Concise Minutes - Children, Young People and Education Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - The Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 16 May 2018

Meeting time: 09.15 - 11.59
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/4798

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Lynne Neagle AM (Chair) Michelle Brown AM Hefin David AM John Griffiths AM Llyr Gruffydd AM Julie Morgan AM Mark Reckless AM
Witnesses:	Huw Irranca-Davies AM, Minister for Children, Older People and Social Care Owain Lloyd, Welsh Government Professor Sally Holland, Children’s Commissioner for Wales Rachel Thomas, Children’s Commissioner for Wales
Committee Staff:	Llinos Madeley (Clerk) Sarah Bartlett (Deputy Clerk) Sian Thomas (Researcher) Lisa Salkeld (Legal Adviser)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members. Apologies were received from Darren Millar, there was no substitute.

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2 Childcare Funding (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Minister for Children and Social Care.

2.2 The Minister agreed to provide the following:
A note on the family incomes of those accessing childcare support under the current pilot;

A copy of guidance for Early Implementer Local Authorities.

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3 Childcare Funding (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2

3.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Children’s Commissioner.

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4 Paper(s) to note

4.1 The papers were noted.

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4.1 Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Education - School Organisation Code

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4.2 Letter to the Minister for Children and Social Care - Children and Families Delivery Grant

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5 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the remainder of the meeting.

5.1 The Motion was agreed.

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6 Childcare Funding (Wales) Bill - Consideration of the evidence

6.1 The Committee considered the evidence they had heard.

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7 Forward Work Programme - approach to the inquiry into the status of the Welsh Baccalaureate

7.1 The Committee agreed the terms of reference and the approach for gathering evidence and engagement work.

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