Meeting Venue:
Committee Room 3
(Senedd)
Meeting date: 17 November 2025
Meeting time: 13.30
For further information contact:
Rhys Morgan
Committee Clerk
0300 200
6565
SeneddEquality@senedd.wales
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Pre-meeting
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(13:30 -
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions
and declarations of interest
(13:30)
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Papers to note
(13:30-
13:35)
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2.1 Correspondence to the Chair from Public Health Wales
regarding policy priorities to inform the development of the
Equality and Social Justice Committee’s Sixth Senedd legacy
report
(Pages 1 - 8)
</AI5>
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2.2 Correspondence to the Chair from the Cabinet
Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip regarding
welcome tickets for asylum seekers
(Pages 9 - 10)
</AI6>
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2.3 Correspondence from Sir Stephen Timms, Department for
Work and Pensions to the Chair regarding guidance under the British
Sign Language Act 2022
(Pages 11 - 14)
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2.4 Correspondence from Dr Rob Jones to the Chair
regarding the prisons and imprisonment fact file
(Pages 15 - 114)
</AI8>
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2.5 Correspondence to the Legislation, Justice and the
Constitution Committee from the Deputy First Minister regarding
annual reports of the Inter-governmental relations
secretariat
(Page 115)
</AI9>
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2.6 Consultation response from Audit Wales regarding Post
legislative scrutiny of the Well-being of Future Generations
Act
(Pages 116 - 135)
</AI10>
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3
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi)
and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder
of today's meeting and for any items where the Committee's draft
report on the British Sign Language (Wales) Bill is under
consideration at its meeting on the 24 November
(13:35)
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Private
meeting
(13:35 -
15:00)
</AI12>
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4
British Sign Language (Wales) Bill:
consideration of draft report
(13:35-15:00)
(Pages 136 - 207)
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