, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Routes into post-16 education and training - evidence session 2
I'm going to ask questions about options after year 11. So, are there particular issues about choices available for neurodivergent young people, or young people with mental health needs post 11? For example, to what extent are choices limited because…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Routes into post-16 education and training - evidence session 1
Yes, and Siôn's nodding. So, is that something that needs looking at, do you think, so that they can do both?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Routes into post-16 education and training - evidence session 1
I don't know if you'll have the answer to this, but I was talking somebody who wanted to go down an apprentice route, but also wanted to continue with A-levels, but wasn't able to do both. I suppose that's a funding issue, isn't it?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Routes into post-16 education and training - evidence session 1
Can I just ask one more, a quick one?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Routes into post-16 education and training - evidence session 1
Can I—? Sorry, Mary.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Routes into post-16 education and training - evidence session 1
Do schools not still organise, for the Welsh baccalaureate, work experience placements? Because I remember they used to employ somebody to help with that. So, has that diminished?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Routes into post-16 education and training - evidence session 1
Thank you. Siôn, your paper says that there is stronger engagement between FE colleges and employers than between schools and employers. Why do think this is, and how can better working between schools and colleges and employers be encouraged?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Routes into post-16 education and training - evidence session 1
Thank you. An Estyn report found that where schools with sixth forms do allow representatives into schools to meet with learners, this is sometimes restricted to specific groups of learners within the school who are unlikely to progress into the sixth form…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Routes into post-16 education and training - evidence session 1
I think the questions arise because, very often, children start to think about their careers when they're looking at their choices for GCSEs. So, we were thinking—. And teachers, especially a teacher that maybe a child, a younger child, at primary school…
, Plenary
Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
I think we can all agree that responsible dog ownership means prioritising the welfare of the animal as well, and over the last few years, however, this Senedd has heard repeatedly how the greyhound racing industry fails to meet even basic welfare standards…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
I know that councils are facing sleepless nights trying to balance their books. They have had over 14 years of cuts to public service funding. It was a decision made by the Tory UK Government. I know that previously, Conwy council's leader wanted to use the…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to note
Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to note
I'd like to just touch on paper 4.1 in the private session.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
—to the resilience of the network. Every week, I plan when I'm going up and down on the train, and I look at the weather and I think, 'I'll have to go now. I can't wait till tomorrow because it's going to flood', or it's freezing temperatures and I'm really…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
I'd like to come back, if that's okay—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
I wanted to ask that question here, so I'd be glad if you could write in. Thank you, that's it.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Okay, that's fine. It was just that it was picked up by Audit Wales, so I wanted to ask that—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Audit Wales were saying about monitoring and reporting of the active travel Act. I know there's a lack of technical officers in local authorities, so it was welcome, this change, which will help streamline it, really. But they've also mentioned having…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Okay. Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
The loss of expertise was an issue as well. So, will the expertise go to the regional level, or can they retain some locally? How does that work?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Transport. Okay.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
And it will still be spent on highways and not go into the corporate pot. That's what I was concerned about.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Okay. There is talk as well about devolving more to CJCs, on the resilient roads fund and other grants. It's been raised previously here about ensuring that money is actually spent on those things that it's intended to be spent on, if it's not ring-fenced as…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
So, the Cabinet Secretary told us that Transport for Wales is supporting the development of a monitoring and evaluation plan for regional transport plans. Can you outline the intended approach on that?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Annual scrutiny of Transport for Wales
Really interesting. Okay. Shall I move on to the next question?
