Attendance
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Category
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Names
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Members of the Senedd:
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Jenny Rathbone MS (Chair)
Mick Antoniw MS
Jane Dodds MS
Altaf Hussain MS
Julie Morgan MS
Sioned Williams MS
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Witnesses:
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Andrew Charles, Welsh Government
John Davies, Welsh Government
Jane Hutt MS, Cabinet Secretary for Social
Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
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Committee Staff:
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Rhys Morgan (Clerk)
Mared Llwyd (Second Clerk)
Angharad Roche (Deputy Clerk)
Claire Thomas (Researcher)
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<AI1>
1
Introductions, apologies, substitutions
and declarations of interest
No apologies were given nor any declarations
of interest made.
</AI1>
<AI2>
2
Social cohesion: ministerial evidence
session
Members heard evidence from:
Jane Hutt, MS, Cabinet Secretary for Social
Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Andrew Charles, Deputy Director, Cohesive
Communities, Welsh Government
John Davies, Head of Cohesion, Welsh
Government
</AI2>
<AI3>
3
Papers to note
Members noted the papers.
In relation to item 3.1 Members agreed to seek
clarification about how many children would be without provision
following the increased funding and places.
In relation to item 3.3 Members agreed to seek
legal advice regarding Welsh Government powers to prevent
strip searching of children.
In relation to item 3.5 Members requested
further information Post Custody Accommodation Working group.
</AI3>
<AI4>
3.1
Correspondence from the Minister for
Children and Social Care to the Chair regarding the expansion of
the Flying Start programme
</AI4>
<AI5>
3.2
Correspondence from the Minister for
Culture, Skills and Partnership to the Chair of the Environment,
Transport and Rural Affairs Committee regarding the Welsh
Government’s legislative consent memoranda on the Employment
Rights Bill
</AI5>
<AI6>
3.3
Correspondence from the Children's Legal
Centre Wales to the Chair regarding the strip searching of children
in Wales
</AI6>
<AI7>
3.4
Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary
for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Chair regarding
speech , language and communication needs in the criminal justice
system
</AI7>
<AI8>
3.5
Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary
for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Post-Custody
Accommodation Working Group regarding support for
Prisoners
</AI8>
<AI9>
3.6
Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary
for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Chair regarding
the Welsh Government's response to the Committee's report:
"Anything’s Achievable with the Right Support -
Tackling the Disability Employment Gap"
</AI9>
<AI10>
3.7
Response from the Welsh Government to the
Equality and Social Justice Committee's report on the response to
the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Employment Rights
Bill
</AI10>
<AI11>
3.8
Correspondence from the Future
Generations Commissioner to the Chair regarding Social
Cohesion
</AI11>
<AI12>
3.9
Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary
for Housing and Local Government to the Chair regarding the
Democratic Engagement Grant
</AI12>
<AI13>
3.10 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for
Economy, Energy and Planning to the Legislation, Justice and the
Constitution Committee regarding the Memorandum of Understanding
between the Department for Work and Pensions and the Welsh
Government
</AI13>
<AI14>
3.11 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for
Education to the Chair regarding Free School Meals
</AI14>
<AI15>
4
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi)
and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of
this meeting
Members agreed the motion.
</AI15>
<AI16>
5
Social cohesion: consideration of
evidence
Members considered the evidence and welcomed
the Cabinet Secretary’s offer to share Welsh
Government’s mis-information toolkit, together with the work
plan for Community Cohesion Co-ordinators and an updated list of
the social cohesion grant funded projects.
</AI16>
<AI17>
6
Disability and Employment: consideration
of response and additional work
Members considered a draft letter concerning
support for employment of disabled people and welfare reform. A
number of amendments were requested and it was agreed that a
revised draft would be circulated to Members.
</AI17>
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