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This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

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Meeting: 10/11/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

3 Correspondence to the Chair from the Petitions Committee regarding "Save Childcare Provision in Wales – Demand Fair Funding and a Fair Process for Providers and Parents"

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Meeting: 15/09/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

3 Correspondence from the Petitions Committee to the Minister for Children and Social Care regarding Petition P-06-1530: "Save Childcare Provision in Wales"

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Meeting: 12/05/2025 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

3 Correspondence from the Minister for Children and Social Care to the Chair regarding the expansion of the Flying Start programme

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Meeting: 04/12/2024 - Plenary (Item 6)

Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee report - Their Future: Our Priority? Follow up inquiry into childcare provision in Wales

NDM8750 Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)

To propose that the Senedd:

Notes the Equality and Social Justice Committee report, 'Their Future: Our Priority? Follow up inquiry into childcare provision in Wales', laid on 24 July 2024.

Note: The response from the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 27 November 2024.

Minutes:

The item started at 16.42

NDM8750 Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff Central)

To propose that the Senedd:

Notes the Equality and Social Justice Committee report, 'Their Future: Our Priority? Follow up inquiry into childcare provision in Wales', laid on 24 July 2024.

Note: The response from the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 27 November 2024.

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.

 

Meeting: 25/11/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 4)

4 Correspondence between the Chair and the Minister for Children and Social Care regarding the Welsh Government’s response to the Equality and Social Justice Committees report: "Their Future: Our Priority"

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Meeting: 16/09/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 4)

4 Written response by the Welsh Government regarding the Equality and Social Justice Committee report - Their Future: Our Priority? August 2024

Equality and Social Justice Committee Their Future: Our Priority? Follow up inquiry into childcare provision in Wales

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Meeting: 16/09/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 4)

4 Correspondence from Early Years Wales regarding the report of the Equality and Social Justice Committee - Their Future: Our Priority? Follow up inquiry into childcare provision in Wales - 31 July 2024

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Meeting: 15/07/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Correspondence from the Bevan Foundation: briefing on free school meals for children affected by no recourse to public funds

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Meeting: 15/07/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Correspondence from Jane Dodds MS to the Chair regarding an invite to The Right to Childhood event

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Meeting: 15/07/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Correspondence from Stepping Stones Nursery regarding points of consideration for the Committee

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Meeting: 15/07/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 4)

4 Childcare inquiry: consideration of draft report

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Members considered the draft report.

Meeting: 08/07/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 5)

5 Childcare inquiry: consideration of draft report

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5.1 Members considered and agreed the draft report subject to minor amendments.

Meeting: 01/07/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 4)

4 Correspondence from the Minister for Mental Health & Early Years to the Chair regarding the Childcare follow up inquiry

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Meeting: 10/06/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 5)

5 Childcare follow up inquiry: consideration of key issues

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Members considered the key issues paper.

Meeting: 03/06/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

3 Correspondence from an expert advisory group on childcare in Wales to the Chair regarding the future of childcare provision in Wales

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Meeting: 20/05/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 1)

1 Childcare inquiry: External visits

A number of Committee members will be making external visits today as part of the Committee’s follow up inquiry on childcare.

 

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As part of the follow-up inquiry into childcare a number of Committee Members made external visits to childcare settings:

 

Jenny Rathbone and Joel James visited Dylan’s Den, Treorchy.

 

Jenny Rathbone and Sioned Williams then visited the Aberavon Integrated Children’s Centre.

Meeting: 13/05/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 5)

Childcare follow up inquiry: consideration of evidence

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Members considered the evidence.

Meeting: 13/05/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Childcare follow up inquiry: Ministerial evidence session

Jayne Bryant, MS, Minister for Mental Health and Early Years

Clare Severn, Head of Early Childhood Education and Care, Childcare and Play Policy, Welsh Government

Alex Slade, Director of Primary Care, Mental Health and Early Years, Welsh Government

 

 

Early Childhood Play, Learning and Care Plan in Wales (Detailed version)

 

Early Childhood, Play, Learning and Care Plan in Wales (High Level Plan)

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Members heard evidence from:

 

Jayne Bryant, MS, Minister for Mental Health and Early Years

 

Clare Severn, Head of Early Childhood Education and Care, Childcare and Play Policy, Welsh Government

 

Alex Slade, Director of Primary Care, Mental Health and Early Years, Welsh Government

 

 

 

 

Meeting: 29/04/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 5)

Childcare follow up inquiry: consideration of evidence

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Members considered the evidence.

