Agenda - Children, Young People and Education Committee Meeting Venue: For further information contact: Committee Room 3 - Senedd Llinos Madeley Meeting date: 18 July 2019 Committee Clerk Meeting time: 09.00 0300 200 6565 SeneddCYPE@assembly. ------

Private pre-meeting (09.00 - 09.15)

1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest (09.15)

2 Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Higher Education (Wales) Act 2015 - evidence session 1 (09.15 - 10.05) (Pages 1 - 38)

Estyn and Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) David Blaney, Chief Executive – HEFCW Bethan Owen, Deputy Chief Executive – HEFCW Meilyr Rowlands, HM Chief Inspector – Jassa Scott, Strategic Director – Estyn

Attached Documents: Research Brief CYPE(5)-23-19 - Paper 1 - Estyn CYPE(5)-23-19 - Paper 2 - HEFCW

3 Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Higher Education (Wales) Act 2015 - evidence session 2 (10.05 - 10.50) (Pages 39 - 50)

Universities Wales Professor Julie Lydon, Chair - Universities Wales Professor Elizabeth Treasure, Deputy Chair - Universities Wales Ben Arnold, Policy Adviser - Universities Wales

Attached Documents: CYPE(5)-23-19 - Paper 3 - Universities Wales

Break (10.50 - 11.00)

4 Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Higher Education (Wales) Act 2015 - evidence session 3 (11.00 - 11.30) (Page 51)

ColegauCymru Maggie Griffiths, Assistant Principal - Grŵp Llandrillo Menai (Via Video Conference) Emil Evans, Vice Principal - and Vale College Mike Williams, Assistant Principal - Coleg Sir Gâr /

Attached Documents: CYPE(5)-23-19 - Paper 4 - Cardiff and Vale College

5 Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Higher Education (Wales) Act 2015 - evidence session 4 (11.30 - 12.15) (Pages 52 - 59)

National Union of Students Wales (NUS) and University and College Union (UCU) Margaret Phelan, UCU Wales Official Dr Bethan Winter, Policy and Communications Officer – UCU wales Rob Simkins, President - NUS Wales Joni Alexander, Interim Director – NUS Wales

Attached Documents: CYPE(5)-23-19 - Paper 5 - University & College Union CYPE(5)-23-19 - Paper 6 - National Union of Students Wales

6 Papers to note (12.15)

6.1 Letter from the Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services - further information from the meeting on 12 June for the Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Bill (Pages 60 - 70)

Attached Documents: CYPE(5)-23-19 - Paper to note 1

6.2 Letter from the Minister for Education - further information from the meeting on 20 June for the 'Mind over Matter' report follow-up (Pages 71 - 73)

Attached Documents: CYPE(5)-23-19 - Paper to note 2 6.3 Letter from the Children Commissioner for Wales - Tier 4 In-patient CAMHS Services (Pages 74 - 77)

Attached Documents: CYPE(5)-23-19 - Paper to note 3

6.4 Letter from the Children Commissioner for Wales - Elective Home Education – update (Pages 78 - 79)

Attached Documents: CYPE(5)-23-19 - Paper to note 4

6.5 Letter from the Children Commissioner for Wales - Looked-after children targets (Pages 80 - 81)

Attached Documents: CYPE(5)-23-19 - Paper to note 5

6.6 Letter from the Chair of Finance Committee - Draft Budget 2020-21 (Pages 82 - 89)

Attached Documents: CYPE(5)-23-19 - Paper to note 6

6.7 Letter from the Minister for Education - update on Home Education (Pages 90 - 92)

Attached Documents: CYPE(5)-23-19 - Paper to note 7

6.8 Letter from the Children Commissioner for Wales - Additional information for the Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Bill (Pages 93 - 95)

Attached Documents: CYPE(5)-23-19 - Paper to note 8

7 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the remainder of the meeting (12.15)

Lunch Break (12.15 - 13.30)

8 Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Bill - consideration of draft report (13.30 - 14.20)

9 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2020 - 2021 - consideration of approach (14.20 - 14.25) (Pages 96 - 104)

Attached Documents: CYPE(5)-23-19 - Private paper 1

10 Implications of Brexit: UK-wide common policy frameworks (14.25 - 14.30) (Pages 105 - 115)

Attached Documents: CYPE(5)-23-19 - Private paper 2