, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 1
Thank you, Sioned. Thank you, Minister. I've just got a couple of further questions, Minister. Just going back to a point that James Evans raised earlier on the consent issue, there's no current contractual relationship between Welsh Government and…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 1
Moving on now to Sioned Williams. Sioned.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 1
Okay, thank you, Ken. I'll just bring in James Evans on that same subject. James.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 1
That would be really helpful.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 1
Okay, thank you, Laura. We'll now move on to some questions around apprenticeships and sixth forms from Ken Skates. Ken.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 1
Thank you, James. Moving on now to some questions around quality assurance, Laura Anne Jones. Laura.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 1
Okay. Thank you, Sioned. We'll now move on to questions from James Evans. James.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 1
Thank you, Ken. Sioned, did you want to come in on this point?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 1
Ken Skates.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 1
Sioned Williams.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 1
It's because we have 13 sitting weeks to complete the first part, so that's why we are in that position. Perhaps we can discuss that later. Could we move on to Buffy again, sorry? Buffy Williams.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 1
Yes, thank you for that answer—
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 1
Thanks, Buffy. Sioned, do you have something on this specific point that you want to come in on?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 1
Okay, thank you. That's really helpful. We'll now move on to some questions from Members, and the first set from Buffy Williams. Buffy.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 1
Okay, that would be really helpful. Thank you, Minister. And finally from me: what assessment have you made of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020's effect on the Bill's provision?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 1
Thank you. I've just got a couple more questions. Regulation-making powers leave considerable scope to adjust policy. Will you be publishing draft regulations to allow the Senedd to scrutinise them, and the Bill as a whole?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 1
Thank you, Minister. Just following on from that, you talked about continuity. So, is continuity the reason why there wasn't a more thorough and fundamental clean-slate approach to the legislation? After six years of developing it, it could have been—. You…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 1
Thank you. So, in its paper to the committee, the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales argued that much existing legislation has simply been hard-wired into this new Bill. Why is new legislation needed?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 1
Thank you. So, how exactly will the Bill help to achieve these policy objectives?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 1
We are now back for the next item on our agenda, which is the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill. This is our first formal evidence session on the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill. I'd like to welcome the Minister for Education and Welsh…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(xi) to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for items 4 and 6
We'll now move on to the next item, which is to move into private session. So, I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, that the committee resolves to meet in private for items 4 and 6. Are Members content? Yes, I see that Members are. We'll move…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Children's Commissioner for Wales Annual Report 2020 - 2021
Okay. Thank you very much, commissioner, and thank you for the evidence that you have given us this morning. I'm sure we'll look forward to welcoming all that correspondence in the next four months, before your term is up. We very much welcome that. But, in…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Children's Commissioner for Wales Annual Report 2020 - 2021
Thank you. I'm just going to bring in James Evans on the back of that question. James.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Children's Commissioner for Wales Annual Report 2020 - 2021
Thank you, Buffy. Commissioner, can I just ask you—? This committee feels that the mental health of children and young people is central to everything it does, as did the last committee. Perhaps you can talk about the progress you've seen during your time, in…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Children's Commissioner for Wales Annual Report 2020 - 2021
That would be great. Thank you very much. The next question is from Buffy Williams.
