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Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Hybrid) - Wednesday, 29 January 2025 09.15

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Transcript: Transcript for 29/01/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee

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Expected timing	No.	Item
09.15	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. 1.2 Apologies were received from Joel James MS and Vaughan Gething MS, there were no substitutes.
09.15 - 10.15	2.	Routes into post-16 education and training - evidence session 1 View the background to item 2. Sion Amlyn, Policy and Casework Official The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) [via zoom] Ioan Rhys Jones, General Secretary, Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru (UCAC) Mary van den Heuvel, Senior Wales Policy Officer, National Education Union Cymru (NEU) Supporting documents: Restricted enclosure 4 View the reasons why document 2./1 is restricted Paper 1 NASUWT , item 2. PDF 468 KB View as HTML (2./2) 36 KB Paper 2 UCAC (Translation) , item 2. PDF 665 KB View as HTML (2./3) 44 KB Paper 3 NEU Cymru , item 2. PDF 420 KB View as HTML (2./4) 42 KB Minutes: 2.1 The Committee heard evidence from School Teaching Unions. 2.2 Mary van den Heuvel from NEU declared that she’s a Member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Wales Committee and was co-opted for a couple of years to Careers Wales. 2.3 NASUWT agreed to provide any available information on whether an equivalent to the Baker clause in England would help address the issue of access to schools in Wales. 2.3 It was agreed that the questions unasked would be sent for a written response.
10.20 - 11.05	3.	Routes into post-16 education and training - evidence session 2 View the background to item 3. Deb Austin, Parent [via zoom] Karen Berell, Parent Supporting documents: Paper 4 - Response from Parent , item 3. PDF 66 KB Restricted enclosure 10 View the reasons why document 3./2 is restricted Restricted enclosure 11 View the reasons why document 3./3 is restricted Minutes: 3.1 The Committee heard evidence from representatives of Parents’ Voices in Wales.
11.05	4.	Papers to note View the background to item 4. Minutes: 4.1 The papers were noted.
	4.1	General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Education View the background to item 4.1 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Cabinet Secretary for Education , item 4.1 PDF 180 KB
	4.2	Information from Stakeholders View the background to item 4.2 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Minister for Children and Social Care , item 4.2 PDF 195 KB
	4.3	Review of the Public Bill and Member Bill processes View the background to item 4.3 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Chair of the Business Committee , item 4.3 PDF 128 KB
	4.4	Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 View the background to item 4.4 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Chair of the Equality and Social Justice Committee , item 4.4 PDF 72 KB
	4.5	Disability and Employment View the background to item 4.5 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Equality and Social Justice Committee from the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Minister for Further and Higher Education , item 4.5 PDF 422 KB
	4.6	Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 View the background to item 4.6 Supporting documents: Briefing note from The Wales Women’s Budget Group (WWBG) and the Women’s Equality Network (WEN) Wales , item 4.6 PDF 366 KB
11.05	5.	Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting View the background to item 5. Minutes: 5.1 The motion was agreed.
11.05 - 11.15	6.	Routes into post-16 education and training - consideration of the evidence View the background to item 6. Minutes: 6.1 The Committee considered the evidence it had heard in the previous sessions.
11.25 - 12.30	7.	Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - consideration of the draft report View the reasons why item 7. is restricted View the background to item 7. Minutes: 7.1 Members considered the draft report. Subject to amendments being agreed electronically outside of Committee, the Committee agreed the draft report.

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