Agenda and minutes

Equality and Social Justice Committee (Hybrid) - Monday, 10 February 2025 13.30

Venue: Committee Room 3 - Senedd. View directions

Contact: Rhys Morgan

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Transcript: Transcript for 10/02/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee

Items
Expected timing	No.	Item
		At its meeting on 3 February 2025, the Committee resolved under Standing Order 17.42(vi) to exclude the public from item 1 of today's meeting
(13:30-14:05)	1.	Child poverty: technical briefing regarding the Child Poverty Monitoring Framework View the background to item 1. David Willis, Head of Tackling Poverty, Welsh Government Ian Jones, Head of Communities Tackling Poverty Evidence Unit, Welsh Government Supporting documents: Restricted enclosure 4 View the reasons why document 1./1 is restricted Restricted enclosure 5 View the reasons why document 1./2 is restricted Minutes: Members received a private technical briefing on the Child Poverty Monitoring Framework.
(14:15)	2.	Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest View the background to item 2. Minutes: No apologies or declarations of interest were received. The Chair gave tribute to Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas and Baroness Jenny Randerson, two past Senedd Members who had recently passed away.
(14:15-14:50)	3.	Child poverty: evidence session with Professor Rod Hick View the background to item 3. Professor Rod Hick, Cardiff University Minutes: Members received an academic briefing session with Professor Rod Hicks, Cardiff University.
(14:50)	4.	Papers to note View the background to item 4. Minutes: Members noted the papers.
	4.1	Correspondence from the Expert Advisory Group on Childcare to the Minister for Children and Social Care regarding childcare funding View the background to item 4.1 Supporting documents: Correspondence from the Expert Advisory Group on Childcare to the Minister for Children and Social Care regarding childcare funding - 27 January 2025 , item 4.1 PDF 149 KB
	4.2	Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Wales Race Forum Members regarding social media misinformation View the background to item 4.2 Supporting documents: Correspondence from Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Chief Whip and Trefnydd to the Wales Race Forum Members regarding social media misinformation - 30 January 2025 , item 4.2 PDF 157 KB Draft Stakeholder Toolkit , item 4.2 PDF 262 KB
	4.3	Correspondence from the Legislation, Justice and the Constitution Committee to the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership regarding legislative consent memoranda on the Employment Rights Bill View the background to item 4.3 Supporting documents: Correspondence from the Legislation, Justice and the Constitution Committee to the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership regarding the legislative consent memoranda on the Employment Rights Bil - 31 January 2025 , item 4.3 PDF 119 KB
	4.4	Correspondence from the Legislation, Justice and the Constitution Committee to the Llywydd regarding legislative consent memoranda on the Employment Rights Bill View the background to item 4.4 Supporting documents: Correspondence from the Legislation, Justice and the Constitution Committee to the Llywydd regarding the legislative consent memoranda on the Employment Rights Bill - 31 January 2025 , item 4.4 PDF 116 KB
	4.5	Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Chair regarding updates from Welsh Government relating to Women’s Experiences in the Criminal Justice System View the background to item 4.5 Supporting documents: Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Chair regarding updates to the report of the Equality and Social Justice committee concerning Women’s Experiences in the Criminal Justice System - 3 February 2025 , item 4.5 PDF 289 KB Correspondence to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip from the Chair regarding updates to the report of the Equality and Social Justice committee concerning Women’s Experiences in the Criminal Justice System - 8 January 2025 , item 4.5 PDF 103 KB
	4.6	Correspondence from the Chair to the Children, Young People and Education Committee regarding an invitation to join a technical briefing from Welsh Government and Professor Hicks concerning Child Poverty View the background to item 4.6 Supporting documents: Correspondence to the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Chair regarding an invitation to join a technical briefing from Welsh Government and Professor Hicks concerning Child Poverty- 28 January 2025 , item 4.6 PDF 81 KB
	4.7	Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning to the Culture, Communication, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee regarding the Legal Consent Memorandum on the Data (Use and Access) Bill View the background to item 4.7 Supporting documents: Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning to the Culture, Communication, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee regarding the Legal Consent Memorandum on the Data (Use and Access) Bil - 5 February 2025 , item 4.7 PDF 289 KB
(14:50)	5.	Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and for the Committee meeting on 17 February 2025 View the background to item 5. Minutes: Members agreed the motion.
(14:50-15:15)	6.	Child poverty: consideration of evidence View the background to item 6. Minutes: Members considered the evidence and agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip seeking further information and clarity on aspects of the Child Poverty Monitoring Framework.

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