Meeting Venue:
Committee Room 5
(Ty Hywel)
Meeting date: 22 September 2025
Meeting time: 11:00 – 17:00
For further information contact:
Rhys Morgan
Committee Clerk
0300 200
6565
SeneddEquality@senedd.wales
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** In
addition to the breaks published on the agenda there will also be
periodic comfort breaks, called by the Chair **
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Pre-
meeting
(10:30-11:00)
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Public
session
(11:00 -
16:45)
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1
Introductions, apologies, substitutions
and declarations of interest
(11:00)
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2
Stage one scrutiny of the British Sign
Language (Wales) Bill: evidence session two
(11:00-12:15)
(Pages 1 - 27)
Polly Winn, RNID
Sarah Thomas, Centre of Sign Sight Sound
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Lunch
break
(12:15-
13:25)
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3
Stage one scrutiny of the British Sign
Language (Wales) Bill: evidence session three
(13:25-15:00)
(Pages 28 - 32)
Tom Lichy, British Deaf Association
Martin Griffiths, British Deaf Association
Cath Booth, Wales Council for Deaf People
Charles Hampton, Wales Council for Deaf
People
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Break
(15:00-15:15)
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4
Stage one scrutiny of the British Sign
Language (Wales) Bill: evidence session four
(15:15-16:30)
Jemina Napier, Herriot-Watt University
Biao Zeng, University of South Wales
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5
Papers to note
(16:30)
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5.1 Correspondence from the Children's Legal Centre Wales
to the Chair regarding Deprivation of Liberty Orders for children
and “If Not Now, Then When? Radical Reform for
Care-Experienced Children and Young People” Inquiry
recommendations
(Pages 33 - 35)
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5.2 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for
Education to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and the
Constitution Committee regarding the Memorandum of Understanding
Welsh Ministers and HM Prison and Probation Service
(Page 36)
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6
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) to
resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this
meeting
(16:30)
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Private
session
(16:30 -
17:00)
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7
Stage one scrutiny of the British Sign
Language (Wales) Bill: consideration of the evidence
(16:30-16:35)
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8
Social Cohesion: consideration of draft
report
(16:35
–
17:00)
(To Follow)
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