Agenda and minutes

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Contact: Naomi Stocks 

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Transcript: Transcript for 20/01/2022 - Children, Young People and Education Committee

Items
Expected timing No. Item

(09.30)

1.

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 There were no apologies.

1.4 Under Standing Order 17.24A Sioned Williams MS declared her husband was employed by Swansea University.

(09.30 - 11.00)

2.

Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022 - 2023 - evidence session 2

Jeremy Miles MS, Minister for Education and Welsh Language

Owain Lloyd, Director of Education and the Welsh Language – Welsh Government

Huw Morris, Group Director Skills, Higher Education and Lifelong Learning – Welsh Government

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

2.1 The Committee scrutinised the Minister for Education and Welsh Language on the Welsh Government draft budget.

2.2 The Minister stated that his officials would work alongside the Committee clerks if necessary to identify in the written evidence he provided to the Committee specific details on funding for raising school standards.

(11.00)

3.

Papers to note

Minutes:

3.1 The papers were noted.

3.2 The Committee agreed to write the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee to share the responses received to the Committee’s priorities consultation that relate to its inquiry into Mental health inequalities.

3.1

Mental health inequalities

Supporting documents:

3.2

Forward Work Programme

Supporting documents:

3.3

Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill

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3.4

General scrutiny of the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

Supporting documents:

3.5

Forward work programme - Children, Young People and Education Committee

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3.6

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23

Supporting documents:

(11.00)

4.

Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting and for the whole of the meeting on 27 January

Minutes:

4.1 The motion was agreed.

(11.00 - 11.30)

5.

Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022 - 2023 - consideration of the evidence

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence it had heard in the previous session.

(11.40 - 12.00)

6.

Peer-on-peer sexual harassment among learners - consideration of the approach

Minutes:

6.1 The Committee agreed its approach to the inquiry, subject to the addition of some additional stakeholders for oral evidence and further information about alternative approaches to engagement with children and young people.

(12.15 - 12.30)

7.

Consideration of the Committee timetable

Minutes:

7.1 The Committee discussed the Committee timetable. A draft response would be considered at the meeting next week.