Meetings
Scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner
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.
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Meeting: 09/06/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)
- Webcast for 09/06/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
- Transcript for 09/06/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
2 Correspondence from the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee to the Chair regarding the implementation of the Well-Being of Future Generations (Wales) Act
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Meeting: 03/06/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)
- Webcast for 03/06/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
- Transcript for 03/06/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
3 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice to the Chair regarding regulations to add an additional eight public bodies to section 6(1) of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015
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Meeting: 03/06/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 5)
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- Transcript for 03/06/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
Annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner: consideration of evidence
Minutes:
Members considered the evidence heard today.
Meeting: 03/06/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)
- Webcast for 03/06/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
- Transcript for 03/06/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
2 Annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner
Derek Walker, Future Generations Commissioner
Heledd Morgan, Future Generations Commissioner’s Office
Jacob Ellis, Future Generations Commissioner’s Office
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 13 , View reasons restricted (2/1)
- Correspondence from Future Generation's Commissioner regarding annual scrutiny - 13 May 2024, item 2
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- Memo of understanding: Operational working arrangements between the Welsh Government and Future Generations Commissioner - 13 May 2024, item 2
PDF 392 KB
- Correspondence from the Chair to the Future Generations Commissioner - 5 April 2024, item 2
PDF 117 KB
Minutes:
Members heard evidence from:
Derek Walker, Future Generations Commissioner
Heledd Morgan, Future Generations Commissioner’s Office
Jacob Ellis, Future Generations Commissioner’s Office
Meeting: 03/06/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)
- Webcast for 03/06/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
- Transcript for 03/06/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
3 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice to the Chair regarding an update on the Welsh Government's well-being of future generations continuous learning and improvement plan 2023-25
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Meeting: 12/06/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 4)
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- Transcript for 12/06/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
4 Correspondence from the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip to the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee regarding implementation of the Future Generations Act
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Meeting: 15/05/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)
- Webcast for 15/05/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
- Transcript for 15/05/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
2 Correspondence between the Future Generations Commissioner and the Chair regarding scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner
Supporting documents:
- Letter from the Future Generations Commissioner to the Chair regarding scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner - 24 April 2023, item 2
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- Letter to the Future Generations Commissioner from the Chair regarding scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner - 23 March 2023, item 2
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Meeting: 24/04/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)
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- Transcript for 24/04/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
2 Correspondence from the Minister for Social Justice regarding the proposed addition of new public bodies to the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015
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Meeting: 20/03/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 4)
- Webcast for 20/03/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
- Transcript for 20/03/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
4 Draft letter to the Future Generations Commissioner
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 37 , View reasons restricted (4/1)
Minutes:
Members considered and agreed the draft letter.
Meeting: 30/01/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)
- Webcast for 30/01/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
- Transcript for 30/01/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
3 Letter from the Minister for Social Justice to the Future Generations Commissioner regarding the Welsh Government’s response to the section 20 review by the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
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Meeting: 12/12/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 6)
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Annual scrutiny of Future Generations Commissioner
Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner
Jacob Ellis, Lead Change Maker: Public Affairs and
International
Heledd Morgan, Lead Change Maker
Minutes:
Members heard further evidence from:
Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner
Jacob Ellis, Lead Change Maker: Public Affairs and International
Heledd Morgan, Lead Change Maker
Meeting: 12/12/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 8)
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- Transcript for 12/12/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
Annual scrutiny of Future Generations Commissioner: consideration of evidence
Minutes:
Members considered the evidence.
