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Forward work programme – Children, Young People, and Education Committee

This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

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Meeting: 19/03/2026 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2.5)

2.5 Forward work programme

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Meeting: 19/03/2026 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2.1)

2.1 Forward work programme

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Meeting: 19/03/2026 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 4.)

Consideration of the Committee's Legacy report

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Meeting: 11/03/2026 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 6)

6 Consideration of the Committee's Legacy report

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6.1 The Committee considered the draft report. An updated version would be considered at the meeting next week.

Meeting: 11/03/2026 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 11/03/2026 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 11/03/2026 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 04/03/2026 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 04/02/2026 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 04/02/2026 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 7)

Forward work programme - discussion on Committee's Legacy work

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7.1 The Committee considered a paper on legacy work. A report would be drafted and considered at the meeting on 19 March.

Meeting: 15/01/2026 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 8)

Forward work programme - discussion on the Welsh Government scrutiny sessions

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8.1 The Committee discussed areas they would like to focus on for the forthcoming scrutiny sessions with the Welsh Government.

Meeting: 17/12/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 17/12/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 17/12/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 17/12/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 17/09/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 4)

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Meeting: 03/07/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 7)

Forward work programme - consideration of the approach

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7.1 The Committee considered the forward work programme. It agreed to do follow up work on two previous Committee inquiries, Pupil Absence and Peer on peer sexual harassment among learners.

7.2 It agreed to do some work on Learner Travel, in particular the impact of the £1 bus fare cap.

7.3 It also agreed to invite the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and their Ministers and the Cabinet Secretary for Education and their Minister for final scrutiny sessions in Spring 2026.  

Meeting: 06/11/2024 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

3 Consideration of the Committee Forward Work Programme

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3.1 The Committee considered the forward work programme. Members agreed to do its next inquiry into routes into post-16 education and training and then into inquiry into teacher recruitment and retention.

Meeting: 17/07/2024 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

2 The Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021

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Meeting: 08/05/2024 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 5)

5 The Health Claims (Revocation) Regulations 2024

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Meeting: 06/12/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 7)

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

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

Meeting: 25/10/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 5)

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Meeting: 19/10/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 1.)

Committee strategic planning session [Postponed until the spring term]

Meeting: 12/10/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 4)

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Meeting: 12/10/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 4)

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Meeting: 14/09/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 14/09/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 14/09/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 12/07/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 5)

Committee strategic planning session

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5.1 The Committee agreed arrangements for the session and that the session would take place on 5 October.

Meeting: 12/07/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

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Meeting: 05/07/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

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Meeting: 05/07/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 7)

Update on Committee activities

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7.1  Members provided oral updates on Committee activities that they had undertaken during the term.

7.2 The Chair updated Members on the following meetings that had taken place:

 

- Bi-monthly ministerial meetings

- CLASS Cymru event

- Diocesan Director of education, Brecon and Swansea

- Civil Engineering Contractors Association

- Deputy Minister on Healthy Food Environment Legislation

- EYST Team

- Obesity Alliance Cymru

- Chair’s Forum

 

7.3 Members updated the Committee on recent school visits that had taken place for the inquiry into whether disabled children and young people have equal access to education.

 

 

Meeting: 05/07/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 5)

Consideration of the approach to the Committee's strategic planning session

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5.1 The Committee agreed it approach to its next strategic planning session which will take place on 14 September.

Meeting: 05/07/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 4)

Consideration of the Committee's forward work programme

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4.1 The Committee considered its forward work programme. Members agreed the following:

- to write to the relevant Minister and Deputy Ministers’ for updates on the Whole School Approach to Mental health and follow-up on peer on peer sexual harassment.

- subject to the information in the forthcoming correspondence from the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing, respond seeking an update on mother and baby unit provision in Wales.

- to write to the Welsh Local Government Association on the use of vaping in children and young people.

- to scope out work on an inquiry looking at the criminalisation of children and young people

Meeting: 14/06/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

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Meeting: 14/06/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

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Meeting: 14/06/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

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Meeting: 14/06/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

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Meeting: 14/06/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

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Meeting: 07/06/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 5)

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Meeting: 25/05/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 5)

Pre-appointment hearing for Chief Executive of the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research - consideration of the evidence

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5.1 The Committee considered the evidence it had heard in the previous session. It was agreed that a revised draft of the report would be circulated and considered again at the meeting on 7 June.

5.2 Members agreed to write to the First Minister for some data on direct ministerial appointments.

Meeting: 25/05/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

2 Pre-appointment hearing for Chief Executive of the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research

Simon Pirotte

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2.1 The Committee scrutinised the Welsh Government’s appointed candidate.

Meeting: 25/05/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 18/05/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 8)

Update on Committee activities

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8.1 Members provided oral updates on Committee activities that they had undertaken during the term.

