Concise Minutes - Children, Young People and Education Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid - Committee room 2 Senedd and video conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Wednesday, 24 January 2024

Meeting time: 09.15 - 12.31
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13834

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	Jayne Bryant MS (Chair) James Evans MS Sioned Williams MS (In place of Heledd Fychan MS) Laura Anne Jones MS Ken Skates MS John Griffiths MS (In place of Buffy Williams MS)
Witnesses:	Ian Roberts, Welsh Local Government Association Claire Homard, Association of Directors of Education in Wales Frank Young, ParentKind Jeremy Miles MS, Minister for Education and the Welsh Language Lloyd Hopkin, Welsh Government Ceri Planchant, Welsh Government
Committee Staff:	Naomi Stocks (Clerk) Sarah Bartlett (Deputy Clerk) Lucy Morgan (Researcher) Samiwel Davies (Legal Adviser)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee.

1.2 Apologies were received from Heledd Fychan MS and Buffy Williams MS. Sioned Williams MS substituted for Heledd and John Griffiths MS substituted for Buffy from Item 4.  

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2 Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from the WLGA and ADEW.

2.1 ADEW agreed to provide more detail on a potential opt out option under section 42 of the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021.

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3 Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7

3.1 The Committee heard evidence from Parentkind.

3.2 Parentkind agreed to provide a note on how in practical terms a possible opt-out option could work.

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4 Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8

4.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Minister for Education and Welsh Language.

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5 Papers to note

5.1 The papers were noted.

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6 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting

6.1 The motion was agreed.

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7 Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - consideration of the evidence

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence it has heard in the previous sessions.

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