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Social Cohesion

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Meeting: 03/12/2025 - Plenary (Item 6)

Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee report: Co-operation over Conflict: Wales must Act

NDM9066 Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)  

To propose that the Senedd: 

Notes the Equality and Social Justice Committee report: Co-operation over Conflict: Wales must Act, laid on 9 October 2025. 

Note: The response of the Welsh Government was laid in the Table Office on 26 November 2025. 

Minutes:

The item started at 15.49 

NDM9066 Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)   

To propose that the Senedd:  

Notes the Equality and Social Justice Committee report: Co-operation over Conflict: Wales must Act, laid on 9 October 2025.  

Note: The response of the Welsh Government was laid in the Table Office on 26 November 2025.  

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

Meeting: 01/12/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

3 Welsh Government response to the Committee's report on Social Cohesion: "Co-operation over Conflict - Wales must Act"

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Meeting: 20/10/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

3 Correspondence to the Chair from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip regarding the Committee's report on social cohesion

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Meeting: 22/09/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 8)

8 Social Cohesion: consideration of draft report

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Members considered the revised report and agreed for the final changes to be circulated and agreed following the meeting.

 

Meeting: 15/09/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 6)

6 Social cohesion: consideration of draft report

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Members considered the revised report and agreed for the final changes to be circulated and agreed following the meeting.

 

Meeting: 14/07/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 9)

9 Social cohesion: initial consideration of draft report

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Members considered an initial draft report.

Meeting: 09/06/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 4)

4 Social cohesion: key issues paper

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Members considered the key issues paper.

Meeting: 21/05/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

3 Social Cohesion

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

3 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government to the Chair regarding the Democratic Engagement Grant

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

3 Correspondence from the Future Generations Commissioner to the Chair regarding Social Cohesion

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Meeting: 12/05/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Social cohesion: ministerial evidence session

Jane Hutt, MS, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip

Andrew Charles, Deputy Director, Cohesive Communities, Welsh Government

John Davies, Head of Cohesion, Welsh Government

 

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Members heard evidence from:

 

Jane Hutt, MS, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip

Andrew Charles, Deputy Director, Cohesive Communities, Welsh Government

John Davies, Head of Cohesion, Welsh Government

 

 

Meeting: 28/04/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 7)

Social cohesion: consideration of evidence

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Members considered the evidence.

Meeting: 28/04/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 4)

4 Social cohesion: evidence session seven

Cllr MaryAnn Brockelsby, Leader of Monmouthshire Council and WLGA Social Justice Spokesperson

 

 

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Members heard evidence from Councillor MaryAnn Brockelsby, Leader of Monmouthshire Council and WLGA Social Justice Spokesperson

Meeting: 28/04/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

Social cohesion: evidence session six

Misbah Malik, Senior Policy and Engagement Officer, Hope Not Hate

 

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Members heard evidence from Misbah Malik, Senior Policy and Engagement Officer, Hope Not Hate

Meeting: 28/04/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Social cohesion: evidence session five

Joe Rossiter, Co-Director, Institute of Welsh Affairs

Dr. Anwen Elias, Reader in politics, Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University

Professor Matt Ryan, Southhampton University

 

 

 

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Members heard evidence from:

 

Joe Rossiter, Co-Director, Institute of Welsh Affairs

Dr. Anwen Elias, Reader in politics, Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University

Professor Matt Ryan, Southhampton University

 

 

Meeting: 31/03/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 6)

Social Cohesion: consideration of evidence

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Members considered the evidence.

Meeting: 31/03/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

Social Cohesion: evidence session four

Jacqueline Broadhead, Director, Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity and Migration Oxford / Inclusive Cities 

 

Jonathan Downs, Corporate Policy Lead, Oldham Council 

 

Kate James, Policy and Research Officer, Migration Yorkshire

 

 

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Members heard evidence from:

 

Jacqueline Broadhead, Director, Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity and Migration Oxford / Inclusive Cities 

 

Jonathan Downs, Corporate Policy Lead, Oldham Council

 

Kate James, Policy and Research Officer, Migration Yorkshire

Meeting: 31/03/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Social Cohesion: evidence session three

Dr Lindsay Cordery-Bruce, Chief Executive of Wales Council for Voluntary Action

 

Eleri Williams, Building Communities Trust

 

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Members heard evidence from:

 

Dr Lindsay Cordery-Bruce, Chief Executive of Wales Council for Voluntary Action

 

Eleri Williams, Building Communities Trust

 

 

Meeting: 24/03/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 6)

Social cohesion: consideration of evidence

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Members considered the evidence received.

Meeting: 24/03/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 5)

5 Social cohesion: roundtable session with Migration and Resettlement Leads

Anne Hubbard, Manager, Wales Strategic Migration Partnership

Sue Forbes, Resettlement Manager, Conwy County Borough Council  

Matt Miller, Housing Needs and Resettlement Lead, Carmarthenshire County Council

Dave Jolly, Resettlement Coordinator. Flintshire County Council

 

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Members held a private roundtable discussion on Social Cohesion with Migration and Resettlement Leads.

Meeting: 17/03/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

Social cohesion: Stakeholder round-table event

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Members hosted a private round-table event for stakeholders involved in the Committee’s inquiry on Social Cohesion.

Meeting: 17/03/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 1)

1 Social cohesion: Members briefing on key themes

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Members considered the stakeholder event briefing on key themes.

Meeting: 03/03/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 6)

Social cohesion: consideration of the evidence

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Members considered the evidence heard.

Meeting: 03/03/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

3 Social cohesion: evidence session two

Professor Ted Cantle, Belong - Cohesion and Integration Network

Professor Dominic Abrams, University of Kent

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Members heard evidence from:

 

Professor Ted Cantle, Belong - Cohesion and Integration Network

Professor Dominic Abrams, University of Kent

 

Meeting: 03/03/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Social cohesion: evidence session one

Dame Sara Kahn, former UK Government Adviser for Social Cohesion and Resilience and author of the Khan Review (2024)

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Members heard evidence from Dame Sara Khan, former UK Government Adviser for Social Cohesion and Resilience and author of the Khan Review (2024).

 

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