Meeting: 12/12/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 5)
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- Transcript for 12/12/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
5 Annual scrutiny of Future Generations Commissioner
Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner
Jacob Ellis, Lead Change Maker: Public Affairs and International
Heledd Morgan, Lead Change Maker
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 49 , View reasons restricted (5/1)
Minutes:
Members heard evidence from:
Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner
Jacob Ellis, Lead Change Maker: Public Affairs and International
Heledd Morgan, Lead Change Maker
Meeting: 17/10/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)
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- Transcript for 17/10/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
2 Correspondence between the Permanent Secretary and the Auditor General regarding the Auditor General for Wales’ examination of the setting of Welsh Government’s well-being objectives
Supporting documents:
- Letter from the Permanent Secretary to the Auditor General - 11 October 2022, item 2
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- Letter from the Auditor Wales to the Permanent Secretary - 1 September, item 2
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Meeting: 03/10/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)
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- Transcript for 03/10/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
2 Correspondence from the Auditor General for Wales to the Permanent Secretary: examination of the setting of well-being objectives
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Meeting: 03/10/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)
- Webcast for 03/10/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
- Transcript for 03/10/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
2 Correspondence from the Minister for Social Justice and the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: consultation on public bodies subject to the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015
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Meeting: 12/09/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2.10)
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2.10 Correspondence from the Auditor General for Wales to the Permanent Secretary: examination of the setting of well-being objectives
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Meeting: 12/09/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2.1)
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- Transcript for 12/09/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
2.1 Correspondence from the Minister for Social Justice and the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: consultation on public bodies subject to the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015
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Meeting: 11/07/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)
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- Transcript for 11/07/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
2 Correspondence from the Minister for Social Justice to the Chair of the Equality and Social Justice Committee regarding the appointment of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales (2023 – 2030)
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Meeting: 20/06/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)
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- Transcript for 20/06/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
2 Letter from the Permanent Secretary regarding the Committee's report on annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner
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Meeting: 15/06/2022 - Plenary (Item 6)
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee report - Annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner: An update
NDM8025 Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff
Central)
To propose that the Senedd:
Notes the Equality and Social Justice
Committee report ‘Annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner: An
Update’, laid
in the Table Office on 11 April 2022.
Note: The response of the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 8 June 2022.
Minutes:
The
item started at 16.19
NDM8025 Jenny Rathbone
(Cardiff Central)
To
propose that the Senedd:
Notes the
Equality and Social Justice Committee report ‘Annual scrutiny of the Future
Generations Commissioner: An Update’, laid in
the Table Office on 11 April 2022.
Note:
The response of the Welsh Government to the report was laid in
the Table Office on 8 June 2022.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Meeting: 06/06/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 5)
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- Transcript for 06/06/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
5 Correspondence from the Minister for Social Justice: Welsh Government response to Committee report on annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner
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Minutes:
Members noted the correspondence.
Meeting: 16/05/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 4)
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- Transcript for 16/05/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
4 Correspondence between the Chair of the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee and the Chair of the Equality and Social Justice Committee regarding scrutiny of Commissioners
Supporting documents:
- Letter to Chair of Public Accounts and Public Administration regarding scrutiny of Commissioners - 7 April 2022, item 4
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- Letter from Chair of Public Accounts and Public Administration regarding scrutiny of Commissioners - 10 May 2022, item 4
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Minutes:
Members noted the correspondence.
Meeting: 11/05/2022 - Finance Committee (Item 2)
2 PTN 14 - Letter from the Chair of the Equality and Social Justice Committee: Annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner: update report - 11 April 2022
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Meeting: 11/05/2022 - Local Government and Housing Committee (Item 7)
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- Transcript for 11/05/2022 - Local Government and Housing Committee
7 Letter from the Chair of the Equality and Social Justice Committee in relation to its annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner's report
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Minutes:
7.4.a. The Committee noted the letter from the Chair of the Equality and Social Justice Committee in relation to its annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner's report.
Meeting: 04/05/2022 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 5)
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- Transcript for 04/05/2022 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
5 Letter from the Chair of the Equality and Social Justice Committee regarding annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner: update report
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Meeting: 04/05/2022 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 3)
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- Transcript for 04/05/2022 - Health and Social Care Committee
3 Letter to Senedd Committee Chairs from Chair, Equality and Social Justice Committee regarding annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner
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Minutes:
3.9 The Committee noted the letter.
Meeting: 28/04/2022 - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee (Item 6)
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- Transcript for 28/04/2022 - Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
6 Scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner
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Meeting: 28/04/2022 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 2)
- Webcast for 28/04/2022 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
- Transcript for 28/04/2022 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
2 Letter from the Chair of the Equality and Social Justice Committee
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Meeting: 27/04/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)
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- Transcript for 27/04/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee
2 Scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner
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Meeting: 25/04/2022 - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee (Item 8)
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- Transcript for 25/04/2022 - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
8 Correspondence from the Chair of the Equality and Social Justice Committee: Annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner
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Minutes:
The Committee noted the letter from the Equality and Social Justice Committee.
