Concise Minutes - Equality and Social Justice Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 (Senedd)

Meeting date: Monday, 7 July 2025

Meeting time: 11.00 - 16.50
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15168

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	Jenny Rathbone MS (Chair) Jane Dodds MS Altaf Hussain MS Julie Morgan MS Sioned Williams MS
Witnesses:	Mary Ann Brocklesby, Monmouthshire County Council Robyn Lovelock, Ambition North Wales Dr Sumina Azam, Public Health Wales Philip Daniels, Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB Hazel Lloyd Lubran, Ceredigion Association of Voluntary Organisations (CAVO) Fen Turner, Natural Resources Wales Rachel Wolfendale, The Co-production Network for Wales Wayne Tucker, Newport City Council Geoff Ogden, Transport for Wales Dr Lindsay Cordery-Bruce, Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) Philip Blaker, Qualifications Wales Natalie Rees, Transport for Wales
Committee Staff:	Rhys Morgan (Clerk) Angharad Roche (Deputy Clerk) Francesca Howorth (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Apologies were received from Mick Antoniw.

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2 Post-legislative scrutiny of the Future Generations Act: evidence session four

Members heard evidence from:

Councillor Mary-Ann Brocklesby, Leader of Monmouthshire Council

Wayne Tucker, Senior Policy & Partnership Officer, Newport Council

Robyn Lovelock,  Insight, Strategy & Delivery Manager, Denbighshire County Council 

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3 Post-legislative scrutiny of the Future Generations Act: evidence session five

Members heard evidence from:

Fen Turner, Integrated Approaches to Natural Resources and Climate Change Team Leader, Natural Resources Wales

Philip Daniels, Executive Director of Public Health at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Sumina Azam, National Director of Policy and International Health, Public Health Wales

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4 Post-legislative scrutiny of the Future Generations Act: evidence session six

Members heard evidence from:

Geoff Ogden, Chief Transport Planning and Development Officer, Transport for Wales

Natalie Rees, Head of Sustainability and Climate Change, Transport for Wales

Philip Blaker, Chief Executive, Qualifications Wales

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5 Post-legislative scrutiny of the Future Generations Act: evidence session seven

Members heard evidence from:

Dr Lindsay Cordery-Bruce, Chief Executive, WCVA

Rachel Wolfendale, Programme Manager, The Co-Production Network

Hazel Lloyd Lubran, Chief Officer, Ceredigion Association of Voluntary Organisations (CAVCO) and Chair of the Ceredigion Public Services Board and West Wales Regional Partnership Board

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6 Papers to note

Members noted the papers.

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6.1 Correspondence from the Welsh Government to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and the Constitution Committee regarding Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement: Safety, Security and Migration Interministerial Group

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6.2 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Chair regarding recommendation 1 of the Committee's report on tackling fuel poverty: 'Turning up the heat before 2160'

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6.3 Correspondence between the Department for Work and Pensions and the social justice committees of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Scottish Parliament and Welsh Parliament

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7 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) to exclude the public for the remainder of today's meeting

Members agreed the motion.

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8 Post-legislative scrutiny of the Future Generations Act: consideration of evidence

Members considered the evidence.

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