, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms: evidence session
Yes, that's the fundamental point that shows the analysis is flawed.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms: evidence session
Yes, very quickly. Just on the IFS report, I read it in detail. I think it has very deep fundamental flaws in that it looks at GCSEs and the wider curriculum. Well, the GCSEs haven't come in and they were describing that as the new curriculum. So, it just…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms: evidence session
Okay.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms: evidence session
It has.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms: evidence session
Okay, and I think that is also assisting with that gap that we've talked about, again without criticising any professionals. The other issue, of course, and my last point, is we were very focused on autistic spectrum condition previously as 'the' neurodiverse…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms: evidence session
I absolutely agree with that. I've got a child who has ALN in the system at the moment, so I am living this. I have no criticisms about the healthcare she's received, no criticisms about the education she's received, but the dialogue between the two can be…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms: evidence session
Absolutely, and my next question would clarify that.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms: evidence session
No, not at all.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms: evidence session
Yes, sure, of course.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms: evidence session
Okay. The other issue, one of the things I've always said from my own experience—
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms: evidence session
So, you accept that there is still that difficulty between education and health—the gap that needs to be bridged.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms: evidence session
I have to say, when I visited a school outside of my constituency area, they were full of praise for the DECLO, Dr Luke Jones. They said, 'He's excellent, he's a really good point of contact'. The issue was not with him, because he didn't have the ability to…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms: evidence session
Diolch, Cadeirydd. One of the things that we were really keen on when we were taking the Bill through the committee was the role of the designated education clinical lead officers—the DECLOs. I think it was a defence of the debating point that health and…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms: evidence session
Just a very quick question. You mentioned you want to look at the ALN reforms on a granular level. Is there going to be a formal, structured process for that, and, if so, what will it look like?
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
It's really good to see the First Minister so up on what's happening in Caerphilly. We've seen the leadership of particularly the deputy leader, Councillor James Pritchard, and we've seen events across the Caerphilly borough. Bargoed had a hugely successful…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
6. How is the Welsh Government supporting town-centre regeneration in the Caerphilly constituency? OQ61047
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Cap on political donations
I think I should say I wasn't criticising you. I was just pointing out the fact that there is a degree of sanctimony and hypocrisy in your party. You received, or your constituency party received—which is what I said—£141,584.92 from a single donor. There's…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Cap on political donations
Will you take an intervention?
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Cap on political donations
So, we do ask, 'Why didn't he raise the cap on donations then?' It's a reasonable question to ask, and I don't criticise him for it. If your constituency party receives that kind of money, then, absolutely fine, but don't be hypocritical. Let's remember that…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Cap on political donations
Thank you, Llywydd.
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Cap on political donations
—of £141,584.92 from one donor. Now, I can tell you the Caerphilly constituency party has probably got about £3,000 or £4,000 in the bank—I'm sure Delyth will be glad to know. But the Ynys Môn party was receiving a donation from the Electoral Commission for a…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Cap on political donations
I'm not accepting an intervention. [Interruption.] I'm not accepting an intervention. [Interruption.] So, the total donation to one constituency party—
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Cap on political donations
Okay, let's talk about individual donations then. On 10 March 2014, Ynys Môn Plaid Cymru received £121,891.43—[Interruption]. No. It received £121,891.43 from an individual—Ynys Môn Plaid Cymru. It was a few months after Rhun ap Iorwerth had been elected, in…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Cap on political donations
Right. So, first of all, I'm happy to accept whatever he says, but it isn't the subject of the motion; the subject of the motion is a cap on donations. It isn't the subject of—. It doesn't actually mention the issues being raised—[Interruption.]
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Cap on political donations
I'm happy, Llywydd, to—. Whatever he's unhappy with about what I've said—
