, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 1
Thank you. Moving on, Sarah Murphy wanted to pick up on matters related to the social partnership duty.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 1
Okay. Peredur's just got a question before I bring in Sarah.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 1
Thank you for that. I'd just like to bring in Jane Dodds at this point, because she's got some specific questions on the social partnership council.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 1
Fine. Okay. So, if I can just ask you both about the potential costs, because the regulatory impact assessments suggest that there will be additional costs over the five years after the Bill comes into force, particularly in relation to construction contract…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 1
Thank you. Is there anything you wanted to add to that, Sue?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 1
What's your view on the way the Bill is drafted, in terms of improving public services through social partnership working? Is this the approach that you wanted to see, or is there another way in which you wanted to see that expressed?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 1
Thank you. I'm sure partnership working is really, really important, but does it need legislation?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 1
Sue Hill.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session 1
I'd like to welcome members of the public and members of the committee back to the meeting of the Equality and Social Justice Committee, and we have with us Peredur Owen Griffiths, who's substituting for Sioned Williams, and Joel James, who's substituting for…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) and (ix) to exclude the public from items 5 and 9
So, I would now like to ask Members if we could agree a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to exclude the public from the next item and item 9 on the agenda. Is that agreed?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: ministerial evidence session
Okay. That would be extremely helpful, because we have now run out of time, so I want to thank Eluned Morgan, Minister for health, Jane Hutt, Minister for Social Justice, Julie Morgan, Deputy Minister for Social Services, and Dr Heather Payne and other…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: ministerial evidence session
Sioned, there's no translation, so I wondered if you could ask your question in English. This is the last question; we're going to have to bring the session to an end.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: ministerial evidence session
Okay. Thank you for that. I'd now like to bring in Sioned Williams, who's going to ask some questions about how the new VAWDASV strategy is going to strengthen, or otherwise, the needs of migrant women and children or men. Sioned.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: ministerial evidence session
All right, we'll come back—. Sioned, I know, has got some questions on that. Just briefly, I'll bring in Eluned Morgan on this point.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: ministerial evidence session
Very good. Okay. We need to move on, so I just briefly want to ask you what Welsh Government is able to do in the context of preventing abuse, to make sure that migrants are aware of the law in this country. I appreciate the Welsh Government doesn't run…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: ministerial evidence session
This is the pilot that Southall Black Sisters—
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: ministerial evidence session
Okay. Altaf Hussain.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: ministerial evidence session
Yes. Thank you. Jane, do you want to now go back to the points you were going to ask about specialist services?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: ministerial evidence session
So, for somebody who came here on a spouse's visa, then the person who had the job or some other family member would be expected to pay the costs of non-emergency services.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: ministerial evidence session
Okay.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: ministerial evidence session
Thank you. Jane.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: ministerial evidence session
Eluned.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: ministerial evidence session
Thank you. Whilst we still have the Minister for health with us, I wonder if I can call in Jane Dodds to ask the questions about the impact of no recourse to public funds when we’re supporting people from the migrant community. Jane.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: ministerial evidence session
Altaf, did you have a final question before we move on?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: ministerial evidence session
No, Altaf, Jane Dodds just wanted to come in on this.
