7 October 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
I'd like to welcome Members to the meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee. This meeting is being held in a hybrid format, with some Members and witnesses participating virtually via video-conference. As Chair, I have agreed that James…
7 October 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good afternoon and welcome to this meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee.
29 September 2021 , Plenary
90-second Statements
The Newport and Gwent Literary Club will begin their jubilee seventy-fifth season when they meet this evening. The club has been meeting monthly for dinner and a talk on a literary theme from September to May, almost without break, since just after the second…
28 September 2021 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch, Llywydd. Trefnydd, children's hospices in Wales provide an absolutely invaluable service to the children they care for and their families. The vast majority of the funding that children's hospices rely on comes through donations. In the spring, the…
23 September 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and for items 1 to 4 at the meeting on the 7 October
The next item is item 7, which is a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting. So, I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, that the committee resolves to meet in private for agenda item 8…
23 September 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Thank you very much, Buffy, and thank you, Minister. Thank you, Minister, for coming this morning. There will be a transcript that will be sent to you, and I'm sure that for the questions that we didn't get to—because, obviously, we have a lot of questions we…
23 September 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Be brief.
23 September 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Thank you. And just to say thanks to Members and the Minister for such sharp questions and answers now, but we've caught up on time and I realise that Buffy was the star performer in stopping. I wonder if, Buffy, did you have another question that you perhaps…
23 September 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Okay, that's really helpful. And finally from me: can you set out whether further reforms of the student finance support system are within the scope to support the take-up of lifelong learning?
23 September 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Thank you, Minister. Can I just ask whether you believe that deeper reforms are needed to achieve parity of esteem between vocational and academic routes, and what those might be?
23 September 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Thank you, James. Laura.
23 September 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
You're okay, James, actually. We've got—
23 September 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Just to let you know, Minister, the committee will be writing to you in the next day or so, so you will receive a letter from us. We would appreciate a quick response, a speedy response if possible. But just to let you know we shall be writing to you. James…
23 September 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Siân, did you want to come in on that point?
23 September 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Thank you, Minister. Moving on to James Evans, who's got the last section of questions for us—James.
23 September 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Thank you for that. I think committee members would be very grateful to you for doing that and keeping us informed of the progress on it. Just finally from me, can you set out the Welsh Government's assessment of the impact of the end of EU funding on the…
23 September 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Okay, thank you, Minister. That's very helpful. The independent panel report to the review of post-18 education, conducted by the UK Government, recommended reducing fee levels and introducing some means of controlling student numbers. Has the Welsh…
23 September 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Thank you, Laura. Thank you, Minister. Just moving on to further education pay, can you set out the basis for the figure of £1.5 million provided to the further education sector to meet the latest pay award?
23 September 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Laura, did you want to come back in on some of those questions?
23 September 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Thank you, Buffy, and thank you, Minister. We'll now move on to Siân Gwenllian, and we're going to talk about post-16 education.
23 September 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Yes, no, very grateful for that. I think we all, Members and the Minister, appreciate there's a lot to go through here, but the briefer we can be, the more we can get through. Buffy.
23 September 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Thank you, Minister. We'll now move on with Buffy Williams. Buffy.
23 September 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Okay. Minister.
23 September 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Thank you, and I'll bring Laura in now—briefly, if you can, Laura.
23 September 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Thank you, Siân. We're very tight on time, so I really think we're going to have to keep going, because there are very important issues to discuss and we won’t get very far otherwise. So, I’m going to bring in Ken Skates.
