Meeting Venue:
Video Conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Tuesday, 14 July 2020
Meeting time: 09.30 - 11.02
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/6406
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Category |
Names |
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Assembly Members: |
Lynne Neagle MS (Chair) Dawn Bowden MS Jack Sargeant MS (In place of Hefin David MS) Suzy Davies MS Janet Finch-Saunders MS Siân Gwenllian MS |
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Witnesses: |
Kirsty Williams MS, Minister for Education Claire Bennett, Director – Communities and Tackling Poverty Ceri Planchant, Lawyer |
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Committee Staff: |
Llinos Madeley (Clerk) Sarah Bartlett (Deputy Clerk) Sian Hughes (Researcher) Lisa Salkeld (Legal Adviser) Rhiannon Lewis (Legal Adviser) |
1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the virtual meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee.
1.2 In accordance with Standing Order 34.19, the Chair stated that she had determined that the public were excluded from the Committee’s meeting in order to protect public health.
1.3 The Chair stated that if for any reason she dropped out of the meeting, the Committee agreed that Dawn Bowden MS would become Temporary Chair in accordance with Standing Order 17.22.
1.4 The Chair noted apologies from Hefin David MS. Jack Sargeant MS substituted.
2 Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1 with Welsh Government representatives
2.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Minister for Education.
2.2 The Committee indicated an intention to write to the Minister to seek further clarification on the Bill’s provisions as they relate to Religion, Values and Ethics (RVE) and Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE), particularly the steps taken to ensure their compatibility with human rights legislation.
3 Papers to note
3.1 The papers were noted.