Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 2 - Senedd

Contact: Sarah Beasley 

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1.

Introductions, apologies and substitutions

Minutes:

1.1        The Chair welcomed Members and members of the public

1.2        The Chair announced that Alun Davies and Gwenda Thomas have been elected to this Committee

1.3        The Chair thanked Leighton Andrews and Jenny Rathbone for their work and contribution to this Committee.

1.4        Apologies for absence were received from GwendaThomas  and Alun Davies

(9.15 - 10.30)

2.

Gender-based Violence, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 4 (third sector)

Eleri Butler MBE, Chief Executive, Welsh Women’s Aid

Mwenya Chimba, Director, Violence Against Women, BAWSO
Cathy Owens, Violence Against Women Action Group

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

2.1 The committee received evidence from:

Eleri Butler, Chief Executive, Welsh Women’s Aid;

Mwenya Chimba, Director, Violence Against Women, BAWSO;

Cathy Owens,Violence Against Women Action Group.

 

·         Welsh Women’s Aid agreed to provide the Committee with further details of performance indicators that they believe should be used to measure progress towards achievement of the purposes of the Act

(10.40 - 11.55)

3.

Gender-based Violence, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 5 (third sector)

Frances Beecher, Chief Executive Officer, Llamau

Bernie Bowen-Thomson, Deputy Chief Executive, Safer Wales

Gwilym Roberts, Chief Executive Officer, Relate Cymru

Johanna Robinson, Wales‎ National Development Manager, The Survivor’s Trust Wales

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1 The committee received evidence from:

 

Frances Beecher, Chief Executive Officer, Llamau;

Bernie Bowen-Thomson, Deputy Chief Executive, Safer Wales;

Gwilym Roberts, Chief Executive, Relate Cymru;

Johanna Robinson, Wales National Development Manager, The Survivor’s Trust Wales.

 

·         Relate agreed to provide the Committee with the report ‘Young People, Sex and Relationships The New Norms’ published by Relate and the Institute for Public Policy Research IPPR.

 

·         The Survivor’s Trust Wales agreed to provide the Committee with further details of performance indicators that they believe should be used to measure progress towards achievement of the purposes of the Act.

 

 

4.

Papers to note

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

4.1 The committee noted the papers.

5.

Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business: items 6 & 7 and Item 1 on 1 October 2014

Minutes:

5.1 The committee agreed the motion.

(11.55 - 12.00)

6.

Gender-based Violence, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Bill: discussion of evidence sessions 4 and 5

Minutes:

6.1 The committee discussed the evidence received.

(12:00-12:30)

7.

Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill: Consideration of draft Stage 1 Report

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

7.1 The committee discussed the Stage 1 report.