Meeting Venue:
Hybrid -
Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel and video conference via
Zoom
Meeting date: 25 October 2023
Meeting time:
09.30
For further information contact:
Naomi Stocks
Committee Clerk
0300 200 6565
SeneddChildren@senedd.wales
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Private pre-meeting
(09.15 - 09.30)
1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
(09.30)
2 Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - evidence session 8
(09.30 - 10.30) (Pages 1 - 17)
Sharon Davies, Head of Education, Welsh Local Government Association
Catherine Davies, ALN Policy Officer, Welsh Local Government Association
Gaynor Davies, Director of Education for Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council and representative for the Association of Directors of Education in Wales
Liz Jones, Inclusion Lead for the Vale of Glamorgan Council and representative for the Association of Directors of Education in Wales
Attached Documents:
Research Brief
Break
(10.30 - 10.40)
3 Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - evidence session 9
(10.40 - 11.20)
Catherine Falcus, Policy and Leadership Specialist, Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Cymru
4 Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - evidence session 10
(11.20 - 12.20) (Pages 18 - 30)
Mary van den Heuvel, Senior Policy Officer Wales, National Education Union (NEU)
Mike O’Neill, National Education Union (NEU) Organising Forum member and NEU representative for Merthyr
Ioan Rhys Jones, General Secretary, Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru (UCAC)
Urtha Felda, Policy and Casework Official, NASUWT
Attached Documents:
Paper - Joint Trade Unions
Paper - Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru (UCAC)
Paper - National Education Union (NEU)
5 Papers to note
(12.20)
5.1 Information from Stakeholders
(Pages 31 - 45)
Attached Documents:
Letter from the Head of Wales, Equality and Human Rights
Commission
5.2 Information from Stakeholders
(Page 46)
Attached Documents:
Information from Parents Voices in Wales CIC
5.3 P-06-1341 Accessible guidance for parents and schools to help develop plans to support children with additional learning needs
(Page 47)
Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee
5.4 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24
(Pages 48 - 50)
Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Education and Welsh
Language
5.5 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25
(Pages 51 - 56)
Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education
Committee to the Minister for Health and Social Care, Deputy
Minister for Social Services and Deputy Minister for Mental Health
and Wellbeing
5.6 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25
(Pages 57 - 68)
Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education
Committee to the Minister for Education and Welsh
Language
5.7 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25
(Pages 69 - 71)
Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education
Committee to the Minister for Economy
5.8 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25
(Pages 72 - 74)
Attached Documents:
Letter from Disability Wales
5.9 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25
(Pages 75 - 110)
Attached Documents:
Letter from the Auditor General for Wales to the Chair of the
Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
5.10 Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform
(Pages 111 - 115)
Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education
Committee to the Deputy Minister for Social Services
5.11 Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform
(Pages 116 - 119)
Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education
Committee to the Chief Executive of Social Care Wales
5.12 Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform
(Pages 120 - 121)
Attached Documents:
Letter from the Deputy Minister for Social Services
5.13 Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare?
(Pages 122 - 135)
Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education
Committee to the Chair of the Equality and Social Justice
Committee
5.14 Forward work programme
(Pages 136 - 152)
Attached Documents:
Letter from the Education Spokesperson for the Welsh Local
Government Association
5.15 Mental Health support in Higher Education
(Pages 153 - 155)
Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for Education and Welsh
Language
6 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
(12.20)
7 Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - consideration of the evidence
(12.20 - 12.30)
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