Concise Minutes - Children, Young People and Education Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

Meeting date: Thursday, 10 January 2019

Meeting time: 09.20 - 12.40
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5103

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Lynne Neagle AM (Chair) Dawn Bowden AM Michelle Brown AM Hefin David AM Suzy Davies AM Janet Finch-Saunders AM Siân Gwenllian AM Jack Sargeant AM
Witnesses:	Kirsty Williams AM, Minister for Education Steve Davies, Welsh Government Claire Rowlands, Welsh Government Vaughan Gething AM, Minister for Health and Social Services Karen Jewell, Welsh Government Liz Davies, Welsh Government
Committee Staff:	Llinos Madeley (Clerk) Sarah Bartlett (Deputy Clerk) Michael Dauncey (Researcher) Rebekah James (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members. Apologies were received from Julie Morgan AM. Jack Sargeant AM attended as a substitute.

1.2 The Chair congratulated Julie Morgan AM on her recent appointment as a Deputy Minister and thanked her for her work during her time as a Committee member.

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2 Welsh Government's progress in developing the new Curriculum for Wales - Evidence session

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Minister for Education.

2.2 The Minister agreed to provide further details on ADEW’s representation at relevant change board meetings.

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3 Follow- up on the Perinatal Mental Health Committee Report

3.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Minister for Health and Social Services.

3.2 The Minister agreed to provide a note on the following:

· The perinatal mental health data and information collected by Local Health Boards and the Welsh Government;

· The number of women who have been placed due to perinatal mental ill health on an adult psychiatric ward without their child;

· The timescales within which all Local Health Boards will be expected to have signed up to the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ quality standards; and

· Further information on the directory of third sector services and how it is updated.

3.3 The Minister committed to providing:

· at the end of the 2018-19 financial year, a comprehensive outline of the settings in which women have been treated for perinatal mental ill health, including in the community, adult psychiatric wards, and mother and baby units; and

· six monthly updates on progress in relation to the Committee’s recommendations and other developments in perinatal mental health services in Wales.

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4 Papers to note

4.1 The papers were noted.

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5 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting and for the whole of the meeting on the 16th and 30th January

5.1 The Motion was agreed.</AI12>

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6 Consideration of the evidence received under items 2 and 3

6.1 The Committee considered the evidence heard during the morning sessions.

6.2 The Committee agreed to write to ADEW and the WLGA to clarify their engagement with the curriculum reform programme and confirm the date(s)/version(s) of the information on which their joint written evidence was based.

6.3 The Committee agreed to write to the Minister for Health and Social Services to follow-up the evidence heard during the session on perinatal mental health services in Wales.

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