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Children and Young People Committee |
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Meeting Venue: |
Committee Room 1 - Senedd |
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Meeting date: |
Wednesday, 10 October 2012 |
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Meeting time: |
10:00 - 12:22 |
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Assembly Members: |
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Christine Chapman (Chair) Angela Burns Jocelyn Davies Rebecca Evans Julie Morgan Lynne Neagle Jenny Rathbone Aled Roberts Simon Thomas |
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Witnesses: |
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Leighton Andrews, Minister for Education and Skills Jeff Cuthbert, Deputy Minister for Skills Emma Smith, Head of Planning and Performance, Welsh Government Chris Tweedale, Director, Children, Young People and Schools Effectiveness Group, Welsh Government Lesley Griffiths, Minister for Health and Social Services Gwenda Thomas, Deputy Minister for Children and Social Services David Sissling, Director General for Health and Social Services, Welsh Government Martin Swain, Welsh Government Mark Osland, Deputy Director of Finance, Health and Social Services, Welsh Government |
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Committee Staff: |
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Claire Morris (Clerk) Kayleigh Driscoll (Deputy Clerk) Sian Hughes (Researcher) Sian Thomas (Researcher) |
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1. Introductions, apologies and substitutions
1.1 The Chair welcomed everybody to the meeting. Apologies were received from Suzy Davies.
2. Welsh Government draft budget proposals for 2013-14: Ministerial Scrutiny Session
2.1 The Chair welcomed the Minister, the Deputy Minister and their officials to the meeting. Members questioned the witnesses.
Action points:
The Minister for Education and Skills and the Deputy Minister for Skills agreed to provide the following additional information:
· The type of technologies being used at Ysgol y Bont in Anglesey to support the construction of a new state of the art green school;
· Clarification of which budget line funds the Masters training programme;
· Details of the projects delivered through the Minority Ethnic Achievement Education of Travellers’ Children and Tackling Disaffection grants;
· Whether any local authorities have not bid for the Education of Travellers’ Children Grant and have withdrawn services, as a result.
3. Welsh Government draft budget proposals for 2013-14: Ministerial Scrutiny Session
3.1 The Chair welcomed the Minister, the Deputy Minister and their officials to the meeting. Members questioned the witnesses.
Action points:
The Minister for Health and Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Children and Social Services agreed to provide the following additional information:
· Whether there are any resources available through Together for Mental Health for the development of age-appropriate training programmes for frontline staff for the diagnosis and management of ADHD;
· Whether any additional resources have been allocated for the implementation of the National Oral Health Plan for Wales specifically with regard to children and young people.
4. Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting and for the meeting on the 18th October
4.1 The Committee agreed the motion.
5. Consideration of evidence
5.1 The Committee discussed the evidence received on the Welsh Government draft budget proposals for 2013-14.