Meetings

P-05-863 Call on the Welsh Government to provide free sanitary products to all women in low income households

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Meeting: 10/03/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 P-05-863 Call on the Welsh Government to provide free sanitary products to all women in low income households

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Minutes:

The Committee considered further correspondence and agreed to provide the petitioner’s further comments to the Deputy Minister and Chief Whip and request an update in six months about the delivery of the Welsh Government’s initiatives in this area.

 


Meeting: 21/01/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 P-05-863 Call on the Welsh Government to provide free sanitary products to all women in low income households

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Minutes:

The Committee considered further correspondence and agreed to:

·         await the views of the petitioners on the information provided, and

·         keep a watching brief on any further developments on this subject-matter.  


Meeting: 15/10/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 P-05-863 Call on the Welsh Government to provide free sanitary products to all women in low income households

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Minutes:

The Committee considered further correspondence and agreed to:

·         write to the Deputy Minister and Chief Whip to ask for more detail on how the £1 million funding allocated up to 2020 is being spent and how it is contributing to the reduction of period poverty; and

·         write to the Scottish Government to request information about how their commitments to providing free sanitary products in education settings, and targeted support for low income households, is being delivered and any information they can provide about the impact it is having.


Meeting: 12/02/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 P-05-863 Call on the Welsh Government to provide free sanitary products to all women in low income households

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Minutes:

The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to:

·         await the views of the petitioners on the response provided by the Deputy Minister and Chief Whip before considering whether to take further action on the petition; and

  • consider requesting that the Deputy Minister and Chief Whip to meet with the petitioner to discuss the issues raised in the petition at a later date.