Concise Minutes - Equality and Social Justice Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 5 (Hybrid)

Meeting date: Monday, 25 September 2023

Meeting time: 13:00 - 17.00
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13640


Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Jenny Rathbone MS (Chair)

Jane Dodds MS

Altaf Hussain MS

Sioned Williams MS

Ken Skates MS

Jayne Bryant MS

Witnesses:

Rocio Cifuentes, Children's Commissioner for Wales

Rhian Croke, Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales

Dr Rod Hick, Cardiff University

Sean O’Neill, Children in Wales

Dr Victoria Winckler, Bevan Foundation

Chris Birt, The Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Ally Dunhill, Eurochild

Mari Rege, University of Stavanger

 

Committee Staff:

Rhys Morgan (Clerk)

Rachael Davies (Second Clerk)

Evan Jones (Secretariat)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Apologies were received from Sarah Murphy.

 

Jane Bryant, Chair of the Young People, Children and Education Committee joined the Committee for today’s session.

 

No declarations of interest were made.

 

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2       Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1 (13:00-14:15)

Members heard evidence from:

 

Ally Dunhill, Eurochild

Mari Rege, University of Stavanger

 Chris Birt, The Joseph Rowntree Foundation

 

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3       Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 2

Members heard evidence from:

Victoria Winckler, Bevan Foundation

Sean O’Neill, Children in Wales

Dr Rod Hick, Cardiff University

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4       Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 3

Members heard evidence from:

 

Rocio Cifuentes, Children’s Commissioner for Wales

Dr Rhian Croke, Children’s Legal Centre, Swansea University

 

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5       Motion under SO17.42 (vi) and (ix) to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting and for the duration of the Committee's meeting on 2 October 2023

Members agreed the motion.

 

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6       Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: consideration of evidence

Members considered the evidence.

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