26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Gwaith Craffu Cyffredinol
Thank you for that. Can I also give my appreciation and recognition of the work you did as the economy Minister prior to becoming First Minister in the area of steel and Tata? I know you worked well with the unions and various communities in that aspect, and…
26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Gwaith Craffu Cyffredinol
Thank you for that. I'll start off with the questions, if that's okay. Clearly, yesterday's announcement by Tata in relation to the end of the consultation period and its intention to continue with its proposals to close both blast furnaces in Port Talbot…
26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Gwaith Craffu Cyffredinol
And transition. We might well be talking a bit more about things outside the co-operation agreement, as well.
26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Gwaith Craffu Cyffredinol
And is she the director of co-operation agreement?
26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Gwaith Craffu Cyffredinol
Could I welcome Members and the public back to this evidence session on the scrutiny of the First Minister? The second session is focused on more topical themes, and we'll be talking to and asking questions of the First Minister in relation to those…
26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Plant sydd â phrofiad o fod mewn gofal
I'm sure there will be. Okay, I'm going to draw the session to a close, because we've exceeded our time. Can I thank you for your time in this session, and can I thank your officials? For your officials' information, of course, you will receive copies of the…
26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Plant sydd â phrofiad o fod mewn gofal
So, the delivery unit, which I think is under Rebecca Evans at the moment, is something that will be looking very carefully at how it delivers the strategy.
26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Plant sydd â phrofiad o fod mewn gofal
We've gone beyond our time, but, from that last point, First Minister, can I therefore assume that your new Cabinet Secretary will be reviewing the strategy to see how it can be strengthened, based upon some of the comments you've heard?
26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Plant sydd â phrofiad o fod mewn gofal
The Chair of the committee will, I'm sure, ask those questions.
26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Plant sydd â phrofiad o fod mewn gofal
I'm going to move on. Sorry, James, but we've got very little time left in this session, and we haven't touched child poverty yet and I want Llyr and Jenny to come in with questions, and I will go an extra five minutes beyond our time for this purpose. So…
26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Plant sydd â phrofiad o fod mewn gofal
Well, you'll need to be very quick, because we haven't got a lot of time.
26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Plant sydd â phrofiad o fod mewn gofal
One of the questions that will help answer that is resourcing, clearly, because how we help and support families is a resourcing matter, much of it. We'll go on to workforce now. Then we'll go on to child poverty, because I'm very conscious of the time, when…
26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Plant sydd â phrofiad o fod mewn gofal
I just want to go on to one final point on that. The Welsh Government's own guidance says that local authorities, when they are acting as a corporate parent, should be asking, 'Is this good enough for my own child?' CYPE went on to expand upon that, and said…
26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Plant sydd â phrofiad o fod mewn gofal
I want to move on because we have a short amount of time and there's a lot of areas we haven't yet touched. So, Jack, do you want to talk about corporate parenting?
26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Plant sydd â phrofiad o fod mewn gofal
James, you have a supplementary question.
26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Plant sydd â phrofiad o fod mewn gofal
I want to go back now to John Griffiths.
26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Plant sydd â phrofiad o fod mewn gofal
It's not quite a supplementary, but we'll take them.
26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Plant sydd â phrofiad o fod mewn gofal
I want to bring Mark in now. Mark.
26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Plant sydd â phrofiad o fod mewn gofal
I've got Jenny and Mark who want to ask supplementaries. We'll come back to you, John.
26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Plant sydd â phrofiad o fod mewn gofal
John Griffiths.
26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Plant sydd â phrofiad o fod mewn gofal
Llyr.
26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Plant sydd â phrofiad o fod mewn gofal
Yes, Mark.
26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Plant sydd â phrofiad o fod mewn gofal
Mark.
26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Plant sydd â phrofiad o fod mewn gofal
And when do you think we can expect some form of—I don't know; not a decision—a proposal based upon that evaluation—a quick, short evaluation?
26 Ebrill 2024 , Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Plant sydd â phrofiad o fod mewn gofal
Just a point on that from me: clearly, 2027 is, as you highlighted, after the next election. It's three years away, and eligibility has ended for it. What's your thinking regarding people who have just missed out, but are coming through in this next year, two…
