Concise Minutes - Children, Young People and Education Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

Meeting date: Thursday, 21 January 2016

Meeting time: 09.10
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/3365

Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Ann Jones AM (Chair) Angela Burns AM Suzy Davies AM Lynne Neagle AM David Rees AM Aled Roberts AM Simon Thomas AM Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM
Witnesses:	Ann Bell, Adoption UK Eileen Griffiths, AdoptionUK Katherine Shelton, Cardiff University Lesley Griffiths AM, The Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty, Welsh Government Alyson Francis, Welsh Government Owain Lloyd, Welsh Government
Committee Staff:	Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk) Gareth Rogers (Second Clerk) Sarah Bartlett (Deputy Clerk) Annette Millett (Deputy Clerk)

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Transcript

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1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions

The Chair welcomed Members.  Apologies were received from Keith Davies, Suzy Davies (for afternoon session) and John Griffiths, there were no substitutes.

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2 Follow-up inquiry into Adoption Services in Wales - Evidence session 1

The Committee heard evidence from Adoption UK.

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3 Follow-up inquiry into Adoption Services in Wales - Evidence session 2

The Committee heard evidence on the Wales Adoption Cohort Study.

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4 Papers to note

The paper was noted.

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4.1 Letter from the Minister for Education and Skills - Follow-up to adoption services in Wales

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5 Scrutiny of Welsh Government draft budget 2016-17 - Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty

The Committee scrutinised the Minister on draft budget proposals.

· The Minister agreed to provide a note on the Local Government formula used for agreeing reductions in the funding of programmes such as Families First.

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

The Motion was agreed.

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7 Scrutiny of Welsh Government draft budget 2016-17 - consideration of evidence

Members considered the evidence received and agreed the key issues to be included in a letter to the Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty and the Finance Committee.

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