Meetings

Fuel Poverty in Wales

This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

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Meeting: 17/09/2025 - Plenary (Item 6)

Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee report: Turning up the heat before 2160 - time to pick up the pace on tackling fuel poverty

NDM8972 Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)

To propose that the Senedd:

Notes the Equality and Social Justice Committee report: “Turning up the heat before 2160 - time to pick up the pace on tackling fuel poverty”, which was laid on 7 April 2025.

Note: The response of the Welsh Government was laid in the Table Office on 10 September 2025.

Minutes:

The item started at 16.47
NDM8972 Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)   

To propose that the Senedd:  

Notes the Equality and Social Justice Committee report: “Turning up the heat before 2160 - time to pick up the pace on tackling fuel poverty”, which was laid on 7 April 2025.  

Note: The response of the Welsh Government was laid in the Table Office on 10 September 2025.  

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36. 

Meeting: 15/09/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

3 Correspondence from National Energy Action to the Chair regarding fuel poverty in Wales

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Meeting: 15/09/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

3 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Chair regarding the Equality and Social Justice committee report: “Turning up the heat before 2160: time to pick up the pace on tackling fuel poverty”

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Meeting: 07/07/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 6)

6 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Chair regarding recommendation 1 of the Committee's report on tackling fuel poverty: 'Turning up the heat before 2160'

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Meeting: 09/06/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Correspondence from the Chair to the Petitions Committee regarding a petition seeking a fair deal for residents affected by the ARBED and CESP scheme

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Meeting: 09/06/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Chair regarding the Welsh Government response to the Committee's report on tackling Fuel Poverty in Wales

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Meeting: 28/04/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 5)

5 Correspondence to the Chair from the Petitions Committee regarding residents affected by the Arbed and CESP schemes

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Meeting: 24/03/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

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

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Meeting: 24/03/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 4)

4 Fuel Poverty: consideration of draft report

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Minutes:

Members agreed the draft report.

Meeting: 03/03/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 4)

4 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government and the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip to the Chair regarding Fuel Poverty in Wales and the Warm Homes Programme

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Meeting: 27/01/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 4)

Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes Programme: consideration of evidence

Minutes:

Members considered the evidence.

Meeting: 27/01/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes Programme: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretaries

Jane Hutt - Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice,Trefnydd and Chief Whip, Welsh Government

Jayne Bryant - Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government,Welsh Government

Christine Grimshaw – Head of Public Sector Decarbonisation, Innovation and Fuel Poverty, Welsh Government

Carol Driver - Head of Domestic Energy Efficiency & Fuel Poverty, Welsh Government

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Minutes:

Members heard evidence from:

 

Jane Hutt - Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice,Trefnydd and Chief Whip, Welsh Government

Jayne Bryant - Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government,Welsh Government

Christine Grimshaw – Head of Public Sector Decarbonisation, Innovation and Fuel Poverty, Welsh Government

Carol Driver - Head of Domestic Energy Efficiency & Fuel Poverty, Welsh Government

Claire Germain - Deputy Director, Tackling Poverty & Supporting Families, Welsh Government

 

Meeting: 13/01/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

3 Correspondence from British Gas to the Equality and Social Justice Committee regarding further information concerning the follow- up inquiry into Fuel Poverty in Wales

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Meeting: 09/12/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 4)

4 Additional evidence from Dr Simon Lannion regarding FRESH (Foundation data for Robust Energy Strategies for Housing)

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Meeting: 09/12/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 6)

Fuel poverty in Wales: consideration of evidence

Minutes:

Members considered the evidence.

Meeting: 09/12/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

3 Fuel poverty in Wales: evidence session four

Keryl Lanfear, Housing Strategy Officer, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

David Mark Lewis, Energy and Commercial Services Manager, Gwynedd Council

Meilyr Tomos, Fuel Poverty Officer, Gwynedd Council

 

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Minutes:

Members heard evidence from:

 

Keryl Lanfear, Housing Strategy Officer, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

David Mark Lewis, Energy and Commercial Services Manager, Gwynedd Council

Meilyr Tomos, Fuel Poverty Officer, Gwynedd Council

 

 

Meeting: 09/12/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Fuel poverty in Wales: evidence session three

Rhian Bowen-Davies, Older People’s Commissioner for Wales

Dr Sumina Azam, National Director of Policy and International Health, Public Health Wales

Dr Rebecca Hill, Senior Public Health Specialist, Public Health Wales

Ceri Cryer, Policy Advisor, Age Cymru

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Minutes:

Members heard evidence from:

 

Rhian Bowen-Davies, Older People’s Commissioner for Wales

Dr Sumina Azam, National Director of Policy and International Health, Public Health Wales

Dr Rebecca Hill, Senior Public Health Specialist, Public Health Wales

Ceri Cryer, Policy Advisor, Age Cymru

 

Meeting: 02/12/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 4)

4 Consultation responses: Fuel Poverty in Wales

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Meeting: 02/12/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 6)

Fuel poverty in Wales: consideration of evidence

Minutes:

Members considered the evidence.

Meeting: 02/12/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

Fuel poverty in Wales: evidence session two

Mason Steed, Energy Savings Trust

Ross Kirwan, Head of Nest, Centrica

Fiona Cameron, Conduct, Risk and Consumer Vulnerability Director, Centrica

 

Minutes:

 

Members heard evidence from:

 

Mason Steed, Energy Savings Trust

Ross Kirwan, Head of Nest, Centrica

Fiona Cameron, Conduct, Risk and Consumer Vulnerability Director, Centrica

 

Meeting: 02/12/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Fuel poverty in Wales: evidence session one

Jonathan Cosson, Chief Executive Officer, Warm Wales

Ben Saltmarsh, Head of Wales, National Energy Action Cymru

Steffan Evans, The Bevan Foundation

Hannah Peeler, Policy and Funding Officer

 

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Minutes:

Members heard evidence from:

 

Jonathan Cosson, Chief Executive Officer, Warm Wales

Ben Saltmarsh, Head of Wales, National Energy Action Cymru

Steffan Evans, The Bevan Foundation

Hannah Peeler, Policy and Funding Officer

 

Meeting: 25/11/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

3 Fuel Poverty in Wales: A presentation with academics from the Welsh School of Architecture at Cardiff University

Dr Simon Lannon, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University

Professor Phil Jones, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University

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Minutes:

Members heard evidence from:

 

Dr Simon Lannon, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University

Professor Phil Jones, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University

 

Meeting: 11/11/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 5)

5 Correspondence from Audit Wales regarding the Committee's follow-up inquiry into Fuel Poverty and the Warm Homes Programme

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