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P-05-863 Call on the Welsh Government to provide free sanitary products to all women in low income households
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Meeting: 10/03/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
3 P-05-863 Call on the Welsh Government to provide free sanitary products to all women in low income households
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3
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- 17.02.20 Correspondence - Petitioner to Committee, item 3
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Minutes:
The Committee considered further correspondence and agreed
to provide the petitioner’s further comments to the Deputy Minister and Chief
Whip and request an update in six months about the delivery of the Welsh
Government’s initiatives in this area.
Meeting: 21/01/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
3 P-05-863 Call on the Welsh Government to provide free sanitary products to all women in low income households
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3
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- 03.12.19 Correspondence - Deputy Minister and Chief Whip to Chair, item 3
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- 11.12.19 Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government to Chair, item 3
PDF 368 KB
- 03.01.20 Welsh Government press release: The Welsh Government has committed more than £3.3m to tackle period poverty in communities and promoting period dignity in schools and colleges across Wales, item 3
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Minutes:
The Committee considered further correspondence and agreed to:
· await the views of the petitioners on the information provided, and
· keep a watching brief on any further developments on this subject-matter.
Meeting: 15/10/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
3 P-05-863 Call on the Welsh Government to provide free sanitary products to all women in low income households
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
The
Committee considered further correspondence and agreed to:
·
write
to the Deputy Minister and Chief Whip to ask for more detail on how the £1
million funding allocated up to 2020 is being spent and how it is contributing
to the reduction of period poverty; and
·
write
to the Scottish Government to request information about how their commitments
to providing free sanitary products in education settings, and targeted support
for low income households, is being delivered and any information they can
provide about the impact it is having.
Meeting: 12/02/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)
2 P-05-863 Call on the Welsh Government to provide free sanitary products to all women in low income households
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 2
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- Research Brief, item 2
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- 16.01.19 Correspondence - Deputy Minister and Chief Whip to the Chair, item 2
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Minutes:
The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to:
·
await the views of the petitioners on the
response provided by the Deputy Minister and Chief Whip before considering
whether to take further action on the petition; and
- consider requesting that
the Deputy Minister and Chief Whip to meet with the petitioner to discuss
the issues raised in the petition at a later date.