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Transcript: Transcript for 13/01/2022 - Children, Young People and Education Committee
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(09.15) |
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest Minutes: 1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the 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 but that the meeting would be broadcast live on www.senedd.tv 1.3 The Chair welcomed Sioned Williams MS to the Committee, replacing Sian Gwenllian MS. The Chair thanked Sian for her invaluable contribution to the Committee since the start of this Senedd, as well as her work on the predecessor Committee. 1.4 Apologies were received from Buffy Williams MS from item 5 onwards, Carolyn Thomas MS substituted. 1.5 Under Standing Order 17.24A Sioned Williams MS declared her husband was employed by Swansea University and was a Member of UCU and a fellow of the Learned Society. |
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(09.15 - 11.15) |
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill - evidence session 11 Jeremy Miles MS, Minister for Education and Welsh Language Zenny Saunders, Deputy Director PCET Reform - Welsh Government David Morris, Policy team - Welsh Government Supporting documents:
Minutes: 2.1
The Committee heard evidence from the Minister for Education and Welsh
Language. 2.2
The Minister agreed to provide a note on: - Comparative information on composition and differing types of Board membership in similar organisations to the Commission; - Further information on the latest position on the power to dissolve Higher Education Corporations; - Further information on the issues arising from the petition on the postgraduate STEMM bursary; • Further information on how the Bill can support academic
freedom for individual academics, as opposed to the broader protections within
the Bill for institutional academic freedom; • Further information on how the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol,
Commission and other associated bodies will work together in relation to their
roles in relation to Welsh medium provision; and • Whether consent has been granted for
section 128. |
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(11.15) |
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for items 4, 7, 8, 9 and 10 Minutes: 3.1 The motion was agreed. |
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(11.15 - 12.00) |
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill - consideration of the evidence and key issues Minutes: 4.1 The Committee considered the key issues. A draft report would be considered at the meeting on 10 February. |
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(13.00 - 14.30) |
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022 - 2023 - evidence session 1 Eluned Morgan MS, Minister for Health and Social Services Julie Morgan MS, Deputy Minister for Social Services Lynne Neagle MS, Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing Judith Paget, Director General Health & Social
Services/Chief Executive NHS Wales – Welsh Government Steve Elliot, Director, Finance – Welsh Government Albert Heaney, Chief Social Care Officer for Wales – Welsh Government
Claire Bennett, Director, Communities & Tackling Poverty
– Welsh Government Tracey Breheny, Deputy Director of Mental Health, Substance
Misuse & Vulnerable Groups – Welsh Government Irfon Rees, Director of Population Health – Welsh Government Supporting documents:
Minutes: 5.1 The Committee scrutinised the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing on the Welsh Government draft budget. 5.2 The Minister for Health and Social Services agreed to provide a note with data identifying specific spend on children and young people across her portfolio (e.g. on paediatric services and adolescent mental health services) insofar as that information is collected by/available to the NHS/Government. 5.3The Deputy Minister for Social Services agreed to provide the Committee with further information about the Children’s Rights Impact Assessments that feed into policy decisions reflected in the Draft Budget. |
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(14.30) |
Papers to note Minutes: 6.1 The papers were noted. |
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Scrutiny of Accounts - Senedd Commission Supporting documents: |
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Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill Supporting documents: |
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Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill Supporting documents: |
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Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill Supporting documents: |
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Estyn Annual Report Supporting documents: |
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Forward Work programme Supporting documents: |
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Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement Supporting documents: |
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Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill Supporting documents: |
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Organisation of Business Supporting documents: |
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Legislative Consent: The Nationality and Borders Bill Supporting documents: |
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(14.30 - 14.40) |
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022 - 2023 - consideration of the evidence Minutes: 7.1 The Committee considered the evidence it had heard in the previous session. |
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(14.40 - 14.50) |
Peer to peer sexual harassment among learners - consideration of the inquiry's draft terms of reference Minutes: 8.1 Subject to minor amendments the Committee agreed the terms of reference for the inquiry. An approach paper would be considered at the meeting next week. |
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(14.50 - 15.05) |
Consideration of the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Nationality and Border Bill Minutes: 9.1 The Committee considered the LCM, it agreed to write jointly with the Health and Social Care Committee to the Minister for Social Justice for some further information and to seek information from specific stakeholders. |
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(15.05 - 15.15) |
Consideration of the approach to training on Children's Rights Minutes: 10.1 The Committee agreed to participate in the Children’s Rights training on 10 February. |