Meetings

The Committee considered correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Education and, in line with the previous Committee’s decision, agreed to close the petition.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to write to the Minister to ask whether there is a strand of Professor Donaldson’s work relating to political science which the petitioner could either be involved with, or kept informed of. Members also agreed to move to close the petition once a response has been received from the Minister.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to write to the petitioner asking whether he has any comments on Professor Donaldson’s report or on the Minister’s statement. 

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to:

·         pass the petitioner’s comments on to Professor Donaldson asking for them to be taken into account as part of his review; and

·         consider the petition again once Professor Donaldson’s report has been published.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to seek further comments from the petitioner on the correspondence received.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to:

·         share the Research paper with the petitioner; and

·         write to Professor Graham Donaldson sharing the Research paper and asking whether he would be prepared to meet the petitioner to hold a more detailed discussion on the subject of the petition.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to:

·         seek the petitioner’s views on the Minister’s response;

·         seek further information from the steering group established to oversee revisions to the Welsh Baccalaureate on any consideration they are giving to including political science in the curriculum;

·         await the results of the questionnaire being circulated by the Assembly’s education team; and

·         ask the Committee Clerk to liaise with the Research Service on the work involved in seeking more comprehensive information from schools about whether and how they include political science in their PSE curriculum.

The Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to:

·         forward the petitioner’s comments to the Minister to ask if he has any further views on the points made; and

·         highlight the petition to the Assembly’s Education Team.

The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to write to the Minister for Education and Skills seeking his views.