Concise Minutes - Equality and Social Justice Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3, Senedd

Meeting date: Monday, 1 July 2024

Meeting time: 11.30 - 14.30
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13970


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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Jenny Rathbone MS (Chair)

Jane Dodds MS

Joel James MS

Julie Morgan MS

Carolyn Thomas MS

Sioned Williams MS

Witnesses:

Rhys Hughes-Evans, Settled

Kate Smart, Settled

Kezia Tobin, the3million

Mihnea Cuibus, Oxford University

Fiona Costello, University of Cambridge

Committee Staff:

Rhys Morgan (Clerk)

Andrea Storer (Deputy Clerk)

Sara Moran (Researcher)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.</AI1>

 

 

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2       The EU Settlement Scheme and citizen's rights after Brexit: evidence session

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from Rhys Hughes Evans and Kate Smart, Settled, and Kezia Tobin, the3million.</AI2>

 

 

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3       The EU Settlement Scheme and citizen's rights after Brexit: evidence session two

3.1 The Committee heard evidence from Mihnea Cuibus, University of Oxford, and Fiona Costello, University of Cambridge.</AI3>

 

 

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4       Papers to note

4.1 The papers were noted.

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4.1   Correspondence from the Minister for Mental Health & Early Years to the Chair regarding the Childcare follow up inquiry

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4.2   Correspondence from the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee to the Minister for Mental Health and Early Years and to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care regarding Prisoner healthcare

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4.3   Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice responding to the Equality and Social Justice Committee's report on the Welsh Government's Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 2) on the Victims and Prisoners Act

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4.4   Correspondence from the Chair of the Local Government and Housing Committee to the Chair regarding a follow up session on the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers

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4.5   Correspondence from the Chair to the Llywydd and Chair of Business Committee regarding Committee remits

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5       Motion under Standing Order 17.22 to elect a Temporary Chair for items 1 to 5 of the Committee's meeting on 8 July 2024 and any other business relating to pre-appointment scrutiny under consideration at the Committee's meetings on 8 and 15 July 2024

5.1 The Chair informed Members that she was recusing herself from the Committee’s pre-appointment scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s preferred candidate for the role of the Older People's Commissioner for Wales.

5.2 The Chair called for nominations for a temporary Chair under Standing Order 17.22.

5.2 The Committee elected Julie Morgan MS as Temporary Chair for items 1 to 5 of the Committee's meeting on 8 July 2024 and any other business relating to pre-appointment scrutiny of the Older People's Commissioner for Wales at the Committee's meetings on 8 and 15 July 2024, under Standing Order 17.22.

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6       Motion under SO17.42 (vi) to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting

6.1 The motion was agreed.

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7       The EU Settlement Scheme and citizen's rights after Brexit: consideration of evidence

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence heard under items 2 and 3.

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