, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 1
Diolch.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 1
Just one other thing you clearly work closely with the Minister for Economy on is research and innovation—and we touched on that in the questions that I asked earlier—but there have been calls from stakeholders for significant increases in the funding for…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 1
Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 1
Thank you. If I could move now to policy areas, including degree apprenticeships and research and innovation, which sit under another Minister’s portfolio, but are of course partly funded from within the education and Welsh language main expenditure group…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 1
Thank you. In terms of the student support grants, there has been a reduction of £11 million in the budget expenditure line. So, to what extent is this due to historic underspend versus the need to reprioritise funding?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 1
Thank you. Your paper confirms an ongoing allocation for HEFCW of £2 million for student mental health support. However, HEFCW’s own evidence to our inquiry on mental health support in higher education said that this funding was having to stretch to meet…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 1
Thank you, Chair, and I should have declared an interest that my husband works in higher education at Swansea University. You state, Minister, that the core funding for higher education remains in line with the previous year's indicative budgets, but…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 1
Thank you, Chair. I just wanted to ask more specifically on the funding you mentioned. I wanted to ask if you're confident that there will be sufficient investment in initial teacher training and sabbatical programmes in order to secure growth in the…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Diversity in Democracy—Survey Results
Thirty-six per cent of the councillors elected in the elections in 2022 were women—an increase of 8 per cent since 2017, but far from being where we should be in terms of equality, of course. Although two councils are equal in terms of gender balance, the…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Cost of Living
Turning now to the UK Government's energy bill support scheme, I share your concern, Minister, that BEIS's latest statistics suggest 33 per cent of the vouchers provided up until December haven't yet been redeemed. This is very concerning, because these…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Cost of Living
Thank you for the statement, Minister. I am pleased with the emphasis that you placed on the ability or lack of ability of different groups to cope with the cost-of-living crisis and increased prices. Women, of course, are one of those groups: 46 per cent is…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: NHS Winter Pressures
A constituent of mine fell and broke her ankle recently, and she lives near a large A&E unit in Morriston Hospital and a minor injuries unit in Neath Port Talbot hospital. She went to MIU, thinking that the waiting times would be less. That's something that…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Brif Weinidog. A constituent of mine from Morriston has been suffering with knee problems for 15 years, and has been waiting for five years, almost to the day, for two partial knee replacements, being in constant pain the whole time, and having had to…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
5. What is the Welsh Government doing to shorten waiting times in the health service in South Wales West? OQ58932
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Child Poverty
Diolch, Llywydd, and I want to thank all Members for their contributions to the debate this afternoon. I agree with the Minister for Social Justice that the UK Government holds key levers, not all the levers, but key levers for tackling poverty, those powers…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Child Poverty
There will be a refreshed strategy next year, but there’s no mention of targets, and, given the answer the Prif Weinidog gave yesterday to my colleague Peredur Owen Griffiths regarding the need for a child poverty strategy, I must say I’m slightly worried…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Child Poverty
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Child poverty exists in every part of Wales. It not only exists, but it stains our communities, because child poverty causes serious and lifelong harm to the outcomes of those who are our nation’s future, and the longer a child remains…
, Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report—'Gender based violence: The needs of migrant women'
The main thrust of our recommendations concerns improving support for a particular group of women, who are too often neglected and even invisible to society. I have certainly heard evidence that will stay with me forever about the experience of survivors from…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Gender-based abuse and prejudice and hatred towards women in our front-line services are totally unacceptable. These are the services that are supposed to protect us and serve the public, and they are therefore supposed to represent the very best principles…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Diolch, Weinidog. The cost-of-living crisis, high inflation and rising energy costs in particular all pose huge threats to businesses in the hospitality sector especially—a sector that employs 200,000 people in Wales. And while I welcome the inclusion of more…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
2. What support is the Welsh Government offering to businesses in South Wales West in light of the cost-of-living and cost-of-doing-business crisis? OQ58888
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Annual scrutiny of the work of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Annual scrutiny of the work of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
No, apart from health, because there are special conditions there. Apart from that, because we acknowledge those conditions, in which area of focus has there been least progress, in your view? What's the most disappointing for you, looking back?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Annual scrutiny of the work of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
Could I just ask one follow-up question, Chair? In that regard, understanding the special issues around health, in terms of those areas of focus, where would you say the least progress has been made? What's the most disappointing one for you?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Annual scrutiny of the work of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
Thank you, Chair. Considering that you have described identifying your focus areas as setting out your own well-being objectives, how would you assess your progress towards achieving them?
