Agenda - Equality and Social Justice Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 (Senedd)

Meeting date: 28 April 2025

Meeting time: 11:30
For further information contact:

Mared Llwyd

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddEquality@senedd.wales


Hybrid

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Pre-meeting

(11:00-11:30)

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Public meeting

(11:30-15:15)

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(11:30)                                                                                                             

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2       Social cohesion: evidence session five

(11:30-12:30)                                                                             (Pages 1 - 20)

Joe Rossiter, Co-Director, Institute of Welsh Affairs

Dr. Anwen Elias, Reader in politics, Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University

Professor Matt Ryan, Southhampton University

 

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BREAK

(12:30 - 13:30)

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3       Social cohesion: evidence session six

(13:30-14:15)                                                                                                  

Misbah Malik, Senior Policy and Engagement Officer, Hope Not Hate

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BREAK

(14:15-14:30)

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4       Social cohesion: evidence session seven

(14:30-15:15)                                                                           (Pages 21 - 49)

Cllr MaryAnn Brockelsby, Leader of Monmouthshire Council and WLGA Social Justice Spokesperson

 

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5       Papers to note

(15:15)                                                                                                             

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5.1   Correspondence to the Chair from Professor Rod Hicks regarding Child Poverty

                                                                                                 (Pages 50 - 55)

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5.2   Correspondence to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip from Pippa Cotterill of the Royal College Speech and Language Therapists Wales

                                                                                                 (Pages 56 - 57)

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5.3   Correspondence to the Chair from the Petitions Committee regarding residents affected by the Arbed and CESP schemes

                                                                                                 (Pages 58 - 59)

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5.4   Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Chair regarding the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill LCM

                                                                                                 (Pages 60 - 64)

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5.5   Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Legislation, Justice and the Constitution Committee regarding the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill LCM

                                                                                                           (Page 65)

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5.6   Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Legislation, Justice and the Constitution Committee regarding Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement: Forthcoming Governmental Meetings

                                                                                                 (Pages 66 - 67)

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5.7   Correspondence from the Northern Irish Committee to the Chair regarding proposed UK Welfare Reforms

                                                                                                 (Pages 68 - 69)

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5.8   Correspondence from Disability Wales to the Chair regarding UK Government welfare reforms

                                                                                                 (Pages 70 - 71)

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5.9   Correspondence from the Chair of the Senedd Cross Party Group on Disability regarding the UK Government's welfare reforms

                                                                                                 (Pages 72 - 73)

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6       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) a (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting

(15:15)                                                                                                             

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Private meeting

(15:15-16:00)

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7       Social cohesion: consideration of evidence

(15:15-15:30)                                                                                                  

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8       Forward work programme

(15:30-15:45)                                                                           (Pages 74 - 79)

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9       Legislative Consent Measure: Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - consideration of draft report

(15:45-16:00)                                                                           (Pages 80 - 90)

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10    Welfare reform

(16:00-16:10)

                                                                                               (Pages 91 - 101)

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