, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Government - Education
According to my understanding, the work is being led by the social care department. Is there an element of risk there, in your view, or are you happy that education and all the other sectors and policy areas will have the same amount of attention?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Government - Education
Yes, that's it. Yes.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Government - Education
Thank you very much. A question for you on safeguarding in education, and it relates to the safeguarding in education review that you've commissioned since the Neil Foden event and the child practice review that Gwynedd Council published as well. Can you…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Government - Education
Yes, could I just come in with a supplementary on the schools in special measures? It’s 13 per cent, so obviously it's concerning that so many are in that situation. In terms of your conversations with Estyn and the work that you do as officers as well, have…
, Plenary
Debate on the Children, Young People and Education Committee Report, 'Routes into post-16 education and training'
I will turn to the Welsh language, because many of the recommendations relate to the careers advice provided to young people, and clear deficiencies have been noted in evidence to us as a committee. And this is not only important in order to provide advice to…
, Plenary
Debate on the Children, Young People and Education Committee Report, 'Routes into post-16 education and training'
Can I just reiterate the thanks as well, as a member of the Children, Young People and Education Committee? This has been an extremely important report, and I thank everybody—Members and officials—who have played their part in this. In many ways, it's an…
, Plenary
Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you very much. In my view, the Government's community food strategy recognises, of course, the role of food enterprises, but it fails to address the change that's required in Wales sufficiently. Now, despite producing high-quality food, there are too…
, Plenary
Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
2. Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the implementation of the Welsh Government's community food strategy? OQ63778
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you very much, and I very much look forward to that progress report. You will bear in mind that your predecessor, Jeremy Miles, who held the portfolio for the Welsh language, commissioned this important work, because he, like many of us who live in…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
9. What progress has been made to achieve the recommendations of the report of the First Commission for Welsh-speaking Communities? OQ63780
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I will go straight to my supplementary question. Thank you very much for your response to Delyth. It's clear that policing requirements in Wales are very different to what happens in other parts of the UK. There are examples of the Dyfed-Powys police and…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Okay, I don't need to ask the question.
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Will the First Minister make a statement on the Welsh Government's discussions—
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
7. Will the First Minister make a statement on the Welsh Government's discussions with the UK Government regarding the devolution of policing and justice? OQ63777
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Annual Scrutiny of Medr
Okay.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Annual Scrutiny of Medr
Okay. And schools and colleges, where—
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Annual Scrutiny of Medr
The next question will be in Welsh. You've told us as a committee more than once that you are very eager to see improved collaboration and co-operation between educational establishments, and you've partially answered the question in response to a question…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Annual Scrutiny of Medr
Yes.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Annual Scrutiny of Medr
Just on the back of that, there's been an increase in participation this year in FE, which is obviously good news—about 45,000 more people coming into the sector than planned. So, obviously that means that the sector's been delivering around £15 million to…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Annual Scrutiny of Medr
Yes, diolch. Welsh Government have said that they don't want waiting lists for further education, because this might disengage learners from their education. But, in your letter to the committee, you said that five colleges across Wales are reporting waiting…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Annual Scrutiny of Medr
If I can just add a further question, you mentioned your regulatory responsibilities. We know that there are a significant number of regulations and commencement Orders as part of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022, and they have to be…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Annual Scrutiny of Medr
Good morning. Could I ask the first question in Welsh? Could you summarise Medr's main achievements and challenges over the past year in relation to funding and regulating the tertiary education and research sector in Wales?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Routes into post-16 education and training - evidence session 2
Diolch yn fawr. Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Routes into post-16 education and training - evidence session 2
That's an interesting point, if I could just make that—that we badly need specialist support through the medium of Welsh for children with either neurodivergent or other additional needs. My final question is around transport to post-16 education. I think…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Routes into post-16 education and training - evidence session 2
Deb, do you have a comment on that?
