Concise Minutes - Equality and Social Justice Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 (Senedd)

Meeting date: Monday, 17 November 2025

Meeting time: 13.30 - 15.00
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15419


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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Jenny Rathbone MS (Chair)

Mick Antoniw MS

Jane Dodds MS

Altaf Hussain MS

Julie Morgan MS

Sioned Williams MS

Committee Staff:

Rhys Morgan (Clerk)

Angharad Roche (Deputy Clerk)

Masudah Ali

Gwennan Hardy

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

No apologies were received nor any declarations of interest.

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2       Papers to note

Members noted the papers.

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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

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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

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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

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2.4   Correspondence from Dr Rob Jones, Cardiff University, to the Chair regarding the prisons and imprisonment fact file

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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

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2.6   Consultation response from Audit Wales regarding Post legislative scrutiny of the Well-being of Future Generations Act

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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

Members agreed the motion.

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4       British Sign Language (Wales )Bill: consideration of draft report

Members considered the draft report and made a small number of minor revisions. The draft report will be circulated for Members to agree outside of Committee.

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