Concise Minutes - Equality and Social Justice Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 (Senedd)

Meeting date: Monday, 10 February 2025

Meeting time: 13.30 - 15.31
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/14825


Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Jenny Rathbone MS (Chair)

Mick Antoniw MS

Jane Dodds MS

Altaf Hussain MS

Julie Morgan MS

Sioned Williams MS

Witnesses:

Dr Rod Hick, Cardiff University

Committee Staff:

Rhys Morgan (Clerk)

Mared Llwyd (Second Clerk)

Angharad Roche (Deputy Clerk)

Gareth David Thomas (Researcher)

Sian Thomas

 

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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

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1       Child poverty: technical briefing regarding the Child Poverty Monitoring Framework

Members received a private technical briefing on the Child Poverty Monitoring Framework.

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2       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

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.

 

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3       Child poverty: evidence session with Professor Rod Hick

Members received an academic briefing session with Professor Rod Hicks, Cardiff University.

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4       Papers to note

Members noted the papers.

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4.1   Correspondence from the Expert Advisory Group on Childcare to the Minister for Children and Social Care regarding childcare funding

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4.2   Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Wales Race Forum Members regarding social media misinformation

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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

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4.4   Correspondence from the Legislation, Justice and the Constitution Committee to the Llywydd regarding legislative consent memoranda on the Employment Rights Bill

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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

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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

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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

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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

Members agreed the motion.

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6       Child poverty: consideration of evidence

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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