22 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for that response.
22 October 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
5. How is the Welsh Government supporting book publishing in Wales? OQ61771
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 10
Yes. Thank you very much. Thanks.
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 10
Thank you. We were told earlier this afternoon that many disabled people become self-employed because they can't get a job where they're not self-employed. I don't know whether you've got any views on that.
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 10
Thank you. And one last question from me: what about self-employment? We have heard, during the evidence, that that is something disabled people may prefer because of the flexibility that's involved. What is your view of that, and do you think there is enough…
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 10
Yes, Andrea, go on.
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 10
Yes, I think—
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 10
Thank you. Are there any particular sectors that you would say need to be targeted? Obviously, we've talked about the public sector. What about any other sectors where there is a particularly good or bad record?
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 10
Thank you very much and good afternoon. We’ve heard a lot about employers’ attitudes towards disability, particularly towards learning disability, and this is a key barrier to employment. What has been your experience of the attitudes of employers?
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 9
Thank you very much.
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 9
Thank you. And, then, a general question, which you’ve already partially covered: we’ve talked about reasonable adjustments—what is needed? What action is needed to improve employers’ understanding of their legal duty?
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 9
Yes. So, if there were more champions, what would you do differently?
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 9
Yes. And that leads me on to my next question, again, Terry, to you, if it’s all right: Disability Wales said that the disability employment champion is an excellent scheme but has limited capacity. Would you agree with that?
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 9
—but a lot more needs to be done.
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 9
So, you would say there are some good employers there—
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 9
Thank you very much. I was going to ask you some questions, Terry, if that's okay. You've already referred to the fact that one of the biggest barriers is employers' attitudes, and we've been told that consistently in the evidence we've taken, particularly…
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 8
Right. Thank you very much.
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 8
So, you don't think there's any great desire, more than the rest of the population, for disabled people to be self-employed.
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 8
Right. I was interested in what you said about self-employment, because I think what you said was that you're self-employed because you couldn't get a job, basically.
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 8
All the same.
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 8
So, looking at the employers, is there any one sector that is worse or better than others?
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 8
Yes, and what's made the difference has been this personal intervention, really, concentrating on the personal, and that has really changed employers' attitudes.
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 8
It's very good to see you here. We've already talked a bit, I think, about employers' attitudes towards disability, but we've been told during this inquiry that that is one of the biggest barriers: employers' attitudes. Learning disability was specifically…
21 October 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 8
Thank you, and good afternoon.
16 October 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Legislative Consent: Water (Special Measures) Bill - Evidence session with the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Right. Thank you.
