Concise Minutes - Children, Young People, and Education Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid - Committee room 4 Tŷ Hywel and video conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Wednesday, 12 November 2025

Meeting time: 09.33 - 11.50
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15410

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	Buffy Williams MS (Chair) Natasha Asghar MS Cefin Campbell MS Russell George MS Vaughan Gething MS Carolyn Thomas MS
Witnesses:	Rocio Cifuentes, Children's Commissioner for Wales Tomos Davies, Children’s Commissioner for Wales
Committee Staff:	Naomi Stocks (Clerk) Leah Whitty (Second Clerk) Sarah Bartlett (Deputy Clerk) Sian Thomas (Researcher) Jennifer Cottle (Legal Adviser)

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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.

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2 Scrutiny of the Children's Commissioner for Wales Annual Report 2024 - 2025

2.1 The Committee scrutinised the Commissioner on her annual report.

2.2 The Commissioner agreed to provide statistics on how many people hear about their service on social media.                                                           

2.3 The Committee agreed to send the Commissioner the unasked questions for a written response.

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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

4.1 The motion was agreed.

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5 Scrutiny of Children's Commissioner for Wales Annual Report 2024 - 2025 - consideration of the evidence

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

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6 Forward work programme - Spring Forward Work Programme

6.1 The Committee discussed the Spring forward work programme and agreed its approach to legacy work.

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