8.2 The Chair updated Members on the following meetings that had taken place:

- Update on monthly ministerial meetings

- Royal College of GP’s

- School of Hard Knocks

- Hope not Handcuffs

- CITB

- BBFC

- Children’s Commissioner

- Equality and Human Rights Commission

- Cymdeithas

- The Brilliant Club

- Schoolwear Association

8.3 Members agreed to write to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language and all Welsh Universities on a specific point raised regarding overseas students.

Meeting: 03/05/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

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Meeting: 03/05/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

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Meeting: 09/03/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 9)

9 Consideration of the invitation to the Joint Ministerial Delivery and Oversight Board

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9.1 The Committee discussed the invitation, a letter would be sent jointly to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language and the Deputy Minister with the Committee’s decision.

Meeting: 09/03/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 1)

Education access for disabled children and young people – consideration of the scope and approach

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1.1         Subject to amendments discussed the Committee agreed the scope and approach to the inquiry.

Meeting: 02/02/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 8)

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Meeting: 02/02/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 8)

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Meeting: 02/02/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 8)

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Meeting: 26/01/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 5)

Forward work programme - consideration of suggested topic areas

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5.1 The Committee considered the forward work programme and agreed to conduct an inquiry into services for disabled children. The approach to the inquiry including a draft terms of reference would be considered at a future meeting.

Meeting: 11/01/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 11/01/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 11/01/2023 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 15/12/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

Committee activities - oral update

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3.1 Members provided oral updates on Committee activities that they had undertaken during the term. The Committee had undertaken engagement work for its inquiry into Mental Health support in Higher Education Institutions and for Care experienced children.

3.2 There was an update from Sioned Williams MS on the joint piece of work with the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee on WESPs.

3.3 There were updates from Members on meeting that has taken place outside of Committee:

- Girls’ Youth Rights Network

- Beat Cymru

- Home educators

- Update on bi- monthly ministerial meetings

- Meeting with young person and her Caerphilly Family Intervention Team project worker 

- NUS Cymru

Meeting: 08/12/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 7)

Committee activities - oral update

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8.1 Due to time constraints this item was postponed until the next meeting.

 

Meeting: 08/12/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 6)

Consideration of the Committee forward work programme

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6.1 Members discussed the forward work programme and agreed to write to the Welsh Government for updates on various issues relating to learner travel; childcare workforce and sexual abuse. They also agreed which areas they would like some further scoping work to be carried out, which included access for disabled children and young people; and on cost of living.  

Meeting: 23/11/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 17/11/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 5)

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Meeting: 17/11/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 5)

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Meeting: 19/10/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 5)

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Meeting: 19/10/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 5)

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Meeting: 06/10/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 4)

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Meeting: 06/10/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 4)

4 Information from Stakeholders

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Meeting: 21/09/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 4)

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Meeting: 21/09/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 4)

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Meeting: 21/09/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 4)

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Meeting: 21/09/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 4)

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Meeting: 14/07/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 7)

Autumn forward work programme - oral update on approach to annual scrutiny

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7.1 The Committee agreed to invite Qualifications Wales and the WJEC into Committee for a joint scrutiny session on the summer 2022, the date of the meeting to be confirmed. 

7.2 The Committee discussed and agreed the approach to the annual scrutiny sessions with Qualifications Wales, Estyn and the Children’s Commissioner.

Meeting: 14/07/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 8)

Committee activities - oral update

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8.1 Members provided oral updates on Committee activities that they had undertaken during the term, these included:

- Visit to Caerphilly Action for Children

- Visit to Monnow Primary School

- Visit to Cardiff University Student Life Centre

- Visit to Rhosymedre Primary School

- Feedback about the joint inquiry with Culture Committee on WESPs

- Update on monthly ministerial meetings

Meeting: 14/07/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 14/07/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 14/07/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 14/07/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 29/06/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 8)

Mental Health in Higher Education - consideration of the scope and approach

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8.1 The Committee agreed the approach to the inquiry, subject to some additional stakeholders for oral evidence.

Meeting: 16/06/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 5)

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Meeting: 16/06/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 5)

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Meeting: 16/06/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 5)

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Meeting: 16/06/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 5)

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Meeting: 16/06/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 5)

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Meeting: 25/05/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

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Meeting: 25/05/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

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Meeting: 04/05/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 27/04/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

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Meeting: 27/04/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

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Meeting: 27/04/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

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Meeting: 27/04/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

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Meeting: 27/04/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

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Meeting: 27/04/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

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Meeting: 27/04/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

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Meeting: 31/03/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

Consideration of the Committee's ways of working, strategic plan and forward work programme

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3.1 Members discussed the forward work programme and agreed to write to the Welsh Government for updates on various issues. They also agreed which areas they would like to carry out the next policy inquiries. They are:

·         Pupil absence

·         Implementation of education reforms

·         Mental Health in Higher Education

·         Welsh in Education Strategic Plans, joint working with the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee

3.2 Members discussed the ways of working and agreed how they like to use the reserved meeting slots in the new timetable. They also agreed that meetings would mostly take place in a hybrid format.

