Concise Minutes - Children, Young People and Education Committee


Meeting Venue:

Hybrid - Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Thursday, 12 October 2023

Meeting time: 09.41 - 12.32
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13496


Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Jayne Bryant MS (Chair)

Heledd Fychan MS

Laura Anne Jones MS

Carolyn Thomas MS (In place of Ken Skates MS)

Witnesses:

Dr Gwenllian Landsdown Davies, Mudiad Meithrin

Claire Protheroe, Professional association for childcare and early years (PACEY)

Sarah Coates, National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA Cymru)

Andrea Wright, Early Years Wales

Jane O’Toole, Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids' Clubs

Professor Jonathan Rix, The Open University

Committee Staff:

Naomi Stocks (Clerk)

Sarah Bartlett (Deputy Clerk)

Sian Hughes (Researcher)

 

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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 Apologies were received Buffy Williams MS, there was no substitute. Carolyn Thomas MS substituted for Ken Skates MS for the first part of the meeting.

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2       Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - evidence session 6

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from childcare providers.

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3       Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - evidence session 7

3.1 The Committee heard evidence from Professor Rix.

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4       Papers to note

4.1 The papers were noted.

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5       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 19th October

5.1 The motion was agreed.

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6       Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - consideration of the evidence

6.1 Members considered the evidence they had heard in the previous sessions.

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