, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Prif Weinidog. I recently met with a small group of residents who are private home owners on the Gower estate in Hirwaun, where there is RAAC in the ceilings. They are mainly elderly people, all from low-income households. In order to make their homes…
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Questions to the First Minister
1. Will the First Minister provide an update on the progress of the Government's recovery programme for reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, including timescales, the current status of recovery efforts, and any further funding allocated to ensure the…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Just one question on Medr. Clearly, the sixth form is captured under Medr. In the Bill, we're talking about compulsory school age education. Clearly, the Welsh Language Commissioner has shown, in terms of the language continuum, the role of the sixth form in…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Thank you, just a question on late immersion. We heard evidence from the Welsh Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Education in Wales that they see a role for the Government in terms of promoting that, not only local authorities…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
But there is a counterargument, isn't there, that you're restricting people from changing. Because if you think about somebody in an English-medium school, perhaps that child is in a school where the Welsh provision has developed confidence that somebody does…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Thank you. If we could look at section 11(4), could you confirm that the policy intention behind that is the linguistic progression of pupils as far as possible, for example that they transfer from a primary school to a secondary of at least the same language…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Taking what you've just said, if you look at section 14 of the Bill in its current form, you could read it as it being acceptable that schools stay static in terms of the Welsh language. Do you think that we need the Bill to be clearer and to include a…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
But to be clear, you do expect that—. I take it that you are of the view that, without the 10 per cent, that B2 would be very difficult for the learner to reach.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
‘In terms of the 10 per cent minimum, or whatever percentage it would be, that doesn’t mean that every single pupil has to have 10 per cent’.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Thank you very much. I just wanted confirmation in terms of that 10 per cent. Are you still certain in terms of achieving that B2 with that 10 per cent—that that's still central? Because in the evidence we received on 19 September, the Welsh Government lawyer…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Diolch.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
If I could just follow on that point, isn't that happening in some of our English-medium schools at the moment, through the siarter iaith, the language charter? In terms of the ambition, then, for these schools, I think that one thing may be that we are not…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Have you given consideration yet regarding who should be leading on that? Clearly, centrally the Government, but have you given any consideration beyond that?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Given that, it's quite a change, isn't it, for people of every age to get used to, and some who see this Bill are just thinking of it through the lens of Welsh-medium education, and the change that we'll see in schools with the language continuum. Clearly…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Diolch yn fawr iawn. O ran yr hunanasesiad gan unigolion ar sail CEFR, bod hwnnw’n cael ei ddefnyddio yn y dyfodol i gyfrifo nifer y siaradwyr Cymraeg, ydych chi'n rhagweld bydd hwnnw hefyd yn bwysig? A'r ffaith fydd pawb ddim ar y raddfa hon yn cael eu…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Thank you. Just to be clear, it's not the intention of this Bill to change the aim in terms of measuring progress. If the census continues, that is still something that's important in terms of—.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Thank you very much. I appreciate that. If I could therefore go to the evidence we've heard specifically from Cymdeithas yr Iaith—and clearly you've referred already to that—they made comments in terms of the census and the fact that, if we change the means…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Thank you very much. If I could look at Part 1 of the Bill with you, and to go back to the first evidence session, on 19 September I think it was—it feels like a very long time ago—we had a discussion that was positive in terms of looking at it as a minimum…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: UK Government Budget
You talked about those voters that voted for change only a few months ago. They voted change for the better, not change for the worse. And I'm sure they would like to see us united in standing up for our communities, calling out any cruel policies that are…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: UK Government Budget
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Dirprwy Lywydd. Well, we've been criticised for our motion, and I don't quite understand why, because the premise of this debate, as I set out at the very start, was to try and influence the budget. It wasn't predicting, but it was making…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: UK Government Budget
Wales has been short-changed by Westminster and we can see the direct impact of this on our public services and on the people of Wales. As a Senedd, it is our duty to work cross-party and stand up for those we represent by demanding the funding owed to us…