Meeting: 29/04/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 3)

Childcare follow up inquiry: evidence session four

Naomi Eisenstadt, Chair NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board

 

Christine Pascal, Director, Centre for Research in Early Childhood, Birmingham

 

Natalie MacDonald, Assistant Academic Director for Childhood, Youth and Education, University of Wales Trinity Saint David

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Members heard evidence from:

 

Naomi Eisenstadt, Chair NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board

 

Christine Pascal, Director, Centre for Research in Early Childhood, Birmingham

 

Natalie MacDonald, Assistant Academic Director for Childhood, Youth and Education, University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Meeting: 29/04/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Childcare follow up inquiry: evidence session three

Jane Malcolm, National Operations Manager, National Day Nurseries Association Scotland 

 

Martha Friendly, Executive Director, Childcare Research and Resource Unit, Toronto, Canada

 

Maria Jürimäe, University of Tartu, Estonia

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Members heard evidence from:

 

Jane Malcolm, National Operations Manager, National Day Nurseries Association Scotland

 

Martha Friendly, Executive Director, Childcare Research and Resource Unit, Toronto, Canada

 

Maria Jürimäe, University of Tartu, Estonia

Meeting: 15/04/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Correspondence between the Chair and OXFAM regarding the follow-up inquiry into childcare provision in Wales

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Meeting: 26/02/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 8)

Childcare follow up inquiry: consideration of the evidence

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Members considered the evidence.

Meeting: 26/02/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Correspondence between the Children, Young People and Education Committee and the Chair regarding the Committee's follow up inquiry on childcare

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Meeting: 26/02/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 7)

7 Childcare follow up inquiry: evidence session 2

Sarah Coates, National Day Nurseries Association (a member of the CWLWM Partnership)

 

Jane O’Toole, Clybiau Plant Cymru (a member of the CWLWM Partnership)

 

Sarah Mutch, Early Years and Partnerships Manager, Caerphilly County Borough Council

 

Cheryl Salley, Director at Darling Buds Nursery Ltd

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Members heard evidence from:

 

Sarah Coates, National Day Nurseries Association (a member of the CWLWM Partnership)

 

Jane O’Toole, Clybiau Plant Cymru (a member of the CWLWM Partnership)

 

Sarah Mutch, Early Years and Partnerships Manager, Caerphilly County Borough Council

 

Cheryl Salley, Director at Darling Buds Nursery Ltd

Meeting: 26/02/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 6)

6 Childcare follow up inquiry: evidence session 1

Dr David Dallimore, social policy researcher formerly employed by Bangor

University and the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and

Data

 

Hayli Gibson, Head of Early Years, Childcare and Play, Pembrokeshire County Council

 

Janet Kelly, Chair of Trustees, Sparkle Cymru

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Members heard evidence from:

 

Dr David Dallimore, social policy researcher formerly employed by Bangor

University and the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and

Data

 

Hayli Gibson, Head of Early Years, Childcare and Play, Pembrokeshire County Council

 

Janet Kelly, Chair of Trustees, Sparkle Cymru

Meeting: 21/02/2024 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 4)

4 Childcare - a follow up inquiry

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Meeting: 05/02/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Correspondence between the Chair and the Deputy Minister for Social Service regarding the Equality and Social Justice Committee's follow up inquiry on childcare

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Meeting: 05/02/2024 - Equality and Social Justice Committee (Item 2)

2 Correspondence from Oxfam to the Chair regarding the Little Steps, Big Struggles: Childcare in Wales report

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Meeting: 11/01/2024 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 7)

7 Childcare and parental employment

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