Concise Minutes - Equality and Social Justice Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 5 (Ty Hywel)

Meeting date: Monday, 24 March 2025

Meeting time: 13.30 - 15.10
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15301


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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:

Anne Hubbard, Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA)

Dave Jolly, Flintshire County Council

Committee Staff:

Rhys Morgan (Clerk)

Mared Llwyd (Second Clerk)

Angharad Roche (Deputy Clerk)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Apologies were received from Mick Antoniw.

 

No substitutions or declarations of interest were received.

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2       Papers to note

Members noted the papers.

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2.1   Correspondence from the Minister for Children and Social Care to the Chair regarding childcare funding in Wales

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2.2   Correspondence from the Petitions Committee to the Chair regarding tackling long COVID in Wales

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2.3   Correspondence from National Energy Action to the Chair regarding Fuel Poverty in Wales

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2.4   Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee regarding inter-institutional agreement: update to concordat

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2.5   Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to Chair regarding Child Poverty Strategy and Monitoring Framework

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2.6   Correspondence from Charles Whitmore to the Chair regarding strengthening and advancing Human Rights

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

Members agreed the motion.

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4       Fuel Poverty: consideration of draft report

Members agreed the draft report.

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5       Social cohesion: roundtable session with Migration and Resettlement Leads

Members held a private roundtable discussion on Social Cohesion with Migration and Resettlement Leads.

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6       Social cohesion: consideration of evidence

Members considered the evidence received.

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