Meetings

Anti-racist Wales

This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

Note: Meeting Agenda can change at short notice. Particularly where future meeting dates are indicated more than a week in advance. Please check before planning to attend a Committee Meeting that the item you are interested in has not been moved.

 

 

Meeting: 17/11/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Correspondence to the Chair from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip regarding welcome tickets for asylum seekers

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Meeting: 12/05/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

3 Correspondence from the Children's Legal Centre Wales to the Chair regarding the strip searching of children in Wales

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Meeting: 10/02/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 4)

4 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Wales Race Forum Members regarding social media misinformation

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Meeting: 12/06/2024 - Plenary (Item 6)

Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee report - Actions, not words: towards an Anti-Racist Wales by 2030

NDM8602 Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)

To propose that the Senedd:

Notes the Equality and Social Justice Committee report, ‘Action, not words: towards an anti-racist Wales by 2030’, which was laid on Friday 15 March 2024.

Note: The response of the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 5 June 2024.

Minutes:

The item started at 15.36

NDM8602 Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)

To propose that the Senedd:

Notes the Equality and Social Justice Committee report, ‘Action, not words: towards an anti-racist Wales by 2030’, which was laid on Friday 15 March 2024.

Note: The response of the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 5 June 2024.

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

Meeting: 13/05/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

3 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice and Culture to the Chair regarding the report of the Equality and Social Justice Committee – Actions, not Words: towards an anti-racist Wales by 2030

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Meeting: 26/02/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Correspondence from the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip to the Chair regarding additional information on Anti Racist Wales Action Plan

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Meeting: 26/02/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 9)

9 Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan: consideration of draft report

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Minutes:

Members agreed the draft report.

Meeting: 08/01/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Correspondence from the Children, Young People and Education Committee to the Chair regarding evidence from the Children's Commissioner relating to racism and poverty

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Meeting: 08/01/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 5)

Anti-racist Wales Action Plan: consideration of key issues

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Minutes:

Members considered the Key Issues paper.

Meeting: 04/12/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 5)

Inquiry into the implementation of the Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan: consideration of evidence

Minutes:

Members considered the evidence.

Meeting: 04/12/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Inquiry into the implementation of the Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan: Ministerial evidence session

Jane Hutt, Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip

Amelia John, Welsh Government:  Interim Director – Communities & Tackling Poverty

Riaz Hassan, Welsh Government: Head of Anti-racist Wales Action Plan Implementation Team

Rajvi Glasbrook Griffiths, Welsh Government: Senior Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan Project Manager

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Minutes:

Members heard evidence from the following:

 

Jane Hutt, MS, Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip

Amelia John, Interim Director, Communities & Tackling Poverty

Riaz Hassan, Head of Anti-racist Wales Action Plan Implementation Team

Rajvi Glasbrook Griffiths, Senior Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan Project Manager

 

 

Meeting: 20/11/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

3 Inquiry into the implementation of the Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan: evidence session four

Uzo Iwobi, Race Council Cymru

 

Dr Robert Jones, Cardiff University

 

(In addition to Dr Jones’ written evidence, please also note the report “Prisons in Wales, 2022 Factfile"

 

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Minutes:

Members heard evidence from:

 

Uzo Iwobi, Race Council Cymru

 

Robert Jones, Cardiff University

Meeting: 20/11/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 7)

Inquiry into the implementation of the Anti-Racist Wales Action: consideration of evidence

Minutes:

Members considered the evidence heard from witnesses and the briefing delivered by Welsh Government officials.

Meeting: 20/11/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 6)

Inquiry into the implementation of the Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan: Welsh Government briefing with officials

Minutes:

Members received a private briefing from Welsh Government officials regarding the Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan.

Meeting: 20/11/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Inquiry into the implementation of the Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan: evidence session three

Farzana Mohammed, Muslim Doctors Cymru

 

Debbie Eyitayo, Swansea Bay University Health Board

 

Dr Shanti Karupiah, Royal College of General Practitioners

 

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Members heard evidence from:

 

 

Farzana Mohammed, Muslim Doctors Cymru

Debbie Eyitayo, Swansea Bay University Health Board

Dr Shanti Karupiah, Royal College of General Practitioners

Meeting: 06/11/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Inquiry into the implementation of the Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan: evidence session one

Ceri Harries, NHS Confederation

 

David Pritchard, Social Care Wales

 

Professor Pushpinder Mangat, Health and Education Improvement Wales

 

Abyd Quinn-Aziz, BASW Cymru

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Minutes:

Members heard evidence from:

 

 

Ceri Harries, NHS Confederation

David Pritchard, Social Care Wales

Professor Pushpinder Mangat, Health and Education Improvement Wales Abyd Quinn-Aziz, BASW Cymru

 

Meeting: 06/11/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 6)

Inquiry into the implementation of the Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan: consideration of evidence

Minutes:

Members considered the evidence.

Meeting: 06/11/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

3 Inquiry into the implementation of the Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan: evidence session two

Yusuf Ibrahim, Colegau Cymru, Cardiff and Vale College

 

Dean Prymble, Show Racism the Red Card

 

Sue James, BAMEed Wales

 

Harriet Barnes, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales

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Minutes:

Members heard evidence from:

 

Yusuf Ibrahim, Colegau Cymru, Cardiff and Vale College

Dean Prymble, Show Racism the Red Card

Sue James, BAMEed Wales

Harriet Barnes, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales

 

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