Meetings
Ministerial scrutiny
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Meeting: 02/03/2026 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 7)
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- Transcript for 02/03/2026 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
General Ministerial scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip - consideration of the evidence
Minutes:
Members considered the evidence and it was agreed that the session would be referenced in the Committee’s impending legacy report which will note the work completed by the Committee in the Sixth Senedd.
Meeting: 02/03/2026 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)
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3 General Ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Jane Hutt, MS, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Amelia John, Director, Communities & Social Justice, Welsh Government
Andrew Charles, Deputy Director, Cohesive Communities, Welsh Government
Ian Jones, Deputy Director, Equality, Poverty &
Children's Evidence and Support, Welsh Government
Lorna Hall, Deputy Director, Equality & Human Rights, Welsh Government
Mike Connolly, Deputy Director, Community Safety Division, Welsh
Government
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 5 , View reasons restricted (3/1)
- Evidence paper from Welsh Government: Evidence paper, item 3
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- Evidence paper from Welsh Government: Annexe 1, item 3
PDF 511 KB
View as HTML (3/3) 69 KB
- Evidence paper from Welsh Government: Anti Racist Wales Plan, item 3
PDF 2 MB
Minutes:
Members heard evidence from:
Jane Hutt, MS, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice,
Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Amelia John, Director, Communities & Social Justice,
Welsh Government
Andrew Charles, Deputy Director, Cohesive Communities, Welsh
Government
Ian Jones, Deputy Director, Equality, Poverty &
Children's Evidence and Support, Welsh Government
Lorna Hall, Deputy Director, Equality & Human Rights, Welsh Government
Claire Germain, Deputy Director, Tackling Poverty &
Supporting Families, Welsh Government
Mike Connolly, Deputy Director, Community Safety Division, Welsh Government
Riaz Hassan, Head of the Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan, Welsh Government
Meeting: 17/06/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)
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- Transcript for 17/06/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
2 General Scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
Lesley Griffiths, MS, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
Amelia John, Director, Communities & Social Justice,
Welsh Government
Lorna Hall, Deputy Director Equality & Human Rights
Division, Welsh Government
Claire Germain, Deputy Director, Tackling Poverty &
Supporting Families, Welsh Government
Catrin Awoyemi – Deputy Director, Equality, Poverty,
Children’s Evidence and Support Division, Welsh Government
Supporting documents:
- Correspondence from Chair to Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice on general scrutiny - 26 April 2024, item 2
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- Evidence paper from Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice, item 2
PDF 139 KB
- Research Briefing , View reasons restricted (2/3)
Minutes:
2.1 The Committee received evidence from the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice and Welsh Government officials.
Meeting: 17/06/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 4)
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General scrutiny of Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice : consideration of evidence
Minutes:
4.1 The Committee considered the evidence received under item 2.
4.2 The Committee agreed to write to Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice to follow up on some of the evidence heard during the session.
Meeting: 15/05/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 3)
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3 Equality and Social Justice Committee Ministerial scrutiny
Supporting documents:
Meeting: 20/09/2021 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)
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- Transcript for 20/09/2021 - Equality and Social Justice Committee
2 Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Jane Hutt MS, Minister for Social Justice
Claire Bennett - Director, Communities & Tackling
Poverty
Jo Salway – Director, Social Partnership and Fair Work
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 24 , View reasons restricted (2/1)
- Evidence Paper - Welsh Government, item 2
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Minutes:
2.1 Members received evidence from the Minister for Social Justice and the Deputy Minister for Social Partnerships.
2.2 During the session, the Minister agreed to write to the Committee on the following points:
· The resettlement of Afghan refugees in Wales, with a focus on the number of people needing housing, the type of accommodation secured and the support services that will be provided.
· Progress of the proposed residential women's centre in Wales.
· The outcomes or the progress of gender budgeting.