Fifth Senedd Legacy - Children, Young People and Education Committee

As a matter of course, before a Senedd election, most committees conclude their work in the form of a legacy report.

However, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Children, Young People and Education Committee prioritised scrutinising the impact of the public health emergency on children and young people, including students in further and higher education, for the final weeks of the Fifth Senedd.

The Committee’s final report focuses on recovery from COVID-19 for children and young people. Nevertheless, every area of policy and legislation considered by the Committee during the Fifth Senedd was impacted by COVID-19. As such, the Committee’s final report (to be published during the week commencing 22 March) draws on learning from 2016-2021, as well as scrutiny of the management of COVID-19, to make a series of recommendations to the Welsh Government and successor Committee to pick up in the Sixth Senedd.

The Committee provided an outline of its approach to legacy, and the impact of COVID-19 on this work, in a letter to stakeholders (PDF, 194KB) published in March 2021.