Meeting: 21/03/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 8)
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- Transcript for 21/03/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
8 Future Generations Commissioner: annual scrutiny - draft report
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 123 , View reasons restricted (8/1)
- Correspondence to the Future Generations Commissioner - 14 February 2022, item 8
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View as HTML (8/2) 34 KB
- Correspondence from the Future Generations Commissioner to Chair - 1 March 2022, item 8
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- Correspondence to Welsh Government - 15 February 2022, item 8
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- Correspondence from Welsh Government - 7 March 2022, item 8
PDF 352 KB
Minutes:
Members considered the draft report and agreed to finalise
it outside of Committee.
Meeting: 02/03/2022 - Finance Committee (Item 2)
2 PTN 1 - Letter from the Chair of the Equality and Social Justice Committee to the Minister for Social Justice: Future Generations Commissioner - 15 February 2022
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Meeting: 14/02/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 4)
- Webcast for 14/02/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
- Transcript for 14/02/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
4 Correspondence from the Future Generations Commissioner to the Minister for Social Justice: Budget position
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Minutes:
Members noted the correspondence.
Meeting: 07/02/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)
- Webcast for 07/02/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
- Transcript for 07/02/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
2 Annual Scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner
Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
Marie Brousseau-Navarro, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Commissioner
Heledd Morgan, Lead Change Maker
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 139 , View reasons restricted (2/1)
- Evidence from the Future Generations Commissioner, item 2
PDF 330 KB
- Restricted enclosure 141 , View reasons restricted (2/3)
Minutes:
Members held a scrutiny session with the Future Generations Commissioner.
Meeting: 07/02/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 5)
- Webcast for 07/02/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
- Transcript for 07/02/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
Annual Scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner: Consideration of evidence
Minutes:
Members considered the evidence received under item 2 and agreed to the Future Generations Commissioner to seek further information in relation to a number of points discussed, and to write to the Minister for Social Justice to seek further information in relation to the Draft Budget.
Meeting: 01/11/2021 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 8)
- Webcast for 01/11/2021 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
- Transcript for 01/11/2021 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
8 Delivering for Future Generations: the story so far - consideration of responses
Supporting documents:
- Correspondence from the Auditor General for Wales to the Chair of the Public Account and Public Administration Committee regarding Delivering for Future Generations: the story so far – 31 August 2021, item 8
PDF 129 KB
- Welsh Government response to the report of the Public Accounts Committee report Delivering for Future Generations: the story so far – September 2021, item 8
PDF 398 KB
- Correspondence from the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales to the Chair of the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee regarding "Delivering for Future Generations: The Story so Far" - 3 September 2021, item 8
PDF 318 KB
- Correspondence from the Llywydd, Chair of the Business Committee to the Chair of the Public Account and Public Administration Committee regarding Delivering for Future Generations: the story so far – 22 September 2021, item 8
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- Correspondence from the Minister for Social Justice to the Chair of the Public Account and Public Administration Committee regarding Delivering for Future Generations: the story so far – 1 October 2021, item 8
PDF 503 KB
Meeting: 20/10/2021 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)
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- Transcript for 20/10/2021 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
3 Correspondence from the Minister for Social Justice to the Future Generations Commissioner responding to the Future Generations Report 2020 - 8 October 2021
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Minutes:
3.2a Members noted the correspondence.
Meeting: 20/10/2021 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)
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- Transcript for 20/10/2021 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
3 Correspondence from the Future Generations Commissioner regarding equality an social justice findings - 5 October 2021
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Minutes:
3.1a Members noted the correspondence.