Concise Minutes - Children, Young People and Education Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

Meeting date: 24 September 2015

Meeting time: 09.21 - 11.59
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:http://senedd.tv/en/3232

Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Angela Burns AM Keith Davies AM Suzy Davies AM Bethan Jenkins AM David Rees AM (Chair) Aled Roberts AM Simon Thomas AM
Witnesses:	Betsan O'Connor, Education through Regional Working (ERW) Eifion Evans, Education through Regional Working (ERW) Huw Foster Evans, Regional School Effectiveness and Improvement Service for North Wales (GwE) Ian Budd, Regional School Effectiveness and Improvement Service for North Wales (GwE)
Committee Staff:	Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk) Sarah Bartlett (Deputy Clerk) Sian Thomas (Researcher)

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Transcript

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1 Motion to elect temporary Chair

David Rees was elected as temporary Chair, in accordance with Standing Order 17.22.

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2 Introductions, apologies and substitutions

The Chair welcomed Committee Members.  Apologies were received from Ann Jones and John Griffiths, there were no substitutes.

Simon Thomas declared a relevant interest as his child attended a school in the ERW area.  Aled Roberts declared a relevant interest as his child attended a school in the GwE area and he was also on the board of school governors in the GwE region.  Keith Davies declared a relevant interest as he was on the board of school governors of a school in the ERW region.  David Rees declared a relevant interest as his grandchildren attended a school in the ERW area. 

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3 Discussion with Regional Education Consortia - Education through Regional Working (ERW)

The Committee discussed the findings of the Estyn and Wales Audit Office reports with representatives from the Regional Education Consortia.

ERW agreed to provide further information on financial matters raised by Committee members.

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4 Discussion with Regional Education Consortia - Regional School Effectiveness and Improvement Service for North Wales (GwE)

GwE agreed to provide a note on the cost of redundancy programmes.

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5 Papers to note

The papers were noted.

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5.1 Letter from NSPCC Cymru

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5.2 Universities Wales Briefing Note on the Welsh Government Budget 2016-17

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6 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the remainder of the meeting.

The motion was agreed.

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7 Consideration of Committee forward work programme

The Committee considered the forward work programme.  It was agreed that the work programme would be considered again at a future meeting.

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