Equality and Social Justice Committee

Sixth Senedd (2021–2026)

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Meetings

79 with a transcript

Monday 2 March2026

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Access to healthy, nutritious and affordable food: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
General ministerial scrutiny: session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip

204 contributions

Monday 9 February2026

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

115 contributions

Monday 26 January2026

Equality and Social Justice Committee

British Sign Language (Wales) Bill: Stage 2 proceedings
Group 1: Definition of British Sign Language (Amendments 1, 2)
Group 2: National BSL strategy (Amendments 3, 16)
and 4 more

147 contributions, 3 votes

Monday 19 January2026

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Access to healthy, nutritious and affordable food: evidence session 1
Access to healthy, nutritious and affordable food: evidence session 2

260 contributions

Monday 27 January2025

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme: Evidence session with Cabinet Secretaries

149 contributions

Monday 13 January2025

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26

138 contributions

Monday 11 November2024

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Disability and employment: evidence session 11
Disability and employment: evidence session 12
Disability and employment: evidence session 13

281 contributions

Monday 21 October2024

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Disability and employment: evidence session 8
Disability and employment: evidence session 9
Disability and employment: evidence session 10

281 contributions

Monday 14 October2024

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Disability and employment: evidence session 6
Disability and employment: evidence session 7

224 contributions

Monday 7 October2024

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Disability and employment: evidence session 3
Disability and employment: evidence session 4
Disability and employment: evidence session 5

252 contributions

Monday 30 September2024

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Disability and employment: evidence session 1
Disability and employment: evidence session 2

170 contributions

Monday 16 September2024

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Equality and Human Rights in Wales: Evidence session 1
The EU Settlement Scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: Evidence session 3

200 contributions

Monday 15 July2024

Equality and Social Justice Committee

3 contributions

Monday 8 July2024

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Pre-appointment scrutiny—preferred candidate for the role of Older People's Commissioner for Wales

69 contributions

Monday 1 July2024

Equality and Social Justice Committee

The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 1
The EU settlement scheme and citizens' rights after Brexit: evidence session 2
Motion under Standing Order 17.22 to elect a temporary Chair for items 1 to 5 of the committee's meeting on 8 July 2024 and any other business relating to pre-appointment scrutiny under consideration at the committee's meetings on 8 and 15 July 2024

166 contributions

Monday 17 June2024

Equality and Social Justice Committee

General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice

213 contributions

Monday 10 June2024

Equality and Social Justice Committee

3 contributions

Monday 3 June2024

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

127 contributions

Monday 13 May2024

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Childcare follow up inquiry: Ministerial evidence session

127 contributions

Monday 29 April2024

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 3
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 4

230 contributions

Monday 22 April2024

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning, and the Chief Fire Adviser

144 contributions

Monday 15 April2024

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Motion under Standing Orders 17.42(vi) and (ix) to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

5 contributions

Monday 18 March2024

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 7
Motion under Standing Orders 17.42(vi) and (ix) to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

72 contributions

Monday 11 March2024

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 5
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 6

306 contributions

Monday 4 March2024

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 2
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 3

296 contributions

Monday 26 February2024

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Governance of fire and rescue services: evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership and Chief Fire Adviser
Motion under Standing Orders 17.42(vi) and (ix) to exclude the public from items 5, 8 and 9 of the meeting
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 1
and 1 more

376 contributions

Monday 5 February2024

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Appointment of temporary Chair
Motion under Standing Orders 17.42(vi) and (ix) to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

6 contributions

Monday 22 January2024

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Draft budget 2024-25: Ministerial evidence session
Motion under Standing Orders 17.42(vi) and (ix) to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting

142 contributions

Monday 8 January2024

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Motion under Standing Orders 17.42(vi) and (ix) to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

4 contributions

Monday 4 December2023

Equality and Social Justice Committee

Inquiry into the implementation of the 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan': Ministerial evidence session
Motion under Standing Orders 17.42(vi) and (ix) to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

97 contributions

Attendance

From the Senedd's records of who attended 81 of the committee's meetings, from 16 July 2021 to 23 March 2026.

Member	Attended	Apologies
Mick Antoniw, Labour	11 of 13Apologies 2	2
Hannah Blythyn, Labour	1 of 1	0
Jayne Bryant, Labour	1 of 1	0
Jane Dodds, Lib Dem	77 of 80Apologies 3	3
Peter Fox, Conservative	1 of 11 as a substitute	0
Heledd Fychan, Plaid	0 of 1Apologies 1	1
Tom Giffard, Conservative	3 of 32 as a substitute	0
John Griffiths, Labour	1 of 11 as a substitute	0
Peredur Owen Griffiths, Plaid	7 of 71 as a substitute	0
Vikki Howells, Labour	1 of 11 as a substitute	0
Altaf Hussain, Conservative	57 of 67Apologies 10	10
Jane Hutt, Labour	2 of 2	0
Mark Isherwood, Conservative	1 of 1	0
Joel James, Conservative	21 of 244 as a substituteApologies 3	3
Samuel Kurtz, Conservative	1 of 1	0
Julie Morgan, Labour	18 of 221 as a substituteApologies 4	4
Sarah Murphy, Labour	50 of 59Apologies 9	9
Jenny Rathbone, Labour	80 of 81Apologies 1	1
Sam Rowlands, Conservative	1 of 11 as a substitute	0
Jack Sargeant, Labour	2 of 22 as a substitute	0
Ken Skates, Labour	53 of 56Apologies 3	3
Carolyn Thomas, Labour	10 of 101 as a substitute	0
Buffy Williams, Labour	3 of 43 as a substituteApologies 1	1
Sioned Williams, Plaid	80 of 81Apologies 1	1

In the Attended column, the second number counts the meetings at which the Senedd listed the Member as a committee member. Entries for future meetings, where Members are only listed as expected, are not counted, and nor are Members who came to give evidence, for example as a minister. Apologies include meetings where the Member sent a substitute.