Concise Minutes - Equality and Social Justice Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 5 (Ty Hywel)

Meeting date: Monday, 6 October 2025

Meeting time: 13.30 - 17.02
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15641

Hybrid

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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
Witnesses:	Angela Hughes, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Sarah Morley, Velindre NHS Trust Rhidian Hurle, Digital Health and Care Wales Michelle Fowler, Velindre University NHS Trust Liam Williams, Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust Kathryn Cobley, Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust
Committee Staff:	Rhys Morgan (Clerk) Angharad Roche (Deputy Clerk) Masudah Ali (Legal Services) Gwennan Hardy (Research Service)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

The Chair welcomed Members and witnesses to the meeting.

No apologies were given. No substitutions or declarations of interest were made.

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2 Stage one scrutiny of the British Sign Language (Wales) Bill: evidence session seven

Members heard evidence from:

Angela Hughes, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Sarah Morley, Velindre University NHS Trust

Michelle Fowler, Velindre University NHS Trust

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3 Stage one scrutiny of the British Sign Language (Wales) Bill: evidence session eight

Members heard evidence from:

Rhidian Hurle, Digital Health Care Wales

Liam Williams, Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Kathryn Cobley, Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust

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4 Papers to note

Members noted the paper.

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4.1 Correspondence from Dr Rob Jones to the Chair regarding Welsh Justice Data

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5 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and from item one on the agenda for the Committee's meeting on 13 October 2025

Members agreed the motion.

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6 Stage one scrutiny of the British Sign Language (Wales) Bill: consideration of the evidence

Members considered the evidence.

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