, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
That would be lovely. Thank you very much. I have one final question, if I may—really quickly—for Dona. Do you agree that tertiary education should be added to the definition of Welsh language education?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
Yes.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
Thank you. We now have some questions on the screen from Gareth Davies, please.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
Thank you. Thank you, Lee. Back to Cefin.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
Sorry, could I bring Lee in here quickly, if that's okay?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
Thank you. We'll now go back to Cefin Campbell, please.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
Vaughan, can I just interrupt you there? Rebecca wanted to come in quickly, if that’s okay.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
Thank you, Lee. We now have questions from Vaughan Gething, please.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
Thank you. Thank you. We'll take a question from Lee, please.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
Thank you. We'll now move on to questions from Cefin Campbell, please.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
Okay. Thank you. You don't need to unmute and mute yourselves—somebody will do that for you. Thank you. Members have a series of questions, and I'll begin. Could you outline your initial thoughts on the Bill and the extent to which it will support the work…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 13
We now move on to agenda item 2. Please can the witnesses introduce themselves, and also outline briefly what, if any, involvement they've had in the development of the Bill?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
I would like to welcome Members to today's meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee. We have received apologies from Hefin David MS. Alun Davies MS will be substituting for Hefin from item 3. The public items of this meeting are being…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Ensuring all children can thrive: Celebrating alternative education in Wales
Today, I'll be focusing on how we can ensure all children in Wales can truly thrive through alternative pathways. For children and young people who don't fit the mould, alternative education can be a lifeline. It offers them a way to reconnect with learning…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Ensuring all children can thrive: Celebrating alternative education in Wales
Diolch, Llywydd. That would be handy, wouldn't it? Education is one of the most powerful tools we have for shaping our futures. It provides young people with the knowledge, skills and opportunities they need to grow into confident, capable adults. Education…
, Plenary
Debate on the Children, Young People and Education Committee Report, 'Implementation of education reforms: Interim report'
Diolch, Llywydd. I'd like to thank the Cabinet Secretary for her response today and Members who have contributed. Tom referred to workload for staff, and that's something that we heard as a committee time and time again from schools. Cefin, the committee, I'm…
, Plenary
Debate on the Children, Young People and Education Committee Report, 'Implementation of education reforms: Interim report'
The reason that we find most convincing is that schools and local authorities do not have the resources to give an IDP to every child who had SEN under the old system. This resourcing shortage is the result of years of systematic underfunding of SEN and ALN…
, Plenary
Debate on the Children, Young People and Education Committee Report, 'Implementation of education reforms: Interim report'
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Back in 2021, almost all members of the Children, Young People and Education Committee included the additional learning needs reforms and the Curriculum for Wales amongst our scrutiny priorities. The challenge we faced was that both of…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you. Child poverty in Wales is alarmingly high. Increasing energy bills and mortgage rates will only make this worse. Research from the Trussell Trust indicates that, in 2023-24, over 187,000 crisis food parcels were distributed, with one in 10 parcels…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
8. What action will the Welsh Government take to tackle child poverty over the rest of this Senedd term? OQ61708
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
Thank you. I know that the transformation up until now has been bittersweet for residents. Catching rail replacement buses for months, road closures, and hearing work up and down the line through the nights has been challenging, but the Rhondda railcard…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
8. Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the transformation of the Treherbert line in Rhondda? OQ61705
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Debate: The Children’s Commissioner for Wales Annual Report 2023-24
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I would like to begin by thanking the commissioner and her team for their work over what was clearly an exceptionally busy year. This is the commissioner’s second report relating to the year immediately after the publication of her…
