Equality, Human Rights and Social Justice Committee
- Started
- 09:46
- Contributions
- 7
- Words spoken
- 256
- Where
- Committee Room 2 - Senedd
Summary
The public part of this meeting was short and mostly procedural. Members were asked to note three papers. Sarah Rees (Plaid Cymru) asked about training on scrutiny of the budget, and the Chair, Zaynub Akbar (Plaid Cymru), said the committee would discuss it. The committee then considered a motion to exclude the public from the rest of this meeting and from its meetings on 7 and 14 October 2026.
Themes
- Training for budget scrutiny
- An equalities lens on the budget
- Coordination with other committees
- Moving into private session
Opening of the meeting
The committee met in the Senedd and by video-conference.
The meeting began at 09:46.
1. Introductions, declarations of interest, apologies and substitutions
Bore da. Croeso to the Equality, Human Rights and Social Justice Committee. The public items of this meeting are being broadcast live on Senedd.tv. This meeting is bilingual with simultaneous translation available from Welsh to English. Apologies have been received from Jane Dodds and Anthony Slaughter. No substitutions have been made for today. Before we begin, are there any declarations of interest from Members? No.
2. Papers to note
Moving on, then, there are three papers to note today before the committee. Are Members content to note those papers?