, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
Sorry, Chair, Amanda wants to come in.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
Thank you, Chair. I have one question regarding Welsh-medium provision. The Bill has some carve-outs for Welsh Ministers in relation to Welsh-medium provision, including more powers to fund and direct Welsh-medium provision. I'd like to know what your views…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
Thank you. The final question from me, and it refers, in a way, to what you've just mentioned, Amanda. Do you have any specific concerns regarding Welsh Ministers and commission powers and their compatibility with charity law?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
That leads on to the next question, to ask your view on restating the power for Welsh Ministers to dissolve a higher education corporation, and the rationale for restating it. Do you have any views on that? Maxine.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
Thank you. Anybody else? Louise, you'd like to come in on that, would you?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
Thank you. I want to return now to that theme of an arm's-length body. HEFCW have told us that there is an underlying theme in the legislation that the Welsh Government, perhaps, isn't promoting sufficiently this concept of an arm's-length body. To what…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
Thank you. Could I just ask the three of you, perhaps specifically Elizabeth—? You mentioned research there; do you think research should be one of the legal duties, one of the nine duties? Because it's not. Funding research, that is. Because it's not, you're…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
Thank you, Chair, and good morning, all. My questions relate to the powers of Welsh Ministers and the commission. Therefore, I would like to ask you to what extent the Bill protects institutional autonomy and academic freedom. What changes do you think are…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: International Day of Disabled People
Thank you to the Minister for the statement. We are glad of the stated determination to tackle the inequity faced by disabled people in Wales that's included in the co-operation agreement with Plaid Cymru. One of my close family members is disabled, so I know…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
Minister, it's crucial now that the difficulties that I'm sure we, as Members, have all heard of in terms of getting the booster and these concerns that we've discussed this afternoon are resolved. A constituent of mine in her late seventies suffers from a…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister. I'd like to congratulate Plaid Cymru and the Welsh Government for drawing up an innovative and comprehensive co-operation agreement, which will make a positive difference to the lives of the people of Wales, in terms of tackling…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
2. Will the First Minister make a statement on the Government's strategy to eradicate child poverty? OQ57286
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—scrutiny session
Thank you very much. Thank you, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—scrutiny session
Thank you, yes, and in terms of making the language less complicated—. We've heard a lot in the sessions over recent weeks, but also this morning, about the lack of provision for people from ethnic minorities and so maybe we need more of a focus on the…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—scrutiny session
Thank you, Chair. I want to pick up on making every effort to ensure that everyone who is entitled to this provision can attend those sessions, because another thing we've heard about is not a lack of information, but that the information is difficult for…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—scrutiny session
Thank you, Minister. That's interesting because the children's commissioner has just quoted us a figure saying that in the data that they had, 58 per cent of people who had responded said that there was no impact at all on their employment, so evidently…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—scrutiny session
Thank you, Chair. Good afternoon to you all. I'm going to ask some questions to start about the effectiveness of current Welsh Government-funded childcare provision in Wales. I want to ask to what extent you think that Welsh Government-funded childcare…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session
Yes, thank you, Chair. I have a couple of questions looking at childcare for school-age children. So, moving away from the childcare offer at present and Flying Start, I wanted to ask you about that. Could you give your view about what are the main steps that…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Diolch. I'm sure the Minister remembers the powerful testimony we had, and the important points made here in the Chamber recently, in the debate held on the prevention of spiking. What progress has been made, and what are the next steps for the Government…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you, Minister. The relationships and sexuality education duty in the new curriculum should provide high-quality education through a whole-education approach to eradicating violence against women. So, could the Minister outline how the new curriculum…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Diolch, Llywydd. As we've heard, tomorrow will mark this year's White Ribbon Day, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the launch of 16 days of activism that aims to prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: The Welsh Language Communities Housing Plan
I'm seeking some clarity, Minister. You mentioned in the statement that—one of the things you listed was new ways of raising awareness of Welsh language place names and promoting them. Now, raising awareness, not safeguarding. But, I note in the English…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 2
Thank you. What are your views, therefore, on the general approach that the Bill adopts in relation to Welsh-medium provision?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 2
Thank you very much. Well, once again, you have answered the following question that I had, about the learner protection plan. So, thank you for answering several points in one answer there. Moving on now to Welsh-medium provision, the Bill appears to allow…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 2
Thank you, Chair. I want to talk a little now about the learner voice to start. In your view, to what extent will the provisions in the Bill create a more learner-focused system?
