Agenda - Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: 8 February 2018

Meeting time: 09.00
For further information contact:

Naomi Stocks

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddCommunities@assembly.wales


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Pre-meeting (09:00 - 09:15)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

                                                                                                                          

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2       Inquiry into rough sleeping in Wales - evidence session 1

(09:15 -10:15)                                                                            (Pages 1 - 35)

Dr Peter Mackie, Senior Lecturer, School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University

Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick, Professor / Director of Institute (ISPHERE), Heriot-Watt University

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Break (10.15 – 10.25)

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3       Inquiry into rough sleeping in Wales - evidence session 2

(10:25-11:25)                                                                           (Pages 36 - 82)

Jane Thomas, Assistant Director, Housing & Communities, Cardiff Council

Simon Inkson, Head of Housing, Powys County Council

Julie Francis, Service Manager, Housing, Wrexham Council

Tracy Hague, Temporary Housing Options Lead, Wrexham Council

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4       Inquiry into rough sleeping in Wales - evidence session 3

(11.25 - 12.25)                                                                       (Pages 83 - 107)

Antony Kendall, Director of Operations, The Wallich

Yvonne Connolly, Regional Manager for Wales and the South West, The Salvation Army

Richard Edwards, Chief Executive, The Huggard Centre

Frances Beecher, Chief Executive, Llamau

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Lunch (12:25-13:15)

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5       Inquiry into rough sleeping in Wales - evidence session 4

(13.15 - 14.15)                                                                     (Pages 108 - 140)

Katie Dalton, Director, Cymorth Cymru

Jennie Bibbings, Campaigns Manager, Shelter Cymru

Rebecca Jackson, Policy and Research Officer, Shelter Cymru

Jon Sparkes, Chief Executive, Crisis

Beth Thomas, Regional Sales Manager, Wales & South West, The Big Issue

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6       Inquiry into rough sleeping in Wales - evidence session 5

(14.15 - 15.15)                                                                     (Pages 141 - 151)

Assistant Chief Constable Jeremy Vaughan, South Wales Police

Chief Superintendent Stephen Jones, South Wales Police

Ian Barrow, Director for the NPS in Wales, HM Prison and Probation Service in Wales

Diana Binding, Lead Senior Manager on Accommodation, Wales Community Rehabilitation Company

Dusty Kennedy, Director, Youth Justice Board Cymru

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7       Paper(s) to note

                                                                                                                          

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7.1   Letter from the Minister for Housing and Regeneration in relation to rough sleeping in Wales

                                                                                             (Pages 152 - 154)

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7.2   Letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee in relation to rough sleeping in Wales

                                                                                             (Pages 155 - 156)

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7.3   Notes of Committee visits in relation to rough sleeping in Wales

                                                                                             (Pages 157 - 165)

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7.4   Additional information from the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) in relation to the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Bill

                                                                                             (Pages 166 - 168)

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7.5   Letter from the Leader of the House and Chief Whip in relation to human rights in Wales

                                                                                             (Pages 169 - 176)

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7.6   Letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee in relation to fire safety in Wales

                                                                                             (Pages 177 - 179)

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8       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting and from items 1, 2 and 3 of the meeting on 14 February 2018

                                                                                                                          

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9       Legislative Consent Memorandum: Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill - consideration of draft report

(15.30 - 15.35)                                                                     (Pages 180 - 181)

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10   Inquiry into rough sleeping in Wales - consideration of evidence received under items 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

(15.15 - 15.30)                                                                                                

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