Agenda and minutes

1.1 The Chair welcomed everybody to the meeting. Apologies were received from Jocelyn Davies.

Keith Towler, Children’s Commissioner for Wales

Eleri Thomas, Chief Executive

2.1 The Chair welcomed Keith Towler and Eleri Thomas. Members questioned the witnesses on Children's Commissioner's Annual Report.

Action Points:

The Children’s Commissioner agreed to provide further information on:

·         the efficiency savings made by his office in response to the decrease in income for the financial year 2011-12.

·         the time taken to resolve the case study on page 27 of the Commissioner’s annual report relating to a fostered child not in education.

·         the current status of the National Service Framework (NSF) for Children, Young People and Maternity Services, once received from the Welsh Government;

·         measuring child poverty.

3.1 The Committee agreed the motion.

Further and Higher Education (Wales) Bill White Paper

·         Neil Surman, Head of Higher Education Division, Welsh Government

·         Jane Ellis, Senior Further Education Governance Officer, Welsh Government

4.1 The officials responded to questions from members of the Committee on the Further and Higher Education (Wales) Bill White Paper.

5.1 The draft report was agreed.

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