Agenda and minutes

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. Jayne Bryant MS substituted. 

Dr David Tuthill, Officer for Wales - Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health 

Lisa Turnbull, Policy & Public Affairs Adviser - Royal College of Nursing

Dr Mair Hopkin, Royal College of General Practitioners

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Heath, the Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of General Practitioners.

2.2 The Royal College of Nursing agreed to provide a note on whether all families were receiving their schedule of visits as per the Healthy Child Wales programme.

3.1 The motion was agreed.

4.1 The Committee considered the evidence it heard in the previous session.

Simon Jones, Head of Policy & Influencing – Mind Cymru

Kate Heneghan, Head in Wales - Papyrus

Sarah Stone, Executive Director for Wales – Samaritans Cymru

Stephanie Hoffman, Head of Social Action – Meic Cymru

5.1 The Committee heard evidence from Mind Cymru, Papyrus, Samaritans Cymru and Meic Cymru.

6.1 The motion was agreed.

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence it heard in the previous session.

Dr Kristy Fenton, Consultant child & adolescent psychiatrist at Hywel Dda University Health Board and Chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Wales' Faculty of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Dr Liz Gregory, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and representing Applied Psychologists in Health National Specialist Advisory Group

Dr Bethan Phillips, Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and Co-Chair of Division Clinical Psychology in Wales

8.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the Applied Psychologists in Health National Specialist Advisory Group and the British Psychological Society.

9.1 The papers were noted.

10.1 The motion was agreed.

11.1 The Committee considered the evidence it heard in the previous session.

12.1 The Committee considered it’s approach to forthcoming legislation.

12.2 The Committee:

·         agreed an in principle approach to Stage 1 scrutiny of the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill, subject to its introduction before the summer recess;

·         noted the Welsh Government’s statement of 9 June 2020 indicating that the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill will be published as a Draft Bill and its introduction postponed; and

·         agreed to write to the Welsh Government to request an update on the timescales for the implementation of the next stages of Additional Learning Needs reforms, and an indication of whether the Welsh Government will be publishing a response to the points raised in last year’s consultation on the Draft ALN Code in advance of laying the final version before the Senedd.