing Order 17.24A Sarah Murphy MS made a declaration of interest in relation to Item 3.

Item ID	77818
Item Title	Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session two
Summary	Members heard evidence from the following witnesses: Sarah Germain, Chief Executive Officer - FareShare Jen Griffiths, Service Manager – Flintshire County Council Robbie Davison - Well Fed Apologies were received from Susan Lloyd-Selby, Network Lead Wales at the Trussell Trust.

Item ID	77820
Item Title	Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session three
Summary	Members heard evidence from the following witnesses: Nicola Field – Credit Unions of Wales Karen Davies – Purple Shoots Apologies were recevied from Ceri Cunnington of Cwmni Bro Ffestiniog.

Item ID	77827
Item Title	Papers to note
Summary	Members noted the papers.

Item ID	77837
Item Title	Letter from the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership to the Chair regarding the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill
Summary

Item ID	77840
Item Title	Letter from the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to the Llywydd regarding the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
Summary

Item ID	77821
Item Title	Motion under SO17.42 (vi) and (ix) to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting
Summary	Members agreed the motion.

Item ID	77822
Item Title	Follow-up work on debt and the cost of living: consideration of evidence
Summary	Members considered the evidence.

Item ID	77823
Item Title	Women's experiences in the criminal justice system: consideration of draft report
Summary	The Committee considered its draft report and agreed to consider a revised draft at a future meeting.

Item ID	77824
Item Title	Experiences of young people with speech, language and communication needs in the criminal justice system: consideration of key issues
Summary	The Committee agreed to consider this item at the next meeting.

Item ID	77826
Item Title	EU Settlement Scheme: monitoring report
Summary	Members agreed to finalise the report outside of Committee.