16154 7 2026-07-08T09:15:21 766691 0 Cy 2026-07-08T00:00:00 http://www.senedd.tv/en/16154?startPos=-33310&l=en 260708-0 C 16154 7 2026-07-08T09:15:21 766782 1 Cy 260708-0 I The proceedings are reported in the language in which they were spoken in the committee. In addition, a transcription of the simultaneous interpretation is included. Where contributors have supplied corrections to their evidence, these are noted in the transcript. 16154 7 2026-07-08T09:15:21 766692 2 Cy 260708-0 I The committee met in the Senedd and by video-conference. The meeting began at 09:15. 16154 7 2026-07-08T09:15:21 766694 3 Cy 2026-07-08T09:15:21 http://www.senedd.tv/en/16154?startPos=11&l=en 260708-1 1. Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest C 330 330 Sera Evans https://business.senedd.wales/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=330 Evans, Sera Good morning and welcome, Members and the public, today to the first meeting of the Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee of the seventh Senedd—it's wonderful to be with you all today. So, the first item that we have on our agenda today is introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest. Just to note, please, that the public items of today's meeting are being broadcast live on Senedd.tv, and a record of proceedings will be published, as is customary. The meeting is entirely bilingual and there is simultaneous interpretation available from Welsh to English. We've received two apologies this morning, from Lis McLean and Claire Johnson-Wood. Are there any declarations of interest from Members, please? I see that there are none. Excellent, thank you very much. 16154 7 2026-07-08T09:15:21 766701 4 Cy 2026-07-08T09:16:23 http://www.senedd.tv/en/16154?startPos=73&l=en 260708-2 2. Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee: Remit of the Committee C 330 330 Sera Evans https://business.senedd.wales/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=330 Evans, Sera So, we move on now to item 2. Moving swiftly on to item 2, this is for us to look at our remit as a committee. So, our remit is deliberately wide-ranging, and that's very important to mention, that—. The Business Committee—. You'll see in the paper that we have before us, paragraph 7 of the paper, that they've allocated that the remit should be a wide-ranging one. That's deliberate, so that we can consider a wide range of topics as part of our committee work. So, our remit encompasses early years, education, including the Welsh language in education, skills, children's health and well-being, including their social care and healthcare.  Now then— 16154 7 2026-07-08T09:15:21 766706 5 En 2026-07-08T09:17:23 http://www.senedd.tv/en/16154?startPos=133&l=en 260708-2 2. Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee: Remit of the Committee C 330 330 Sera Evans https://business.senedd.wales/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=330 Evans, Sera —there will be crossover with other committees, I'm quite sure of that, and there will be six Ministers that we'll be able to take evidence from and, obviously, scrutinise in terms of Government business. There's also the children's health element, which I wanted to just raise today as well. There is that shared interest with the Health and Social Care Committee, also an element of child poverty with the equality committee as well. I'm just ensuring that we're aware that, if we did want to look at children's health—and I know, in the legacy report of the last committee, it was referred to that just a brief piece of work had been done on it, but that that could be an area that we want to focus on—then I think we need to ensure that we do have that alignment with the Health and Social Care Committee, and we can consider that as part of our strategic planning, which we'll be looking at later on today. But, as an interim, then, would Members be in agreement that it might be sensible for me to write to the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee just to highlight that crossover and to demonstrate that we are, potentially, really keen to work together on the element of children's health and social care? Are Members in agreement with that approach? Excellent, diolch yn fawr. Okay, then. So, can I ask you to note the remit as agreed by the Senedd in Plenary on 16 June? Any comments or questions on the remit? Diolch. Thank you. Thank you very much. 16154 7 2026-07-08T09:15:21 766710 6 Cy 260708-3 3. Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting I Motion: that the committee resolves to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting in accordance with Standing Order 17.42(ix). 16154 7 2026-07-08T09:15:21 766711 7 Cy 260708-3 3. Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting I Motion moved. 16154 7 2026-07-08T09:15:21 766712 8 En 2026-07-08T09:18:51 http://www.senedd.tv/en/16154?startPos=221&l=en 260708-3 3. Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting C 330 330 Sera Evans https://business.senedd.wales/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=330 Evans, Sera Okay. We move swiftly on then to item 3, which is a motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix), to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of this meeting. So, I do propose, in accordance with that Standing Order, to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting. Are Members content? Diolch. Thank you very much. 16154 7 2026-07-08T09:15:21 766713 9 Cy 260708-3 3. Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting I Motion agreed. The public part of the meeting ended at 09:19.