Concise Minutes - Equality and Social Justice Committee

Meeting Venue:

Virtual meeting via Zoom

Meeting date: Monday, 8 December 2025

Meeting time: 13.00 - 14.30
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15833

Private, Remote

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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) Mared Llwyd (Second Clerk) Angharad Roche (Deputy Clerk) Claire Thomas (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

** At its meeting on 1 December 2025 the Committee resolved under SO 17.42(vi) to exclude the public from today’s meeting**

The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

No apologies were given nor any substitutions made.

The following declarations of interest (under Standing Order 17.24A) were made:

- Jenny Rathbone MS declared that she is a member of the Cardiff Credit Union

- Sioned Williams declared that she is a member of the Neath Port Talbot Credit Union.

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2 Scrutiny of Draft Budget 2026-27: consideration of draft report

Members considered the draft report and suggested a number of edits. It was agreed that the redrafted report would be circulated to Members for electronic sign-off outside of Committee.

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