Agenda - Equality and Social Justice Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 2 (Senedd)

Meeting date: 19 January 2026

Meeting time: 13.30
For further information contact:

Mared Llwyd

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddEquality@senedd.wales

Hybrid

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Pre-meeting

(13:00-13:30)

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Public meeting

(13:30-16:00)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(13:30)

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2 Access to healthy, nutritious and affordable food: evidence session one

(13:30-14:30) (Pages 1 - 17)

Pearl Costello, Food Sense Wales

Hannah Gibbs, Sustain

Chloe Masefield, Bwyd Powys (hosted by Cultivate)

Chris Nottingham, Blaenau Gwent Food Partnership/Tai Calon Housing Association

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Break

(14:30-14:45)

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3 Access to healthy, nutritious and affordable food: evidence session two

(14:45-16:00) (To Follow)

Janet Hayward, Big Bocs Bwyd

Sarah Germain, Farshare Cymru

Katie Till, Trussell Trust

Robbie Davison, Can Cook - Well Fed

Simon Wright, Cegin y Bobl & Wright’s Food Emporium

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4 Papers to note

(16:00)

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4.1 Correspondence from the Future Generations Commissioner to the Chair regarding the Future Generations Commissioner's stakeholder survey

(Pages 18 - 19)

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4.2 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Chair regarding the British Sign Language (Wales) Bill

(Pages 20 - 24)

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4.3 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Chair regarding the Committee's report: “Anything’s Achievable with the Right Support: Tackling the Disability Employment Gap”

(Pages 25 - 26)

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4.4 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Chair regarding scrutiny of the Well-being of Future Generations Act

(Pages 27 - 31)

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4.5 Correspondence from Dr Rob Jones of the Wales Governance Centre to the Chair regarding the Criminal Justice System in Wales

(Pages 32 - 34)

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4.6 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee regarding the Four Nations Inter-Ministerial Group on Work and Pensions

(Page 35)

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4.7 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Chair regarding welcome tickets for asylum seekers in Wales

(Pages 36 - 38)

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4.8 Correspondence from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee regarding the most recent meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee

(Page 39)

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

(16:00)

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Private meeting

(16:00 – 16:20)

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6 Access to healthy, nutritious and affordable food: consideration of the evidence

(16:00-16:15)

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7 British Sign Language (Wales) Bill: order of consideration

(16:15-16:20) (Page 40)

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