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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Thank you for the answer. Communities of practice have been successfully used in different areas of Welsh Government activity, including the foundational economy and, in fact, the Welsh Government's decarbonisation programme, where, every other month, 70…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
7. Will the Cabinet Secretary establish a community of practice for the social housing grant? OQ61614
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you. Hywel Dda health board promised last year that overnight care at the minor injuries unit in Llanelli would be maintained. But, at very short notice, and with no consultation or engagement, they’ve changed their mind. Now, they say the unit isn’t…
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Questions to the First Minister
2. What discussions has the First Minister had with Hywel Dda University Health Board about access to healthcare in Llanelli? OQ61613
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
As I understand it, you say in your evidence that by having a non-tendered institute, the current services that you and other organisations offer will potentially be centralised, and that could have an adverse effect.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
Just a brief question about the evidence paper on the position of the institute. I noticed some anxiety that the new non-tendered model could disrupt the ecosystem of various organisations playing a role in provision. If you could just elaborate a bit more on…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
Yes, I think that's a very interesting response, because that loaded, value-laden language lands very badly with some communities. You may not want them to respond in that way, but all the evidence of human behaviour is that a minority do, and it only takes a…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
Yes, please. I just wanted to test some of the unintended consequences of this, because I understand the desire to not have exemptions. There is a danger we've made the perfect the enemy of the good here, and there's also a danger we're creating local social…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Okay. Diolch.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
I guess the question is, though: does that need statutory provision? Does that need to be explicitly in the Bill, or can that be developed in a framework outside of the Bill or indeed does there need to be framework powers in Bill that can allow that to…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Okay. Gwenno Ffrancon.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
[Inaudible.]—given the concerns that you and others have expressed about the finite budgets available, is there a danger of mission creep with what you suggest, and that this gradually starts to get beyond what is resourced or envisaged for?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Yes. Just one brief question for Professor Thomas. You say in your, or you suggest in your, evidence that you envisage a potential wider role for the institute, beyond simply teaching the learning of Welsh, and I just wonder if you could elaborate a little…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Okay. Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
I take from that that you think there should be additional guidance. Do you think that should be statutory guidance within the Bill, or can that sit outside of the Bill?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Thank you. Just briefly on a related point. Professor Thomas, in your written evidence, you mention that there is no guidance regarding ALN children in the immersion units. I wonder if you'd just elaborate a little bit about your point.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
Okay. Diolch.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
Forgive me, that's my mistake. I've mixed your evidence up with—[Inaudible.]
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
Thank you. I just want to touch on the National Institute for Learning Welsh. You say, understandably, in your evidence that you're concerned about the budget and you'd like the explanatory memorandum to say more about that, although I'd have thought the…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
Diolch.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
Yes, in part, thank you. My sound's better now; apologies for that. My concern, really, is the transition from the system where the bulk of children currently are in English-medium schools to having far stronger Welsh-medium provision. I agree with that, and…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
Thank very much. I just want to touch on that entire—[Inaudible.]—points on language categorisation, because, as you said there, you think it's a matter of social justice that it's important that all children get the chance to learn Welsh. 'But', you said…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
Sorry. I was just saying I'll probably wait until Tom has finished his questions.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
[Inaudible.]
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: 20mph speed limits
They want a new road traffic regulation order on all of these roads, at £15,000 each, and they say that we're the ones wasting money. Far from a bonfire of regulations, their commonsense approach is a confetti cannon of red tape splurged across Wales. The…
