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Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Hybrid) - Wednesday, 21 May 2025 09.30

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Transcript: Transcript for 21/05/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee

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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. 1.2 Vaughan Gething MS and Joel James MS sent their apologies, there were no substitutes.
09.30 - 10.30	2.	Issues facing the Higher Education Sector - briefing session View the background to item 2. Simon Pirotte, Chief Executive Officer, Medr James Owen, Chief Operating Officer, Medr Supporting documents: Medr briefing , item 2. PDF 1 MB Minutes: 2.1 Members received a briefing from Medr.
10.30	3.	Papers to note View the background to item 3. Minutes: 3.1 The papers were noted.
	3.1	Children on the margins View the background to item 3.1 Supporting documents: Letter to the Minister for Children and Social Care from Jane Dodd MS , item 3.1 PDF 120 KB
	3.2	Legislative Consent: Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill View the background to item 3.2 Supporting documents: Letter to the Llywdd and Chair of Business Committee from the Chair of the Local Government and Housing Committee , item 3.2 PDF 87 KB
	3.3	Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform View the background to item 3.3 Supporting documents: Letter to the Minister for Children and Social Care from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee , item 3.3 PDF 267 KB
	3.4	Estyn Annual Report View the background to item 3.4 Supporting documents: Letter to HM Chief Inspector of Estyn from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee , item 3.4 PDF 128 KB
	3.5	Estyn Annual Report View the background to item 3.5 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from HM Chief Inspector of Estyn , item 3.5 PDF 288 KB
	3.6	Implementation of education reforms View the background to item 3.6 Supporting documents: Letter to the WJEC from the National Education Union (NEU) , item 3.6 PDF 158 KB
	3.7	Children on the margins View the background to item 3.7 Supporting documents: Letter to the Minister for Children and Social Care from Jane Dodds MS , item 3.7 PDF 380 KB View as HTML (3.7/1) 12 KB
	3.8	Legislative Consent: Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill View the background to item 3.8 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip , item 3.8 PDF 134 KB
	3.9	Intergovernmental relations and workings View the background to item 3.9 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip , item 3.9 PDF 157 KB
	3.10	P-06-1494 Welsh Government to protect funding in education from WG and Local Authority cuts View the background to item 3.10 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Petitions Committee from the Cabinet Secretary for Education , item 3.10 PDF 199 KB
	3.11	P-06-1488 Establish a ‘Care Society’ to Tackle the Long COVID Crisis in Wales View the background to item 3.11 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Petitions Committee to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee , item 3.11 PDF 145 KB
	3.12	Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform View the background to item 3.12 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Minister for Children and Social Care , item 3.12 PDF 181 KB
	3.13	Routes into post-16 education and training View the background to item 3.13 Supporting documents: Letter to the Welsh Government from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee , item 3.13 PDF 150 KB
	3.14	Routes into post-16 education and training View the background to item 3.14 Supporting documents: Letter to Careers Wales from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee , item 3.14 PDF 113 KB
	3.15	Routes into post-16 education and training View the background to item 3.15 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from Careers Wales , item 3.15 PDF 394 KB View as HTML (3.15/1) 84 KB
	3.16	Routes into post-16 education and training View the background to item 3.16 Supporting documents: Letter to Colegau Cymru from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee , item 3.16 PDF 112 KB
	3.17	Information from Stakeholders View the background to item 3.17 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Karin Philips, Youth Justice Board Member for Wales , item 3.17 PDF 98 KB
	3.18	General scrutiny of Ministers with responsibility for health and social care View the background to item 3.18 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee and the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Minister for Children and Social Care and the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing , item 3.18 PDF 175 KB
	3.19	Legislative Consent: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill View the background to item 3.19 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Children’s Commissioner for Wales , item 3.19 PDF 142 KB
	3.20	Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill View the background to item 3.20 Supporting documents: Letter to Qualifications Wales from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language , item 3.20 PDF 127 KB
	3.21	Legislative Consent: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill View the background to item 3.21 Supporting documents: Letter to the Children’s Commissioner for Wales from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee , item 3.21 PDF 130 KB
	3.45	Legislative Consent: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill View the background to item 3.45 Supporting documents: Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Education from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee , item 3.45 PDF 108 KB
	3.23	Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 View the background to item 3.23 Supporting documents: Letter to all Committee Chair’s from the Chair of the Finance Committee , item 3.23 PDF 145 KB
	3.24	Social Cohesion View the background to item 3.24 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Equality and Social Justice Committee from the Cabinet Secretary for Education , item 3.24 PDF 156 KB
	3.25	Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27 View the background to item 3.25 Supporting documents: Letter to all Committee Chairs from the Chair of the Finance Committee , item 3.25 PDF 132 KB
	3.26	Issues facing the Higher Education Sector View the background to item 3.26 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Chair of the Petitions Committee , item 3.26 PDF 119 KB
	3.27	Issues facing the Higher Education Sector View the background to item 3.27 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Open University in Wales , item 3.27 PDF 142 KB
	3.28	Issues facing the Higher Education Sector View the background to item 3.28 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from Swansea University , item 3.28 PDF 381 KB
	3.29	Issues facing the Higher Education Sector View the background to item 3.29 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David , item 3.29 PDF 238 KB View as HTML (3.29/1) 29 KB
	3.30	Issues facing the Higher Education Sector View the background to item 3.30 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the University of South Wales , item 3.30 PDF 627 KB View as HTML (3.30/1) 68 KB
	3.31	Issues facing the Higher Education Sector View the background to item 3.31 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from Bangor University , item 3.31 PDF 163 KB
	3.32	Issues facing the Higher Education Sector View the background to item 3.32 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from Cardiff Metropolitan University , item 3.32 PDF 304 KB
	3.33	Issues facing the Higher Education Sector View the background to item 3.33 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from Aberystwyth University , item 3.33 PDF 228 KB
	3.34	Issues facing the Higher Education Sector View the background to item 3.34 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Royal College of Nursing , item 3.34 PDF 863 KB
	3.35	Issues facing the Higher Education Sector View the background to item 3.35 Supporting documents: Letter to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages from the Chair of the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee , item 3.35 PDF 134 KB
	3.36	Issues facing the Higher Education Sector View the background to item 3.36 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee , item 3.36 PDF 104 KB
	3.37	Issues facing the Higher Education Sector View the background to item 3.37 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee , item 3.37 PDF 105 KB
	3.38	Issues facing the Higher Education Sector View the background to item 3.38 Supporting documents: Evidence from the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol , item 3.38 PDF 157 KB
	3.39	Issues facing the Higher Education Sector View the background to item 3.39 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from Wrexham University , item 3.39 PDF 481 KB
	3.40	Routes into post-16 education and training View the background to item 3.40 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from ColegauCymru , item 3.40 PDF 356 KB View as HTML (3.40/1) 42 KB
	3.41	Routes into post-16 education and training View the background to item 3.41 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Welsh Government , item 3.41 PDF 328 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.
10.45 - 11.00	5.	Issues facing the Higher Education Sector - discussion on the briefing session View the background to item 5. Minutes: 5.1 The Committee discussed the briefing session and issues facing the Higher Education sector. 5.2 Members agreed to invite UNISON and the University and College Union (UCU) into a future Committee meeting to give evidence.
11.00 - 12.30	6.	Routes into post-16 education and training - consideration of the key issues View the reasons why item 6. is restricted View the background to item 6. Minutes: 6.1 The Committee considered the key issues. The key issues would be considered again at the meeting on 12 June.

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