Concise Minutes - Children, Young People and Education Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid - Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel and video conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Thursday, 17 October 2024

Meeting time: 09.30 - 12.44
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/14118

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	Buffy Williams MS (Chair) Cefin Campbell MS Alun Davies MS (In place of Hefin David MS) Gareth Davies MS Vaughan Gething MS Tom Giffard MS Lee Waters MS
Witnesses:	Meinir Ebbsworth, National Centre for Learning Welsh Dona Lewis, National Centre for Learning Welsh Dr Ioan Matthews, Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol Rebecca Williams, Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol Rhian Edwards, Medr (Commission for Tertiary Education and Research) Jonathan Morgan, ColegauCymru Lisa Mytton, National Training Federation for Wales Amanda Wilkinson, Director, Universities Wales, Universities Wales
Committee Staff:	Naomi Stocks (Clerk) Tom Lewis-White (Second Clerk) Sarah Bartlett (Deputy Clerk) Jennifer Cottle (Legal Adviser) Manon Huws (Legal Adviser) Osian Bowyer (Researcher) Michael Dauncey (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 from Hefin David MS, Alun Davies MS substituted for Hefin from 10.30am.

1.3 The Chair welcomed Lee Walters MS from the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relation to the meeting

1.4 Under Standing Order 17.24A Cefin Cambell MS declared an interest as he was part of the development of Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill.

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2 Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from the National Centre for Learning Welsh and Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.

2.2 The National Centre for Learning Welsh agreed to provide further information on addressing the workforce challenges in implementing the Bill, in particular what would need to be that is not included in the Bill. 

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3 Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 14

3.1 The Committee heard evidence from Medr.

3.2 Medr agreed to provide a note on amendments required to provide clarity in Bill on how different organisations will discharge their duties and further information on the likely the resources needed to upskill the workforce to deliver the Bill’s ambitions.

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4 Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 15

4.1 The Committee heard evidence from ColegauCymru, Universities Wales and the National Training Federation for Wales.

4.2 Universities Wales agreed to provide further information in relation to Part 3 of the Bill on issues around pathways and progression into higher education.

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5 Papers to note

5.1 The papers were noted.

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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 Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - consideration of the evidence

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

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