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The Criminal Justice System in Wales: Ministerial scrutiny session

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: 19/01/2026 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 4)

4 Correspondence from Dr Rob Jones of the Wales Governance Centre to the Chair regarding the Criminal Justice System in Wales

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Meeting: 24/11/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

3 Correspondence to the Chair from Lord Timpson, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending regarding Welsh Disaggregated Data Update

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Meeting: 10/11/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

3 Correspondence to the Chair from Dr Robert Jones of the Wales Governance Centre regarding "Welsh Justice Data: Annual Release 2025"

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Meeting: 06/10/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 4)

4 Correspondence from Dr Rob Jones to the Chair regarding Welsh Justice Data

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Meeting: 15/09/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

3 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip and the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing to the Chair regarding further information relating to the Committee's inquiry into the criminal justice system in Wales

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Meeting: 15/09/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

3 Correspondence from the Minister of State for Justice to the Chair regarding the criminal justice system in Wales

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Meeting: 14/07/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 6)

The criminal justice system in Wales: Ministerial scrutiny session - consideration of evidence

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Members considered the evidence.

Meeting: 14/07/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

The criminal justice system in Wales: Ministerial scrutiny session - session two

Lord Timpson, Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending, Ministry of Justice

Ian Barrow, Executive Director for HMPPS Wales

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Members heard evidence from:

 

Lord Timpson, Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending, Ministry of Justice

Ian Barrow, Executive Director for HMPPS Wales

 

Meeting: 14/07/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 The criminal justice system in Wales: Ministerial scrutiny session - session one

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

Sarah Murphy MS Minister for Health and Well Being

Mike Connolly, Deputy Director, Community Safety Division, Welsh Government

Alex Slade, Director of Primary Care, Mental Health & Early Years, Welsh Government

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Minutes:

Members heard evidence from:

 

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

Mike Connolly, Deputy Director, Community Safety Division, Welsh Government

Alex Slade, Director of Primary Care, Mental Health & Early Years, Welsh Government

 

Sarah Murphy MS, Minister for Health and Well Being, sent apologies as she was unable to attend the meeting due to illness.

 

 

Meeting: 23/06/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

3 Correspondence to the Chair from the Children's Legal Centre Wales regarding tasers and children

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Meeting: 09/06/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Correspondence from the Health and Social Care Committee to the Chair regarding the cancellation of scrutiny sessions concerning prisons and the Criminal Justice System in Wales

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