Agenda Supplement - Equality and Social Justice Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 5 (Ty Hywel)

Meeting date: 15 December 2025

Meeting time: 13.30
For further information contact:

Rhys Morgan

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddEquality@senedd.wales


 

Please note the documents below are in addition to those published in the main Agenda and Reports pack for this Meeting

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Pre-meeting

(13:00-13:30)

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Public meeting

(13:30-14:30)

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(13:30)                                                                                                             

 

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2       Experiences of the criminal justice system: evidence session with Dr Robert Jones

(13:30-14:30)                                                                           (Pages 1 - 108)

Dr Robert Jones, Wales Governance Centre

Attached Documents:
Research brief
Fact File
Briefing from Dr Robert Jones

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3       Papers to note

(14:30)                                                                                                             

 

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3.1   Correspondence from Mark Isherwood MS to the Finance Committee regarding his response to the Finance Committee's stage one report on the scrutiny of the British Sign Language (Wales) Bill

                                                                                             (Pages 109 - 113)

Attached Documents:
Correspondence from Mark Isherwood MS to the Finance Committee regarding his response to the Finance Committee's stage one report on the scrutiny of the British Sign Language (Wales) Bill  - 27 November 2025

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3.2   Correspondence from Public Health Wales to the Chair regarding the Sixth Senedd Legacy Report

                                                                                             (Pages 114 - 117)

Attached Documents:
Correspondence from Public Health Wales to the Chair regarding the Sixth Senedd Legacy Report - 3 December 2025
Correspondence from the Chair to Public Health Wales regarding the Sixth Senedd Legacy Report - 1 December 2025

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3.3   Correspondence from Welsh Government to the Chair providing further information in respect of follow-up points to the scrutiny session on the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget 2026-27

                                                                                             (Pages 118 - 126)

Attached Documents:
Correspondence from Welsh Government to the Chair providing further information in respect of follow-up points to the scrutiny session on the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget 2026-27
Correspondence to Welsh Government from the Chair requesting the provision of further information in respect of follow-up points to the scrutiny session on the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget 2026-27 - 27 November 2025

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3.4   Correspondence from Wales Women's Budget Group and the Women's Equality Network (WEN) Wales to the Chair regarding the publication of the Welsh Government's Draft Budget 2026-27

                                                                                             (Pages 127 - 131)

Attached Documents:
Correspondence from Wales Women's Budget Group and the Women's Equality Network (WEN) Wales to the Chair regarding the publication of the Welsh Government's Draft Budget 2026-27 - 11 December 2025

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4       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of today's meeting

(14:30)                                                                                                             

 

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Private meeting

(14:30-15:30)

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5       Experiences of the criminal justice system: consideration of evidence

(14:30 - 14:45)                                                                                                

 

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6       Post-legislative scrutiny of the Future Generations Act: key issues

(14:45 - 15:30)                                                                     (Pages 132 - 164)

Attached Documents:
Key issues paper

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