Concise Minutes - Children, Young People and Education Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 16 October 2019

Meeting time: 09.30 - 12.43
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5683

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Lynne Neagle AM (Chair) Rhianon Passmore AM (In place of Dawn Bowden AM) Hefin David AM Suzy Davies AM Janet Finch-Saunders AM Siân Gwenllian AM
Witnesses:	Sean O’Neill, Children in Wales Tim Ruscoe, Barnardo’s Cymru Dr Simon Hoffman, Swansea University Dr Phillip Connor, Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales Rhian Croke, Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales Rhian Thomas Turner, Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales Melissa Wood, EHRC Hannah Wharf, Equality and Human Rights Commission Professor Sally Holland, Children’s Commissioner for Wales Rachel Thomas, Children’s Commissioner for Wales
Committee Staff:	Tanwen Summers (Second Clerk) Sarah Bartlett (Deputy Clerk) Sian Thomas (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 Apologies were received from Dawn Bowden AM and Hefin David AM, Rhianon Passmore substituted for Dawn Bowden.

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2 Inquiry into Children's Rights in Wales - evidence session 1

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Wales UNCRC Monitoring Committee.

2.2 They agreed to provide from their recent research (on behalf of EHRC) examples where Children Rights Impact Assessments (CRIAs) have been completed retrospectively to a policy being introduced.

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3 Inquiry into Children's Rights in Wales - evidence session 2

3.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales.

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4 Inquiry into Children's Rights in Wales - evidence session 3

4.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

4.2 They agreed to provide international examples of how National Mechanisms for implementation, Reporting and Follow-up of UN recommendations operate in practise.

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5 Inquiry into Children's Rights in Wales - evidence session 4

5.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Children’s Commissioner for Wales.

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6 Papers to note

6.1 The papers were noted.

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

7.1 The Motion was agreed.

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8 Inquiry into Children's Rights in Wales - consideration of the evidence

8.1 The Committee considered the evidence heard during the sessions.

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