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Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee |
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Committee Room 2 - Senedd |
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Meeting date: |
Wednesday, 17 September 2014 |
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09:00-12:30 |
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Concise Minutes: MeetingTitle |
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Assembly Members: |
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Christine Chapman AM (Chair) Peter Black AM Jocelyn Davies AM Janet Finch-Saunders AM Mike Hedges AM Mark Isherwood AM Gwyn R Price AM Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM |
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Witnesses: |
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Des Mannion, Head of Service for Wales, NSPCC Cymru/Wales Sara Reid, Children are Unbeatable! Cymru Eleri Griffiths, Children in Wales Menna Thomas, Barnardo’s Professor Emma Renold, Sexualities and Gender Research Group, Cardiff University Professor Jonathan Shepherd, Cardiff University Professor Jackie Jones, Bristol Law School |
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Committee Staff: |
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Sarah Beasley (Clerk) Leanne Hatcher (Deputy Clerk) Hannah Johnson (Researcher) |
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1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions
1.1 The Chair welcomed Members and members of the public.
1.2 Apologies for absence were received from Leighton Andrews and Jenny Rathbone.
2 Gender-based Violence, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 2 (Panel of Children's Organisations)
2.1 The committee received evidence from:
Des Mannion: National Head of Service NSPCC Wales;
Sara Reid, Co-ordinator, Children are Unbeatable! Cymru;
Eleri Griffiths, Development and Training Officer, Children in Wales;
Menna Thomas, Senior Research and Policy Officer, Banardos Cymru.
3 Gender-based Violence, Domestic Abuse and Sexual: Evidence Session 3 (Panel of Academics)
3.1 The committee received evidence from:
Professor Emma Renold, School of Social Sciences; Cardiff University;
Professor Jonathan Shepherd, Violence Research Group, Cardiff University;
Professor Jackie Jones, Professor of Feminist Legal Studies, Bristol Law School, UWE Chair, Wales Assembly of Women President, European Women Lawyers Association.
4 Papers to note
4.1 The committee noted the papers.
5 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business: Items 6, 7 and 8
5.1 The committee agreed the motion.
6 Gender-based Violence, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Bill: Stage 1 - discussion of evidence sessions 2 and 3
6.1 The committee discussed the evidence received.
7 Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill: Consideration of draft Stage 1 Report
7.1 The committee discussed the Stage 1 report.
8 Legislative Consent Memorandum: Deregulation Bill
8.1 The Committee considered the LCM.