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It was agreed at the meeting on 12 July that this meeting would be held in private but due to a change in scheduled business this meeting will now be in public

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Private pre-meeting

(09.10 - 09.30)

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1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions and declarations of interest

(09.30)

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2 Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - Ministerial scrutiny session

(09.30 - 11.30) (Pages 1 - 56)

Julie Morgan MS, Deputy Minister for Social Services

Albert Heaney, Chief Social Care Officer for Wales, Welsh Government

Alistair Davey, Deputy Director, Enabling People, Social Services and Integration Directorate, Welsh Government

Attached Documents:
Research Brief
Letter to the Deputy Minister for Social Services
Response from Deputy Minister for Social Services

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3 Papers to note

(11.30)

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3.1 Information from Stakeholders

(Pages 57 - 58)

Attached Documents:
Letter from Universities and Colleges Union (UCU)

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3.2 General scrutiny of the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing

(Pages 59 - 70)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing

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3.3 Forward work programme

(Pages 71 - 106)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Deputy Minister for Social Services

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3.4 Forward work programme

(Pages 107 - 139)

Attached Documents:
Letter to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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3.5 International Trade Agreements

(Pages 140 - 147)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

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3.6 International Trade Agreements

(Pages 148 - 149)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to the First Minister

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3.7 International Trade Agreements

(Pages 150 - 151)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the First Minister to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

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3.8 P-06-1342 Fund more specialist school places and staff for children with additional learning needs in Wales

(Page 152)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee

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3.9 Implementation of education reforms

(Pages 153 - 159)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language and Deputy Minister for Social Services

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3.10 Implementation of education reforms

(Pages 160 - 166)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Education and Welsh language and Deputy Minister for Social Services

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3.11 Implementation of education reforms

(Pages 167 - 168)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee to the Welsh Local Government Association

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3.12 Implementation of education reforms

(Pages 169 - 170)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee to the Welsh NHS Confederation

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3.13 Implementation of education reforms

(Pages 171 - 174)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Welsh NHS Confederation

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3.14 Implementation of education reforms

(Pages 175 - 177)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Children’s Commissioner for Wales to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language and the Deputy Minister for Social Services

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3.15 Implementation of education reforms

(Pages 178 - 180)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Education and Welsh Language to the Children’s Commissioner for Wales

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3.16 Mental Health support in Higher Education

(Pages 181 - 182)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Interim Director of The Open University in Wales

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3.17 Mental Health support in Higher Education

(Pages 183 - 184)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chief Operating Officer of the University of South Wales

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3.18 Mental Health support in Higher Education

(Pages 185 - 186)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the President and Vice Chancellor of Cardiff Metropolitan University

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3.19 Forward work programme

(Pages 187 - 188)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Equality and Social Justice Committee

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3.20 Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform

(Pages 189 - 190)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee to the Children’s Commissioner for Wales

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3.21 Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform

(Pages 191 - 238)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Children’s Commissioner for Wales

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3.22 Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform

(Pages 239 - 240)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee to the Future Generations Commissioner

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3.23 Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform

(Pages 241 - 242)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

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3.24 Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform

(Pages 243 - 246)

Attached Documents:
Briefing note from Kinship Cymru

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3.25 General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

(Pages 247 - 248)

Attached Documents:
Statistical information from the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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3.26 Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare

(Pages 249 - 250)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Welsh Language Commissioner

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3.27 General scrutiny of the Minister for Health and Social Services

(Pages 251 - 252)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

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3.28 General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

(Pages 253 - 254)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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3.29 General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

(Pages 255 - 273)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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3.30 General scrutiny of the Minister for Economy

(Pages 274 - 275)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Economy

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3.31 Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022

(Pages 276 - 280)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

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3.32 Information from stakeholders

(Page 281)

Attached Documents:
Information from Children in Wales, Save the Children Cymru, Barnardo’s Cymru, Action for Children Cymru/Wales, NSPCC Cymru/Wales, The Children’s Society, TGP Cymru, NYAS Cymru, Home-Start Cymru

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3.33 Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform

(Pages 282 - 283)

Attached Documents:
Letter from NSPCC Cymru

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4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and for the whole of the meeting on 27 September

(11.30)

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5 Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - consideration of the evidence

(11.30 - 12.15)

There will be an opportunity for children and young people who watched the meeting from the public gallery to meet with Members to discuss the evidence heard during the session.

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6 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - consideration of the approach

(12.15 - 12.30) (Pages 284 - 297)

Attached Documents:
Approach to 2024-25 Draft Budget scrutiny

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7 Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - update on the inquiry

(12.30 - 12.40) (Pages 298 - 306)

Attached Documents:
Update on the Inquiry

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