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Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living

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: 10/06/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

3 Correspondence from the Building Communities Trust to the Chair regarding responses to the cost of living crisis

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Meeting: 13/09/2023 - Plenary (Item 7)

Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee report - Unsustainable: debt fuelled by the rising cost of living

NDM8346 Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)

To propose that the Senedd:

Notes the Equality and Social Justice Committee report, “Unsustainable - debt fuelled by the rising cost of living”, laid on 23 May 2023.

Note: The response from the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 6 September 2023.

Minutes:

The item started at 16.49

NDM8346 Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)

To propose that the Senedd:

Notes the Equality and Social Justice Committee report, “Unsustainable - debt fuelled by the rising cost of living”, laid on 23 May 2023.

Note: The response from the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 6 September 2023.

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

 

Meeting: 11/09/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 6)

6 Welsh Government response to the Committee report Unsustainable: debt fuelled by the rising cost of living

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Meeting: 24/04/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Correspondence from Citizens' Advice Cymru to the Minister for Social Justice regarding energy companies

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Meeting: 24/04/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 4)

Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: consideration of draft report

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Minutes:

Members considered the draft report and agreed to finalise the report outside of Committee.

Meeting: 27/02/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 7)

7 International responses to cost of living pressures

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Minutes:

Members considered a paper regarding international responses to cost of living pressures.

Meeting: 27/02/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 6)

Debt and the cost of living: consideration of evidence

Minutes:

Members considered the evidence received.

Meeting: 27/02/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

3 Debt and the cost of living: Ministerial evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice

Jane Hutt, Minister for Social Justice

 

Paul Neave, Head of Social Welfare, Advice and Department for Work & Pensions Policy

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Minutes:

Members heard evidence from:

 

Jane Hutt, MS, Minister for Social Justice

Paul Neave, Head of Social Welfare, Advice and Department for Work & Pensions Policy

 

 

Meeting: 27/02/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Debt and the cost of living crisis: evidence session four

Susan Lloyd-Selby - Network Lead Wales, Trussell Trust

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Minutes:

Members heard evidence from Susan Lloyd-Selby, Network Lead Wales at the Trussell Trust.

 

 

Meeting: 13/02/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session three

Nicola Field – Credit Unions of Wales

Karen Davies – Purple Shoots 

Ceri Cunnington – Cwmni Bro Ffestiniog

 

Minutes:

Members heard evidence from the following witnesses:

 

Nicola Field – Credit Unions of Wales

Karen Davies – Purple Shoots

 

Apologies were recevied from Ceri Cunnington of Cwmni Bro Ffestiniog.

Meeting: 13/02/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session two

Sarah Germain, Chief Executive Officer  - FareShare

Susan Lloyd-Selby, Network Lead Wales - Trussell Trust

Jen Griffiths, Service Manager – Flintshire County Council

Robbie Davison - Well Fed

 

 

 

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Minutes:

Members heard evidence from the following witnesses:

 

Sarah Germain, Chief Executive Officer - FareShare

Jen Griffiths, Service Manager – Flintshire County Council

Robbie Davison - Well Fed

 

Apologies were received from Susan Lloyd-Selby, Network Lead Wales at the Trussell Trust.

 

Meeting: 13/02/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 6)

Follow-up work on debt and the cost of living: consideration of evidence

Minutes:

Members considered the evidence.

Meeting: 30/01/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 5)

Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: consideration of evidence

Minutes:

Members considered the evidence received during the session.

 

Meeting: 30/01/2023 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session one

Peter Tutton, StepChange -  Head of Policy, Research and Public Affairs

 

Luke Young, Citizen’s Advice -  Assistant Director

 

Steffan Evans, Bevan Foundation -  Policy and Research Officer

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Minutes:

Members heard evidence from:

Peter Tutton, StepChange - Head of Policy, Research and Public Affairs

Luke Young, Citizen’s Advice - Assistant Director

Steffan Evans, Bevan Foundation - Policy and Research Officer

Meeting: 21/03/2022 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

3 Correspondence from the Enforcement Conduct Board regarding debt enforcement

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