4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
You'd have to be able to start pretty quickly.
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
I think it's fair to say that there are provisions to cover pet abduction now, and there are a number of reasons why people want specific legislation. I think, on the assaults on retail workers, for example, part of that was driven by the fact that there were…
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
Yes. Thank you, Chair. The abduction of pets is an offence under the Theft Act 1968, but this is about whether there should be a specific criminal offence with set-out penalties. I don't have a strong view on that either way, but I think the challenge is…
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
I know there is active work being done within the Government to consider this. It's a real issue that I've been aware of during my own time in the Government and I think it is appropriate to ask the Cabinet Secretary when he expects to make a decision on…
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
Chair, Harlech castle was built by Edward I, and Glyndŵr took it in the revolt, and it was also part of the wars of the roses as well. It's a castle with a huge history and lots of prominence. I think the specific petition, though, is just about castles, and…
4 Tachwedd 2024 , Petitions Committee
Cyflwyniad, ymddiheuriadau, dirprwyon a datgan buddiannau
Yes, Chair. One of the items is on the Gwent levels. Part of the Gwent levels site of special scientific interest is in my constituency. I should make that clear before the item is discussed.
24 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 16
Thank you.
24 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 16
And finally finally just a point around transport and Welsh-medium education. It's regularly raised as one of the practical barriers. It's whether you'd consider adding that as one of the aspects a local authority must consider in its WESP. If you don't have…
24 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 16
Yes. That's why I should order more beer through the medium of Welsh. [Laughter.]
24 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 16
And the point about the youth service was this broader point about extending where Welsh is used in social situations. We'll have to capture this in our report, but it's about outside the education sector, where people do and don't use Welsh being a big…
24 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 16
I guess the alternative would be about whether there's a responsibility to ensure that the pre-compulsory education sector is identified, and Welsh Ministers make arrangements for it to be consulted, both for the framework and also for the WESPs to take…
24 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 16
I'll try and be quick. There's a question about whether there's enough evidence in the Bill on the early years sector, given its role in helping children to start their journey of becoming Welsh speakers and accessing Welsh early. So, the question is about…
24 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 16
Okay. Thank you.
24 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 16
I'm curious about this section of the Bill that we're focusing on now, because it seems to be about two different things. Just correct me if I'm wrong in my reading of the Bill. It's the Welsh language goals for schools, about how they set Welsh language…
24 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 16
So, Cymdeithas made the point that, for first-language Welsh speakers, it's not appropriate to have CEFR, because it's designed for people who have languages as additional. But I just want to understand the Government's view on that, because it sounds from…
24 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 16
That's helpful. Thank you. I just want to put to you a point that Cymdeithas made—it doesn't mean that I agree with it, but it's a point they made in the evidence—and then the alignment between the code and the curriculum.
24 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 16
Okay. So, I'll try to come to a conclusion, because I think you've answered most of what would have been my next question. But I'd be grateful—you expect the code to be in place in July 2026, and, just on the next one, it would be helpful to confirm when…
24 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 16
[Inaudible.]
24 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 16
So, a number of stakeholders have said that they think that A1 and A2 are essentially equivalent to GCSE Welsh second language. So, the descriptors before that will be quite important for a number of people. So, understanding clearly how the Government…
24 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 16
I think that's interesting, and I've certainly met people who do think there are sheep and goats in this field, and it's been quite an unpleasant conversation.
24 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 16
Diolch. It follows on from the last set of questions. It's partly about not just what the Bill seeks to do; there are obviously more societal-wide challenges about how people see themselves as Welsh speakers as well. But the CEFR has been something that's…
24 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 16
We've had evidence here from the Government's own figures about the teacher workforce and subject challenges that show we're not able, currently, to recruit to the rate that we want to, bearing in mind the future projections that you talked about. So, it is…
24 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 16
Sorry, is that a sum of money, not 500,000 teachers?
24 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 16
I think you’re correct in setting out that this is a journey. If the aim is to get to where, essentially, the Basque Country is, where everyone speaks Castilian and Basque, at the end of the journey the country was to go on, the challenge—and this is an issue…
24 Hydref 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 16
Bore da.
