Concise Minutes - Children, Young People and Education Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 14 October 2015

Meeting time: 09.18 - 11.28
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/3259


Attendance

Category

Names

Assembly Members:

Angela Burns AM

Keith Davies AM

Suzy Davies AM

John Griffiths AM

Lynne Neagle AM

David Rees AM

Aled Roberts AM

Simon Thomas AM

Witnesses:

Lesley Griffiths AM, The Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty, Welsh Government

Kate Cassidy, Welsh Government

Elin Gwynedd, Welsh Government

Committee Staff:

Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)

Sarah Bartlett (Deputy Clerk)

Sian Thomas (Researcher)

 

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Transcript

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1       Introductions, apologies and substitutions

The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting. Apologies were received from Ann Jones and Bethan Jenkins.

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2       Scrutiny of the Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty on the review of the role of the Children's Commissioner

The Committee scrutinised the Minister on the government response to the review.

 

The Minister agreed to update the committee on discussions with the Children’s Commissioner on the opportunities for the Commissioner to have an early role in policy development.

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3       Scrutiny of the Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty on the Report on the compliance with the duty under section 1 of the Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure 2011

The Committee scrutinised the Minister on the Compliance report.

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4       Papers to note

The papers were noted.

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4.1   Letter from the Minister for Education and Skills - initial draft of a proposed Additional Learning Needs (ALN) code

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4.2   Additional Information from Regional School Effectiveness and Improvement Service for North Wales (GwE) following the meeting on 24 September

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4.3   Additional information from the Education achievement Service for South East Wales (EAS) following the meeting on 16 September

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5       Motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) and (x) to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the remainder of the meeting and for the whole of the meeting on 22 October

The Motion was agreed

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6       Inquiry into Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPs) - Consideration of draft report

Aled Roberts AM declared a relevant interest under Standing Order 17.24 as his wife is on the Welsh in Education forum in Wrexham.

 

The Committee considered the draft report. The Report would be considered again at a future meeting.

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