, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 2
Well, unless we stop doing some other things, none of those are going to happen at the moment, because of the financial situation.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 2
Who wants to go first? Sean?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 2
Okay. Thank you. Jayne.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 2
Okay. We'll obviously explore that further later on. I'd now like to bring in Jayne Bryant.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 2
I'm sure she'll speak for herself, yes.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 2
I'm a bit surprised that, in particular, the children's commissioner's position on children's rights hasn't been taken into consideration, because she's on the Minister's expert panel on the cost of living. This is somebody who is regularly getting to see the…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 2
Very good. Sean, in your view, how do the draft strategy and impact assessments focus on children's rights, and are they sufficiently focused on that?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 2
Thank you. Obviously, some of the things, Victoria Winckler, that you mention as being important in your paper are not devolved matters that the Welsh Government can do anything about. I don't disagree that they're important, but at the end of the day, we can…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 2
Thank you. Rod Hick.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 2
Yes, please do.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 2
Can I—? I'm sure we will come to some of these issues. Thank you for putting all that on the record. I want to just point out that this committee has already done two inquiries on the cost-of-living crisis, so we're not unaware of the extent of the austerity…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 2
Diolch yn fawr. So, I'd very much like to welcome Victoria Winckler from the Bevan Foundation, Sean O'Neill from Children in Wales, and Dr Rod Hick from Cardiff University. Thank you, Victoria Winckler and Rod Hick, for your interesting papers, which I'm sure…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 2
Welcome back to the Equality and Social Justice Committee and our second evidence session on the Welsh Government's draft child poverty strategy. I just want to clarify that I'm a member of the Bevan Foundation, and I wondered if anybody else had an interest…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Right, we're now going to take a 10-minute break and that will enable the next witnesses to come into the room. So, if you could be back by just after half past, 32 past, and we'll see how we make up time a little bit. Thank you.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Very good. Well, thank you very much indeed. I think we've had really interesting contributions from all of you, and I want to thank you very much indeed. Obviously, there are various really interesting-sounding reports we'd like to get from you, and a…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Who wants to go first?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Chris.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Ally.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Mari.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Thank you very much. Given the excellence of your contributions, with your permission I'd like to extend the session just for five or 10 minutes, because I know that Jayne Bryant has got some important issues she wants to cover. Is that okay? Fine. Lovely…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Thank you. Everybody—. Briefly, Chris, and then—.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Mari.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Short answers, please, on this one because we've covered this quite a lot. Who—? Anybody? Ally.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Okay. Altaf, did you have any further questions?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Chris.
