28 Medi 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Pwysau costau byw a’r Warant i Bobl Ifanc - Panel 2
Thank you. And the final question from me, then, is about what we can do to better support young people to complete their apprenticeships, to turn this around. What practical actions could and should be taken?
28 Medi 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Pwysau costau byw a’r Warant i Bobl Ifanc - Panel 2
Thank you. My follow-up question is on the completion rate of apprenticeships. I know the panel have made comments about completion rates in other courses. So, just to clarify with regard to apprenticeships, of the learners who didn't complete their…
28 Medi 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Pwysau costau byw a’r Warant i Bobl Ifanc - Panel 2
Thank you, Chair, and good morning to our panel. I've got a series of questions for you on apprenticeships. Firstly, I'd like to ask whether you think that the Welsh Government is going to meet its target of 125,000 apprenticeship starts this Senedd term…
28 Medi 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Pwysau costau byw a’r Warant i Bobl Ifanc - Panel 1
Thank you, Chair.
28 Medi 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Pwysau costau byw a’r Warant i Bobl Ifanc - Panel 1
No, that's fine. So, I was just referencing the fact that we've got the MyTravelPass scheme for bus travel, and then a similar scheme for rail, and they both give a third off for—
28 Medi 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Pwysau costau byw a’r Warant i Bobl Ifanc - Panel 1
No, that's fine. Could I ask a specific question on the cost of transport, then? So, obviously, the Welsh Government has got the MyTravelPass scheme for bus travel, and a similar scheme for rail as well, both of which give a third off travel for young people…
28 Medi 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Pwysau costau byw a’r Warant i Bobl Ifanc - Panel 1
What kinds of actions, any specific actions, that you think can be taken to address that, and by whom?
28 Medi 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Pwysau costau byw a’r Warant i Bobl Ifanc - Panel 1
Thank you. And then, looking at the latest data, which shows that learners living in the most deprived areas are less likely to be successful in their apprenticeships than those from the least deprived areas, and we can see that this gap has widened over the…
28 Medi 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Pwysau costau byw a’r Warant i Bobl Ifanc - Panel 1
Thank you. Going back to the completion rates of apprenticeships, I wanted to ask specifically about apprenticeships in the care sector, because they came in at one of the lowest completion rates—50-something per cent, I believe—and that is a real concern…
28 Medi 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Pwysau costau byw a’r Warant i Bobl Ifanc - Panel 1
Thank you, Chair, and good morning to our panel. I’ve got a series of questions around apprenticeships, and I'll start with the completion rate. Now, obviously, apprenticeships are a key plank of the Welsh Government's programme for government and are…
27 Medi 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i Weinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Weinidog, yn dilyn ymlaen o'r hyn a ddywedoch chi, ac wrth siarad â rhieni, gofalwyr, teuluoedd, pobl ifanc ac ysgolion yn fy etholaeth i, gwn fod croeso mawr i'r grant hanfodion ysgol a'i gynlluniau rhagflaenol fel achubiaeth i'r bobl sy'n gallu cael…
26 Medi 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Datganiad a Chyhoeddiad Busnes
Trefnydd, mae gennyf i ddau gais i'w gwneud heddiw. Yn gyntaf, a gawn ni ddadl yn amser y Llywodraeth ynglŷn â'r hyn y gellir ei wneud i leihau nifer y bobl ifanc dan 18 oed sy'n defnyddio e-sigaréts? Rydym ni i gyd wedi gweld y ffigurau: mae 20 y cant o…
20 Medi 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i Weinidog yr Economi
Diolch am eich ateb, Weinidog. Fe fyddwch yn ymwybodol fod pwyllgor yr economi newydd gwblhau ein hymchwiliad i gyllid ar ôl ymadael â'r UE, ac wedi canfod bod llwyddiant economaidd Cymru mewn perygl os na fabwysiadir dull newydd o ddyrannu'r adnoddau hyn…
20 Medi 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i Weinidog yr Economi
6. Pa asesiad y mae'r Gweinidog wedi'i wneud ynghylch a yw cronfeydd ar ôl ymadael â'r UE yn diwallu anghenion cymunedau Cymru? OQ59928
19 Medi 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i'r Prif Weinidog
Diolch, Prif Weinidog. Rwy'n siŵr y byddwch chi wedi gweld y rhybuddion noeth gan y Resolution Foundation uchel ei barch, diolch i anallu economaidd Torïaid y DU, y bydd safonau byw gweithwyr y DU yn gwastatáu yn 2024. Bydd aelwydydd yn waeth eu byd y…
19 Medi 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i'r Prif Weinidog
4. Pa asesiad y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi'i wneud o effaith yr argyfwng costau byw ar Gwm Cynon? OQ59945
13 Medi 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i’r Gweinidog Cyfiawnder Cymdeithasol a'r Prif Chwip
Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Weinidog, roeddwn yn falch iawn o ymweld â Strategaeth Bryncynon dros doriad yr haf, sef elusen leol hirsefydlog sy'n gwasanaethu cymunedau cwm Cynon isaf. Un o'r nifer o gynlluniau gwych y maent yn eu gweithredu yw prosiect cyfeillio…
13 Medi 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bargen Ddinesig Bae Abertawe a Bargen Twf Gogledd Cymru
Diolch.
13 Medi 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bargen Ddinesig Bae Abertawe a Bargen Twf Gogledd Cymru
Thank you, and I'm aware that time is pressing on, but is there anything that you'd like to add around the current impact of that pressure on the construction sector, in light of the fact that the city deal is expecting to award construction contracts in the…
13 Medi 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bargen Ddinesig Bae Abertawe a Bargen Twf Gogledd Cymru
Okay, thanks for clearing that up for us; that's really very useful. You talked quite a bit about construction, so I'll move on to that for my final two questions. So, again, looking at your written evidence, that identifies the pressure on the construction…
13 Medi 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bargen Ddinesig Bae Abertawe a Bargen Twf Gogledd Cymru
Thank you, Chair, and good morning to our witnesses. I've got a series of questions on the Swansea bay city deal, so I'll direct those to Jonathan. In your initial introductory remarks, Jonathan, you talked about the fact that there's between a 10 and 15-year…
13 Medi 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bargen Twf Canolbarth Cymru a Bargen Ddinesig Prifddinas-Ranbarth Caerdydd
That's really interesting. Thanks very much. Thanks, Chair.
13 Medi 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bargen Twf Canolbarth Cymru a Bargen Ddinesig Prifddinas-Ranbarth Caerdydd
Thank you. And so, with those years in mind that you just outlined, what’s the current target date for fully committing the wider investment fund? And do you feel confident that you'll be able to secure the pipeline of projects needed to achieve that?
13 Medi 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bargen Twf Canolbarth Cymru a Bargen Ddinesig Prifddinas-Ranbarth Caerdydd
Thanks very much, Kellie. And would you say that the degree of progress in approving and investing in projects to date would be as expected at this point, seven years since the fund was agreed?
13 Medi 2023 , Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Bargen Twf Canolbarth Cymru a Bargen Ddinesig Prifddinas-Ranbarth Caerdydd
Thank you, Chair, and good morning to all the witnesses. I've got some questions on the Cardiff capital region city deal, so I'll direct those to Kellie. And thank you, Kellie, for the update that you've already given us. I'll start by asking about the wider…
