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Transcript: Transcript for 06/12/2023 - Children, Young People and Education Committee

Items
Expected timing No. Item

(09.00 - 09.30)

1.

Follow up work from the inquiry into services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform

Minutes:

1.1         The Committee considered areas of follow-up work from the care inquiry. It agreed to:

-      conduct an inquiry into “children on the margins” with the first strand focussing on missing and criminally exploited children and young people;

-      to hold a scrutiny session with Social Care Wales;

-      and an annual scrutiny session with Care Inspectorate Wales.

1.2    It also agreed to invite Members of the Health and Social Care Committee to the scrutiny sessions with Social Care Wales and Care Inspectorate Wales.

(09.30)

2.

Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Minutes:

2.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee.

(09.30 - 10.45)

3.

Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1

Sam Rowlands MS, Member in Charge

Dr Dave Harvey, Member of the Senedd Support Staff

Micheal Dauncey, Senedd Researcher

Jen Cottle, Legal Services, Senedd

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1 The Committee heard evidence from Sam Rowlands MS.

(11.00 - 12.00)

4.

Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2

Ceren Roberts, Director of Cardiff Residential Centre, Urdd Gobaith Cymru

Geraint Williams, Deputy Director of the Cardiff Residential Centre, Urdd Gobaith Cymru

Graham French, Deputy head of the School of Education, Bangor University, Chair of the North Wales region for the Association of Heads of Outdoor Education Centres and Chair of the North Wales regional committee of the Institute for Outdoor Learning

Clare Adams, Outdoor Education Adviser for Monmouthshire County Council and representing the Outdoor Education Adviser's Panel for England and Wales

Mike Rosser, Education Visits Adviser for Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham, Project Lead for Welsh Government review of Visit Leader Training within FE Colleges and representing the Outdoor Education Adviser's Panel for England and Wales

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

4.1 The Committee heard evidence from representatives of the Urdd, the Outdoor Education Adviser's Panel and the Institute for Outdoor Learning.

5.

Papers to note

Minutes:

5.1 The papers were noted.

5.2 The Committee agreed to write to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language for some further information on free school meals holiday provision

5.1

Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill

Supporting documents:

5.2

Cost of Living

Supporting documents:

5.3

Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare?

Supporting documents:

5.4

Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform

Supporting documents:

5.5

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

Supporting documents:

5.6

General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

Supporting documents:

(12.00)

6.

Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting

Minutes:

6.1 The motion was agreed.

(12.00 - 12.10)

7.

Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - consideration of the evidence

Minutes:

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence it has heard in the previous sessions.

(12.10 - 12.30)

8.

Implementation of education reforms - consideration of the next steps

Minutes:

8.1 Due to time constraints this item was moved to next week’s agenda.