Concise Minutes - Children, Young People and Education Committee

Meeting Venue: This meeting can be viewed Committee Room 5 - Tŷ Hywel on TV at: Meeting date: Wednesday, 30 January http://senedd.tv/en/5112 2019 Meeting time: 09.30 - 11.27

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Attendance

Category Names

Lynne Neagle AM (Chair)

Dawn Bowden AM

Assembly Members: AM

Janet Finch-Saunders AM

Siân Gwenllian AM

Witnesses:

Llinos Madeley (Clerk) Committee Staff: Gareth Rogers (Second Clerk)

1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members. Apologies were received from AM and Hefin David AM, there were no substitutes.

2 Papers to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

2.1 Letter from the Minister for Education - follow-up from scrutiny session on

Estyn’s 2017-18 Annual Report

2.2 Letter from Chair to the Minister for Health and Social Services - follow-up from

scrutiny session on 10 January

2.3 Letter from the Chair to the Welsh Local Government Association and Association

of Directors of Education in Wales - follow-up from the scrutiny session with the

Minister for Education on 10 January

2.4 Letter from the Children's Commissioner for Wales - Elective home education

2.5 Letter from the Children's Commissioner for Wales - Tier 4 CAMHS in-patient

services in Wales

2.6 Letter from the North Wales Perinatal Mental Health Team - follow-up from the

scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services on 10 January

2.7 Letter to the Minister for Health and Social Services - Child and Adolescent Mental

Health: in-patient provision

2.8 Letter to Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee (WHSSC)- Child and

Adolescent Mental Health: in-patient provision

3 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the remainder of the meeting and the whole of the meeting on the 13th February

3.1 The Motion was agreed.

4 Approach to scrutiny of the Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales strategy

4.1 The Committee agreed to engage with a small group of stakeholders and invite the Chief Medical Officer to an oral evidence session. 5 Additional Learning Needs (ALN) Code - update and consideration of approach

5.1 The Committee received an update on the previous work the Committee had done and agreed their approach to scrutinising the draft code.

6 Additional Learning Needs (ALN) Code - Welsh Government technical briefing

6.1 The Committee received a technical briefing from Welsh Government officials.