Committee Details

News

• On 9 December the Committee received a letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding the future of the T4CYP Programme. In response the Committee has written outlining its next steps.
• The Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport has responded to the Committee’s letters (12 and 15 November) regarding Learner Travel.
• The Committee published its Report on Post-legislative scrutiny of the Higher Education (Wales) Act 2015
• The Committee has written to the Minister for Education regarding Elective Home Education.
• The Chair wrote to the Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services regarding Early Childhood Education and Care in Wales. On the 6 November the Committee received a response.
• The responses to the consultation on Education Otherwise than at School have now been published.
• The Minister for Health and Social Services wrote to the Committee with an update on Perinatal Mental Health. The Committee considered the update at its meeting on 24 October. Based on the response, the Committee has decided to undertake more work on perinatal mental health.
• The Committee has concluded its consideration of the Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Bill, Stage 3 commenced on 25 October. Stage 3 debate will take place on 21 January 2020.

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Remit

The Committee was established on 28 June 2016 to examine legislation and hold the Welsh Government to account by scrutinising its expenditure, administration and policy matters, encompassing (but not restricted to): the education, health and well-being of the children and young people of Wales, including their social care.

Transcripts

• View meeting transcripts after 1 November 2017
• View meeting transcripts prior to 31 October 2017

Forward Work Programme

• Forward work programme

Legislation

• Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Bill

Current Inquiries

• School improvement and raising standards
• Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in Wales
• Children’s Rights in Wales
• Education Otherwise than at School
• Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Higher Education (Wales) Act 2015

Ongoing work

• Implementation of the Donaldson Review / Curriculum Reform
• Implementation of the Diamond Review
• Implementation of the additional learning needs (ALN) transformation programme
• Perinatal Mental Health – Follow-up
• The Emotional and Mental Health of Children and Young People – Follow-up

Work Completed by the Children, Young People and Education Committee

• Reports
• Inquiries
• Legislation
• Statements

Membership-Section