Concise Minutes - Children, Young People and Education Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid - Committee room 2 Senedd and video conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Wednesday, 6 December 2023

Meeting time: 09.10 - 12.23
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13815

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Jayne Bryant MS (Chair)

James Evans MS

Heledd Fychan MS

Laura Anne Jones MS

Ken Skates MS

Buffy Williams MS

Witnesses:

Sam Rowlands MS

Dr Dave Harvey, Member of the Senedd Support Staff

Ceren Roberts, Urdd Gobaith Cymru

Graham French, Institute for Outdoor Learning

Clare Adams, Outdoor Education Adviers' Panel (OEAP)

Mike Rosser, Outdoor Education Advisory Panel Cymru

Geraint Williams, Urdd Gobaith Cymru

Committee Staff:

Naomi Stocks (Clerk)

Sarah Bartlett (Deputy Clerk)

Jennifer Cottle (Legal Adviser)

Michael Dauncey (Researcher)

Sian Thomas (Researcher)

Lucy Morgan (Researcher)

Samiwel Davies (Legal Adviser)

 

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1       Follow up work from the inquiry into services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform

1.1        The Committee considered areas of follow-up work from the care inquiry. It agreed to:

-     conduct an inquiry into “children on the margins” with the first strand focussing on missing and criminally exploited children and young people;

-     to hold a scrutiny session with Social Care Wales;

-     and an annual scrutiny session with Care Inspectorate Wales.

1.2     It also agreed to invite Members of the Health and Social Care Committee to the scrutiny sessions with Social Care Wales and Care Inspectorate Wales.

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2       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

2.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee.

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3       Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1

3.1 The Committee heard evidence from Sam Rowlands MS.

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4       Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2

4.1 The Committee heard evidence from representatives of the Urdd, the Outdoor Education Adviser's Panel and the Institute for Outdoor Learning.

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5       Papers to note

5.1 The papers were noted.

5.2 The Committee agreed to write to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language for some further information on free school meals holiday provision

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6       Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting

6.1 The motion was agreed.

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7       Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - consideration of the evidence

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence it has heard in the previous sessions.

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8       Implementation of education reforms - consideration of the next steps

8.1 Due to time constraints this item was moved to next week’s agenda.

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