Agenda - Equality and Social Justice Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 5 (Ty Hywel)

Meeting date: 24 March 2025

Meeting time: 13:15 – 15:15
For further information contact:

Rhys Morgan

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddEquality@senedd.wales

Hybrid

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Pre-meeting registration

(13:15-13:30)

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Public meeting

(13:30)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(13:30)

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2 Papers to note

(13:30)

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2.1 Correspondence from the Minister for Children and Social Care to the Chair regarding childcare funding in Wales

(Pages 1 - 3)

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2.2 Correspondence from the Petitions Committee to the Chair regarding tackling long COVID in Wales

(Pages 4 - 5)

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2.3 Correspondence from National Energy Action to the Chair regarding Fuel Poverty in Wales

(Pages 6 - 8)

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2.4 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee regarding inter-institutional agreement: update to concordat

(Page 9)

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2.5 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to Chair regarding Child Poverty Strategy and Monitoring Framework

(Pages 10 - 16)

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2.6 Correspondence from Charles Whitmore to the Chair regarding strengthening and advancing Human Rights

(Pages 17 - 19)

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3 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) a (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting

(13:35)

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Private meeting

(13:35-15:15)

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4 Fuel Poverty: consideration of draft report

(13:35- 13:55) (Pages 20 - 41)

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5 Social cohesion: roundtable session with Migration and Resettlement Leads

(13:55 -14:55) (Pages 42 - 58)

Anne Hubbard, Manager, Wales Strategic Migration Partnership

Sue Forbes, Resettlement Manager, Conwy County Borough Council  

Matt Miller, Housing Needs and Resettlement Lead, Carmarthenshire County Council

Dave Jolly, Resettlement Coordinator. Flintshire County Council

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6 Social cohesion: consideration of evidence

(14:55-15:15)

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