Concise Minutes - Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Monday, 30 November 2020

Meeting time: 13.30 - 16.14
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/6505


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Attendance

Category

Names

Assembly Members:

John Griffiths MS (Chair)

Dawn Bowden MS

Huw Irranca-Davies MS

Mark Isherwood MS

Delyth Jewell MS

Mandy Jones MS

Witnesses:

Anna Adams, Welsh Government

Matthew Jenkins, Welsh Government

Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner

Jacob Dafydd Ellis, Office of the Future Generations Commissioner

Committee Staff:

Catherine Hunt (Second Clerk)

Yan Thomas (Deputy Clerk)

Chloe Corbyn (Researcher)

 

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1       Inter-Ministerial Group on Paying for Social Care: Technical briefing jointly with the Finance Committee

1.1.      The Committees received a technical briefing on the work of the Inter-Ministerial Group on paying for social care.

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2       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

2.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee.

2.2 In accordance with Standing Order 34.19, the Chair stated that he had determined that the public were excluded from the Committee’s meeting in order to protect public health.

2.3 The Chair stated that if for any reason he dropped out of the meeting, the Committee agreed that Dawn Bowden MS would become Temporary Chair in accordance with Standing Order 17.22.

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3       Scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales annual report

3.1 The Committee received evidence from:

Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

Jacob Dafydd Ellis, Change Maker Lead: Public Affairs and International

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4       Papers to note

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4.1   Correspondence from Individual regarding safer streets and disability equality - 23 November 2020

4.1a The Committee noted the correspondence and agreed to write to the Welsh Government and the Equality and Human Rights Commission regarding the issues raised.

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5       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting and the meeting on 7 December 2020

5.1 The Committee agreed the motion.

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6       Scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales annual report - consideration of evidence

6.1 The Committee considered the evidence received under item 3 and agreed to write to the Commissioner for responses to questions which Members were unable to ask.

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