Agenda - Equality and Social Justice Committee


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

(13:15-13:30)

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Public meeting

(13:30 - 15:00)

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(13:30)                                                                                                             

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2       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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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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