24 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Women's experiences in the criminal justice system—evidence session 1
I think Emily would like to come in at this point.
24 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Women's experiences in the criminal justice system—evidence session 1
Andrea, I think you've been unmuted. Go ahead.
24 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Women's experiences in the criminal justice system—evidence session 1
Okay. Thank you for that. We'll now move on to some more detailed questioning on specific areas, starting with Sioned Williams.
24 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Women's experiences in the criminal justice system—evidence session 1
Emily.
24 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Women's experiences in the criminal justice system—evidence session 1
Okay. thank you. Jane Dodds wanted to come in.
24 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Women's experiences in the criminal justice system—evidence session 1
So, that simply isn't happening as a matter of routine?
24 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Women's experiences in the criminal justice system—evidence session 1
There seems to be quite a lot of agreement between the Welsh Government and the UK Government, but it's over four years since the UK Government published its whole-system approach for female offenders. How much actual work has been done to intercept and…
24 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Women's experiences in the criminal justice system—evidence session 1
Andrea.
24 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Women's experiences in the criminal justice system—evidence session 1
Very good. Who'd like to go next? Andrea? Or, Emily, do you want to go next?
24 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Women's experiences in the criminal justice system—evidence session 1
And now, we'll move on to our first evidence session on women's experience in the criminal justice system. So, I'm very pleased to welcome Anne Fox, from Clinks; Emily Evison, from the Prison Reform Trust; and Andrea Coomber, from the Howard League for Penal…
24 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Papers to note
And I wondered, just before we go on to our scrutiny session, if Members could just note the two items of correspondence that we've received—if we agree to note them. Thank you very much.
24 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Good afternoon. I'd like to welcome Members, witnesses, and members of the public to the Equality and Social Justice Committee this afternoon. This is a hybrid meeting, with some members participating from the Senedd and other members, and witnesses taking…
19 October 2022 , Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report: Renewable energy in Wales
First, I'd just like to declare that my partner is an adviser to Bute Energy and I'm a shareholder in Awel Aman Tawe community renewable energy scheme. We really do have to step up to the plate here, because the crisis that had just started when we started…
19 October 2022 , Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Energy Prices Bill
I can't understand Janet Finch-Saunders's argument that this is emergency legislation; we've known about the spike in energy prices since the end of February, so this is not an emergency. Now, nobody would argue against the proposal to give immediate relief…
19 October 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
One of the most effective ways of getting people out of their cars is to persuade people to walk or cycle short journeys, as I know, Minister, you agree. Obviously, the quickest wins are going to be eliminating car use for travelling to work and travelling to…
17 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gender-based violence and abuse: evidence session with national advisers for violence against women, gender-based violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence
We're now going to move back into private session, so we'll just wait for the signal that we're in private session.
17 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gender-based violence and abuse: evidence session with national advisers for violence against women, gender-based violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence
Okay, thank you. Thank you very much, both of you, for your very interesting evidence. There may be one or two things that we might want to pick up on as we've had quite a tour de force of trying to cover a very large amount of topics. So, do you, between…
17 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gender-based violence and abuse: evidence session with national advisers for violence against women, gender-based violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence
Please bear in mind in your answers that we could spend a whole hour on this, so—.
17 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gender-based violence and abuse: evidence session with national advisers for violence against women, gender-based violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence
I know that Ken Skates has got some questions, so I just wondered if you're both content for us to continue for a further 10 minutes, because we have reached the original allotted time. Okay, fine. Over to you, Ken.
17 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gender-based violence and abuse: evidence session with national advisers for violence against women, gender-based violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence
Okay.
17 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gender-based violence and abuse: evidence session with national advisers for violence against women, gender-based violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence
Thank you. Can I now ask Sioned Williams to come in at this point?
17 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gender-based violence and abuse: evidence session with national advisers for violence against women, gender-based violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence
Brief answers, please, because we've obviously got other questions we want to ask.
17 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gender-based violence and abuse: evidence session with national advisers for violence against women, gender-based violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence
Thank you very much. I'd now like to bring in Altaf Hussain who's going to talk about early intervention and prevention.
17 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gender-based violence and abuse: evidence session with national advisers for violence against women, gender-based violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence
Johanna, did you want to come in?
17 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gender-based violence and abuse: evidence session with national advisers for violence against women, gender-based violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence
Very good. Can I move to Sarah Murphy who's got some questions now?
