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Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Hybrid) - Thursday, 3 July 2025 09.30

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Transcript: Transcript for 03/07/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee

Items
Expected timing	No.	Item
09.30	1.	Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest View the background to item 1. Minutes: 1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee.
09.30 - 10.30	2.	Pre appointment hearing for the Chair of the Qualifications Wales Strategic Board View the background to item 2. Dr Paul Bevan, Candidate for the Chair of the Qualifications Wales Strategic Board Supporting documents: Restricted enclosure 4 View the reasons why document 2./1 is restricted Restricted enclosure 5 View the reasons why document 2./2 is restricted Restricted enclosure 6 View the reasons why document 2./3 is restricted Restricted enclosure 7 View the reasons why document 2./4 is restricted Restricted enclosure 8 View the reasons why document 2./5 is restricted Restricted enclosure 9 View the reasons why document 2./6 is restricted Minutes: 2.1 The Committee scrutinised the Welsh Government’s preferred candidate.
10.30	3.	Papers to note View the background to item 3. Minutes: 3.1 The papers were noted.
	3.1	Information from Stakeholders View the background to item 3.1 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from Cerebra , item 3.1 PDF 213 KB Restricted enclosure 12 View the reasons why document 3.1/2 is restricted
	3.2	P-06-1499 Stop the use of term 'Universal Provision' as a reason to deny ALN View the background to item 3.2 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Chair of the Petitions Committee , item 3.2 PDF 90 KB
	3.3	Issues facing the Higher Education Sector View the background to item 3.3 Supporting documents: Additional information from Cardiff University following the meeting on 12 June 2025 , item 3.3 PDF 205 KB
10.30	4.	Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting View the background to item 4. Minutes: 4.1 The motion was agreed.
10.30 - 10.45	5.	Pre appointment hearing for the Chair of the Qualifications Wales Strategic Board - consideration of the evidence View the background to item 5. Minutes: 5.1 The Committee considered the evidence it had heard in the session with the preferred candidate. 5.2 Due to reporting timescales Members agreed to consider and agree the report on the pre-appointment hearing electronically. The report would be laid on 10 July 2025.
11.00 - 12.00	6.	Routes into post-16 education and training - consideration of the draft report View the reasons why item 6. is restricted View the background to item 6. Minutes: 6.1 Members discussed the draft report, an amended version together with the rest of the report would be considered at the first meeting back after the summer recess.
12.00 - 12.30	7.	Forward work programme - consideration of the approach View the reasons why item 7. is restricted View the background to item 7. Minutes: 7.1 The Committee considered the forward work programme. It agreed to do follow up work on two previous Committee inquiries, Pupil Absence and Peer on peer sexual harassment among learners. 7.2 It agreed to do some work on Learner Travel, in particular the impact of the £1 bus fare cap. 7.3 It also agreed to invite the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and their Ministers and the Cabinet Secretary for Education and their Minister for final scrutiny sessions in Spring 2026.

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