Agenda - Equality and Social Justice Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 (Ty Hywel)

Meeting date: 26 January 2026

Meeting time: 13:30
For further information contact:

Rhys Morgan

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddEquality@senedd.wales


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Pre-meeting

(13:15-13:30)

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Public meeting

(13:30- 15:30)

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(13:30)                                                                                                             

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2       British Sign Language (Wales) Bill: stage two proceedings

(13:30-15:30)                                                                                                  

Mark Isherwood, MS, Member in Charge of the Bill

Gareth Rogers, Bill Manager, Senedd Commission

Gareth Howells, Legal Services, Senedd Commission

 

The Committee will dispose of the amendments in the following order: Sections 1 to 5; Schedule 1; Sections 6 to 11.

 

Documents relevant to Stage 2 proceedings will be available on the Bill page.

 

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3       Papers to note

(15:30)                                                                                                             

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3.1   Correspondence from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs and the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Chair regarding food poverty

                                                                                                     (Pages 1 - 5)

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3.2   Correspondence from the Welsh Government to the Chair in response to the Equality and Social Justice Committee's report: "Settled but not safe? EU citizens who stayed after Brexit"

                                                                                                   (Pages 6 - 13)

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3.3   Correspondence from the Welsh Women's Budget Group and Women's Equality Network Wales to the Chair regarding the Welsh Government's 2026-2027 Budget

                                                                                                 (Pages 14 - 16)

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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 and for the entirety of the Committee's meeting on 2 February 2026

(15:30)                                                                                                             

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Private meeting

(15:30-15:45)

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5       Access to healthy, nutritious and affordable food: consideration of preparations for focus group sessions

(15:30-15:45)                                                                                                  

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