Concise Minutes - Children, Young People and Education Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid - Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel and video conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Thursday, 21 November 2024

Meeting time: 09.31 - 11.49
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/14156

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	Buffy Williams MS (Chair) Cefin Campbell MS Gareth Davies MS Vaughan Gething MS Tom Giffard MS
Witnesses:	Rocio Cifuentes, Children's Commissioner for Wales Rachel Thomas, Children’s Commissioner for Wales
Committee Staff:	Naomi Stocks (Clerk) Tom Lewis-White (Second Clerk) Sarah Bartlett (Deputy Clerk) Jennifer Cottle (Legal Adviser) Sian Thomas (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 The Chair thanked Hefin David MS for his time and contributions to the Committee. She looked forward to welcoming Carolyn to the Committee. Carolyn had sent her apologies for today, there was no substitute.

1.3 The Chair noted that Tom Giffard MS and Vaughan Gething MS needed to leave the meeting early.

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2 Scrutiny of Children's Commissioner for Wales Annual Report 2023 - 2024

2.1 The Committee scrutinised the Commissioner on her Annual Report.

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3 Papers to note

3.1 The papers were noted.

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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 28 November and 4 December

4.1 The motion was agreed.

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5 Scrutiny of Children's Commissioner for Wales Annual Report 2023 - 2024 - consideration of the evidence

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence it had heard in the previous session.

5.2 The Committee agreed to schedule time in a future discuss meeting the Welsh Government’s response to the Commissioners Annual Report.

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6 Children and Young People on the margins - consideration of the draft report

6.1 Following last week’s discussion, Members considered and agreed changes to the draft report. Final changes and sign off would be agreed electronically.

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