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Equality and Social Justice Committee (Hybrid) - Monday, 1 December 2025 13.00

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Contact: Rhys Morgan

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Transcript: Transcript for 01/12/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee

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Expected timing	No.	Item
(13:00)	1.	Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest View the background to item 1. Minutes: The Chair welcomed Members, the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice and her officials to the meeting. No apologies, substitutions or declarations of interest were made.
(13:00-14:30)	2.	Post-legislative scrutiny of the Future Generations Act: session with Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice View the background to item 2. Jane Hutt, MS, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip Rae Cornish, Deputy Director, Sustainable Futures, Welsh Government Juliette Selby, Senior Sustainable Development Policy Manager, Welsh Government Supporting documents: Evidence paper , item 2. PDF 1 MB View as HTML (2./1) 120 KB Restricted enclosure 5 View the reasons why document 2./2 is restricted Minutes: Members heard evidence from: Jane Hutt, MS, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip Rae Cornish, Deputy Director, Sustainable Futures, Welsh Government Juliette Selby, Senior Sustainable Development Policy Manager, Welsh Government
	3.	Papers to note View the background to item 3. Minutes: Members noted the papers.
	3.1	Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice and Chief Whip to the Future Generations Commissioner regarding the Future Generation Commissioners report: “Future Generations 2025” Supporting documents: Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice and Chief Whip to the Future Generations Commissioner regarding the Future Generation Commissioners report: “Future Generations 2025” - 3 November 2025 , item 3.1 PDF 157 KB Individual response to recommendations , item 3.1 PDF 221 KB
	3.2	Welsh Government response to the Committee's report on Social Cohesion: "Co-operation over Conflict - Wales must Act" View the background to item 3.2 Supporting documents: Welsh Government response to the Committee's report on Social Cohesion: "Co-operation over Conflict - Wales must Act" , item 3.2 PDF 513 KB View as HTML (3.2/1) 60 KB
	3.3	Snapshot of poverty in Autumn: a report from the Bevan Foundation View the background to item 3.3 "Snapshot of poverty in Autumn" Supporting documents: Snapshot of poverty in Autumn: a report from the Bevan Foundation, item 3.3
(14:30)	4.	Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of today's meeting and for the Committee's meeting on 8 December 2025 View the background to item 4. Minutes: Members agreed the motion.
(14:30-14:45)	5.	Post-legislative scrutiny of the Future Generations Act: session with Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice: consideration of evidence View the background to item 5. Minutes: Members considered the evidence.

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