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P-04-637 To Protect the Future of Youth Music in Wales

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Meeting: 13/09/2016 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

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The Committee considered correspondence from the WJEC and, given that there was nothing further they could do to take the issue forward, agreed to close the petition.

Meeting: 12/07/2016 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

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The Committee considered correspondence from the then Minister for Education and Skills and the WLGA and agreed to press the WJEC for a response to previous requests for information.  In doing so, Members also wished to express their disappointment at the WJEC’s lack of response to previous correspondence.

Meeting: 08/03/2016 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

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The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to:

·         write again to the WJEC seeking the outstanding response to previous correspondence;

·         write to the WLGA to seek information on how local authorities are taking forward the recommendations of the Music Services Task and Finish Group; and

·         write to the Minister to ask him to respond to the petitioners’ further comments and also the basis for his decision not to use some of the available funds to protect music provision in schools.  

Meeting: 08/12/2015 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

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The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to:

·         write again to the Minister for Education and Skills to ask if he has any further observations on the petitioners’ latest letter, in particular for his views on the task and finish group’s views in relation to music hubs as a model; and

·         write to the WJEC to seek further information on its plans relating to resources for the National Youth Orchestra.

Meeting: 22/09/2015 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

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The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to:

  • write to the Minister for Education and Skills for his comments on the petitioner’s letter and on that of the English Minister, specifically whether the music education hubs model is being considered in Wales; and
  • to ask the Minister to set out specifically what the actions agree for music are in the Government’s 5-year plan ‘Creative Learning through the Arts – An Action Plan for Wales’.

 

Meeting: 16/06/2015 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)

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The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to write to:

 

  • the Minister asking that he informs the Committee when the Task and Finish Group’s report is published and that he provides further substantive views on the petition at that time;
  • In the meanwhile, ask that he provides more details of the methodology used by the Task and Finish Group as requested by the petitioners; and
  • Write to the UK and Scottish Government seeking information on the steps they have apparently taken to reintroduce central funding of music services.

 

 

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