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Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 11
Thank you very much, Minister. I think it's really helpful for you to have outlined that at the start, and I'm sure Members have further questions to raise with you on some of the points that you've raised this morning. We'll start off around, and put some…
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Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 11
So, I'll move on to our first item this morning, which is the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill. This is our eleventh evidence session, and we're pleased to welcome this morning the Minister for Education and Welsh Language, Jeremy Miles MS. With…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Diolch, Sioned. And finally, if I drop out of the meeting for any reason, I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.22, that Ken Skates MS will temporarily chair while I try to rejoin.
, 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. The public items of this meeting are being broadcast live on Senedd.tv, with all participants joining via video-conference. A Record of Proceedings will be…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning. Welcome to this meeting of the Children, Young People, and Education Committee.
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Children's Commissioner for Wales pre-appointment hearing
Diolch. And, as Members know, for the next items, as previously agreed, the meeting will go into private session to discuss those.
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Children's Commissioner for Wales pre-appointment hearing
Thank you very much, and that's the end of our session. Thank you very much for staying a little bit longer, but I hope you understand that Members had lots of questions that they wanted to ask you. So, thank you for staying a little bit longer than…
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Children's Commissioner for Wales pre-appointment hearing
Sioned.
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Children's Commissioner for Wales pre-appointment hearing
Thank you, Rocio. Moving on now to questions from Sioned Williams. I know we're running out of time, but Sioned has some important questions, so I hope you're happy to stay a bit longer to answer Sioned's questions. Sioned.
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Children's Commissioner for Wales pre-appointment hearing
James.
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Children's Commissioner for Wales pre-appointment hearing
Go for it.
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Children's Commissioner for Wales pre-appointment hearing
Thank you, Ken. Questions now from James Evans.
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Children's Commissioner for Wales pre-appointment hearing
Thank you, Buffy. We've got some more questions now from Ken Skates.
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Children's Commissioner for Wales pre-appointment hearing
Thank you, Ken. Questions now from Buffy Williams.
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Children's Commissioner for Wales pre-appointment hearing
Thank you, Rocio. We'll now move on to some questions from Ken Skates.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Children's Commissioner for Wales pre-appointment hearing
Thank you, because I was going to ask about the importance of children's rights, which you touched on very much in your opening remarks. So, you feel that children's rights would shape your priorities in your term.
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Children's Commissioner for Wales pre-appointment hearing
Thank you very much, Rocio. We'll move straight into some questions. In your opinion, what has been the biggest impact of the role of the Children's Commissioner for Wales since it was created in 2001? And then how will you build on the impact to date?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Children's Commissioner for Wales pre-appointment hearing
We'll now move on to item 6, which is the pre-appointment hearing for the appointment of the Children's Commissioner for Wales. For this item, we have received apologies from Laura Anne Jones and Siân Gwenllian, who were both part of the cross-party…
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Paper to note
Bore da. Welcome back to the meeting of the Children, Young People, and Education Committee. We'll move on to item 5, which is a paper to note. Full details of the paper are set out on the agenda and in the meeting papers. Are Members content to note the…
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for items 4, 7, 8 and 9
We'll now move on to our next item on our agenda. So, I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, that the committee resolves to meet in private for items 4, 7, 8 and 9. Are Members content? I see all Members are content, so we will now proceed in…
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Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2020-21
Diolch, Claire. Thank you for that.
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Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2020-21
I'm sure we'll do that. Brilliant. Any further questions from any Members? No. Okay. So, that's the end of this evidence session. Thank you so much for joining us today—really appreciate the answers that you've given. Thank you for the work that you've been…
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Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2020-21
Thank you, James, for your suggestion.
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Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2020-21
James.
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Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2020-21
Claire.
