17 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 15
Did you have any thoughts on potential unintended consequences of the target on a steady-state resource and skills base?
17 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 15
Yes.
17 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 15
Can I just ask you to elaborate a little on what in particular you think is woolly?
17 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 15
So, if that is the case, hypothetically, what do you think the effect of having a target in the statute book will be? What sorts of unintended consequences might it drive?
17 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 15
Can I just finish my point?
17 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 15
Can I just come back on that? So, I think you're, essentially, saying that, if the resources are there and if the skills are provided, the target will be useful and is achievable and if it's just left to fight for resource with every other priority, then it's…
17 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 15
It's just to test your support for the principle of putting the target on the face of the Bill, and what the sector's view of the implications of that might be.
17 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 14
Okay, thank you.
17 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 14
So, can I try and interpret that? Are you saying that you don’t feel there’s particular value in having the target on the face of the Bill?
17 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 14
Yes, sure. Following on from that, then, one of the questions we’re exploring is the value of having a million Welsh speakers as a statutory target. What is the sector’s view of that, and what benefits will it bring, if any?
17 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 14
Thank you, that's all I have.
17 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 14
Thanks. I just want to follow up on that. I'm touching on a question that Vaughan Gething asked earlier about the relative recruitment pressures the sector has across the board. You've said that you support the aspirations behind the Bill, as we’d expect you…
17 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 13
My anxiety—. I understand the evidence and I understand what Rebecca Williams said, that having an immersive environment where the language can be fully used is preferrable, but for a significant period we're going to be facing the facts on the ground, that…
17 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 13
Why?
17 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 13
Sorry, I was happy to wait, but I was intrigued by what Rebecca Williams said about what more she'd like to see in the Bill about strengthening Welsh as a subject. I wonder if she could elaborate on that, please.
17 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 13
Okay, thank you.
17 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 13
Okay. Well, sure, I think that's more hope than it is evidence is my concern. Just one brief question, just to get it on the record. I'm sure the answer to this is 'yes', but, currently, it's only the Welsh Language Commissioner who is formally consulted on…
17 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 13
Sure, I understand your aspiration and your hope for that, but I'm just thinking of other parallels. Let's think, for example, of climate change, which is a similarly transformative programme, which has a legal target to achieve a figure by 2050. I'm not…
17 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 13
Diolch. If I can just test your argument a little about the need for the 1 million target to be in statute, because it strikes me, from the evidence we've had, there are a range of challenges facing our ability to reach that target. They're complex, they're…
16 Hydref 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i Gomisiwn y Senedd
Fe'ch clywais yn dweud yno fod yna deimlad na ddylid gwasgu'r Aelodau i feinciau yn y cefn, y dywedoch chi yn eich tystiolaeth i'r Pwyllgor Cyllid ei fod yn bwysau cyfalaf sy'n codi'r gyllideb. O ystyried yr anesmwythyd ynghylch y cynnydd sylweddol yng…
16 Hydref 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
Wrth gwrs, mae rhywbeth fel chwarter yr holl gyllid ysgol yn mynd ar gost trafnidiaeth ysgol, ac un o argymhellion yr adolygiad o'r Mesur teithio gan ddysgwyr oedd edrych ar sut y gellid gwneud mwy o deithiau trwy deithio llesol, ac mae hynny'n galw am…
16 Hydref 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Yr Economi Sylfaenol: Panel 4 - Tai a datgarboneiddio
Great, diolch.
16 Hydref 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Yr Economi Sylfaenol: Panel 4 - Tai a datgarboneiddio
Could I just ask you to add into your answer to elaborate on your point in your paper about the need for measurable indicators on the efficacy of a foundational economy, which shapes investment, and the overall idea of what they might look like?
16 Hydref 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Yr Economi Sylfaenol: Panel 4 - Tai a datgarboneiddio
Do you know how we might do that?
16 Hydref 2024 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Yr Economi Sylfaenol: Panel 4 - Tai a datgarboneiddio
But I thought you were sceptical of them.
