Meeting Venue:
Video Conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Thursday, 10 March 2022
Meeting time: 09.21 - 14.29
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/12627
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Category |
Names |
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Members of the Senedd: |
Jayne Bryant MS (Chair) James Evans MS Laura Anne Jones MS Ken Skates MS Sioned Williams MS |
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Witnesses: |
Amanda Blakeman, Gwent Police Kirsty Davies, Newport Youth Offending Service Sharon Davies, Welsh Local Government Association Jon Drake, South Wales Police Cecile Gwilym, NSPCC Wales Professor Sally Holland, Children’s Commissioner for Wales Jane Houston, Children’s Commissioner for Wales Jamie Insole, University and College Union Dafydd Llywelyn, Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissioner Claire Parmenter, Dyfed Powys Police Maxine Thomas, ColegauCymru Sue Walker, Merthyr Tydfil County Council Stephen Wood, Gwynedd Mon Youth Justice Services Emma Wools, South Wales Police |
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Committee Staff: |
Naomi Stocks (Clerk) Tom Lewis-White (Second Clerk) Sarah Bartlett (Deputy Clerk) Jennifer Cottle (Legal Adviser) Katie Wyatt (Legal Adviser) Michael Dauncey (Researcher) Rosemary Hill (Researcher) Dr Paul Worthington (Researcher) |
1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee.
1.2 In accordance with Standing Order 34.19, the Chair stated that she had determined that the public were excluded from the Committee’s meeting in order to protect public health but that the meeting would be broadcast live on www.senedd.tv
1.3 Apologies were received from Buffy
Williams MS.
2 Peer on peer sexual harassment among learners - evidence session 2
2.1 The Committee heard evidence from criminal justice representatives.
2.2 DCC Claire Parmenter agreed to provide the
Committee with statistics from other forces regarding reporting
levels and case studies of positive relationships with school
officers and young people.
3 Peer on peer sexual harassment among learners - evidence session 3
3.1 The Committee heard evidence from local government representatives.
3.2 The WLGA agreed to update the Committee on
any discussions that has taken place with the Local Government
Association in England regarding the Online Safety and Harms
Bill.
4 Peer on peer sexual harassment among learners - evidence session 4
4.1 The Committee heard evidence from further education representatives.
4.2 UCU agreed to come back to the Committee
with any evidence on the impact of incidents of sexual harassment
and sexualised bullying have on maintaining discipline in college
and whether it presents new challenges for teaching staff.
5 Peer on peer sexual harassment among learners - evidence session 5
5.1 The Committee heard evidence from the
Children’s Commissioner and the NSPCC.
6 Papers to note
6.1 The papers were noted.
7 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
7.1 The Motion was agreed
8 Consideration of papers to note 1 - 22
8.1 The Committee considered the papers and summary note.
9 Peer on peer sexual harassment among learners - consideration of the evidence
9.1 The Committee considered the evidence it
has heard in the previous sessions.
10 Priorities for the Children, Young People and Education Committee - update on Welsh Youth Parliament
10.1 The Committee received an oral update from representatives of the Welsh Youth Parliament Team.