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Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Hybrid) - Thursday, 27 November 2025 09.30

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Transcript: Transcript for 27/11/2025 - 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 The Minister for Further and Higher Education declared that a close family member is studying at Swansea University.
09.30 - 11.00	2.	Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27 - evidence session View the background to item 2. Lynne Neagle MS, Cabinet Secretary for Education Vikki Howells MS, Minister for Further and Higher Education Georgina Haarhoff, Director of Education, Welsh Government Ruth Meadows, Director of Tertiary Education, Welsh Government Claire Bushell, Deputy Director, Finance & Governance, Welsh Government Emyr Harries, Deputy Director, Education Infrastructure, Governance & Finance, Welsh Government Supporting documents: Restricted enclosure 4 View the reasons why document 2./1 is restricted Welsh Government Evidence Paper , item 2. PDF 711 KB Minutes: 2.1 The Committee scrutinised the Cabinet Secretary for Education and the Minister for Further and Higher Education on the draft budget. 2.2 The Welsh Government agreed to provide a note on the following: - the changes to the Welsh in Education Budget Expenditure Line. - learner participation and outcome data in the Seren programme. - the wider pressures that are facing the higher education sector. - the revenue savings for net-zero carbon schools. - When available, share with the Committee the latest evaluation of the Taith programme.
11.00	3.	Papers to note View the background to item 3. Minutes: The papers were noted.
	3.1	Health and social care workforce View the background to item 3.1 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chief Executive of Swansea Bay University Health Board and the Chief Executive of HEIW from the Chair of the Health and Social Care , item 3.1 PDF 90 KB
	3.2	Teacher recruitment and retention View the background to item 3.2 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Cabinet Secretary for Education , item 3.2 PDF 239 KB
	3.3	Information from Stakeholders View the background to item 3.3 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from Keith Towler , item 3.3 PDF 108 KB Minutes: The Committee agreed to write back to the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing for some further information.
	3.4	Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27 View the background to item 3.4 Supporting documents: Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for the Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee , item 3.4 PDF 139 KB
	3.5	Scrutiny of the Children's Commissioner for Wales Annual Report View the background to item 3.5 Supporting documents: Letter to the Children’s Commissioner for Wales from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee , item 3.5 PDF 124 KB
	3.6	Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement View the background to item 3.6 Supporting documents: Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Cabinet Secretary for Education , item 3.6 PDF 190 KB
11.00	4.	Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and for the whole meeting on 4 December View the background to item 4. Minutes: 4.1 The motion was agreed.
11.15 - 11.45	5.	Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27 - consideration of the evidence View the background to item 5. Minutes: 5.1 The Committee considered the evidence it had heard in the previous session. A draft report would be considered at next week's meeting.
11.45 - 12.45	6.	Teacher recruitment and retention - consideration of the draft report View the background to item 6. Supporting documents: Restricted enclosure 19 View the reasons why document 6./1 is restricted Minutes: 6.1 The Committee considered the draft report. It would be considered again at the meeting on 17^th December.

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