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Agenda - Children Education and Home Affairs Panel - 3 February 2025

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CHILDREN, EDUCATION AND HOME AFFAIRS Agenda

Date: Monday 3rd February 2025

Time:   9:00am – 11:00am

Venue:  Le Capelain Room, States Assembly Building

The meeting is closed to the public under Standing Order 138(6) of the States of Jersey

ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

  1. Opening Remarks

Welcome from the Chair and an opportunity for Members to bring any matters of interest to the attention of the Panel.

  1. Records of Meetings

To note and approve the record of the meetings held on 20th January 2025.

SCRUTINY MATTERS

  1. Work Programme for 2025

To note the Panel's current work programme and discuss the programme of work for 2025.

  1. Scrutiny Briefings

To note that the Panel is scheduled to receive the following briefings from Government officials in February 2025:

  1. 7th February 2025: private briefing from the Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning;
  2. 12th February 2025: briefing about law drafting instructions to address intimate image abuse as part of the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) work; and
  3. 13th February Briefing: briefing about the new St. Helier Youth Centre.
  1. Scrutiny  Review:  What  protection  do  children  in  Jersey  have  from  online harms?'

To receive an update from the Committee and Panel Officer on the status of the review and to discuss next steps.

  1. Scrutiny Review: Feedback on the Secondary Education Review [S.R.2/2024]

(a) To note that the Ministerial response to the review published on 23rd January 2025 and agree further actions.

  1. States Business

To  review  any  recent  Ministerial  Decisions  and  Reports,  consider  any  items  of business for forthcoming States meetings which fall in the Panel's remit and consider any questions that the Panel may want to ask.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

  1. Public Hearing: Foster Care in Jersey

To note that the Panel's public hearing with the Minister for Children and Families was rescheduled to 7th February 2025 and to review the question plan.

  1. Quarterly Hearings
  1. To discus and approve the Panel's question plan for its quarterly public hearing with the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs on 11th February 2025; and
  2. To discuss and agree any follow up actions resulting from the recent public hearings with:
  1. the Minister for Children and Families (29th January 2025); and
  2. the Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning (30th January 2025).

OTHER MATTERS

  1. Any Other Business

To note and discuss areas of any other business.

  1. Future Meetings

To note that the Panel's next scheduled private meeting will take place at 9:00 am on Monday 24th February 2025 in Le Capelain Room, States Building.