3.3 Following the findings from the engagement with children and young people, Members agreed to update the strategic plan to reflect children and young people’s top priority on the environment.

Meeting: 24/03/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 8)

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Meeting: 10/03/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 6)

6 Papers to note 16 - 22 are in response to a letter from the Committee seeking information on Health Visitor visits

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Meeting: 10/03/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 6)

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Meeting: 10/03/2022 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 4)

4 Letter from Chair, Children, Young People and Education Committee to Senedd Committee Chairs regarding the findings of its 6th Senedd priorities engagement with children and young people

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4.8 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 10/02/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 10/02/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 10/02/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 10/02/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 27/01/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

Committee strategic planning session

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3.1 Members undertook a strategic planning session.

Meeting: 20/01/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 20/01/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

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Meeting: 13/01/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 6)

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Meeting: 13/01/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 6)

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Meeting: 13/01/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 6)

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Meeting: 13/01/2022 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 6)

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Meeting: 13/12/2021 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 8)

Consideration of the Committee forward work programme

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8.1 The Committee considered possible options for its next policy inquiry. Members agreed to conduct an inquiry into Peer to peer sexual harassment in schools. A paper on the approach and terms of reference would be considered at a future meeting.

8.2 The Committee agreed to write to the Welsh Government for updates on Looked after children, specifically the support for children leaving care; and perinatal mental health.

8.3 The Committee agreed to explore undertaking work in the future impact of social media on children and young people.

Meeting: 18/11/2021 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 12)

Consideration of the Committee's Strategic Vision

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12.1 The Committee agreed its strategic vision.

12.2 Members discussed potential topics for an inquiry in the spring term, a scoping paper would be considered at a future meeting.

Meeting: 04/11/2021 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

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Meeting: 04/11/2021 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

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Meeting: 04/11/2021 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

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Meeting: 18/10/2021 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 1)

Committee strategic planning session

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 1.1    The Chair welcomed Members, apologies were received from Laura Anne Jones MS and Buffy Williams MS.

 

1.2     Members received a presentation from the clerk and research team on strategic planning and the key themes emerging from the priorities consultation.

 

1.3     Members agreed the Committee’s vision and objectives; and noted that it would be revisited and revised in the new year. Members agreed to publish the Committee’s vision.

Meeting: 07/10/2021 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 4)

Consideration on the Committee forward work programme

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4.1 The Committee noted the forward work programme.

Meeting: 07/10/2021 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

Consideration of the approach to Committee strategic planning

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3.1 The Committee considered the approach to strategic planning.

3.2 Members agreed to hold the strategic planning sessions over the course of two meeting, the first of these would take place on Monday 18 October; and the following meeting to be held in the New Year to enable the Committee to take account of the engagement with children and young people.

3.3 Members identified what they would like to focus on during the sessions.

Meeting: 23/09/2021 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

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Meeting: 14/07/2021 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 7)

Early Committee activity

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7.1 Members agreed to launch a stakeholder consultation over the summer inviting views on what the committee’s priorities should be, to inform its strategic plan and longer term work programming. The closing date would be after the school holidays allowing opportunity for people within school settings to contribute.

7.2 Member also agreed to conduct tailored engagement activity with children and young people in the autumn term, to seek their views on priorities for the Sixth Senedd.

7.3 Members discussed and agreed to invite the Minister for Education and the Minister/Deputy Ministers for Health to the first meeting of the autumn term, to discuss their priorities. Members noted the need to liaise with the Health and Social Care Committee to avoid any clashes caused by the committee timetable. A written paper would be sought in advance to inform the session.

7.4 Members agreed to publish a headline work programme on a rolling basis.

 

Meeting: 14/07/2021 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 6)

Strategic approach to Committee remit

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6.1 Members agreed to undertake activity in the autumn term to develop and adopt a strategic approach to committee work.

6.2 Members noted the importance of:

- Ensuring that the voices of children and young people were heard in committee work.

- Pursuing opportunities to work jointly with other committees, where appropriate. 

 

Meeting: 14/07/2021 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 5)

Committee procedures and ways of working

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5.1 Members noted the Standing Orders which govern committee business and the resources available to support the Committee in its work.

5.2 Members discussed and agreed an initial approach to:

- The organisation of business, including meeting times and formats.

- Training and development opportunities.

- Committee briefings and language preferences.

 

 

 

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