18 Medi 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Sesiwn graffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog
Thank you, Cadeirydd. First Minister, on that point, I do tend to agree that, where it is prudent to use the UK Government to legislate on areas of shared interests, that's probably the best way of doing it, but I'm just interested when you talk about certain…
18 Medi 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Sesiwn graffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog
Diolch, Cadeirydd.
18 Medi 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Sesiwn graffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog
You said there about codifying it, First Minister. Something that perhaps I might actually be keen on as well is codifying the Sewel convention. I was just interested in what representations you're then making to your own colleagues in Westminster, so that if…
18 Medi 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Sesiwn graffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog
Okay. Since 2021, First Minister, the UK Parliament has passed legislation on nine separate occasions despite the Senedd withholding its consent. You say that the Welsh Government and you haven't been persuaded yet to use the dispute process, but do you not…
18 Medi 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Sesiwn graffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Prynhawn da, Prif Weinidog, and I am sorry I cannot be there in person today. One of the important parts of the inter-governmental relations is the disputes resolution process, and the Welsh Government has said in the past it stands ready…
14 Medi 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwasanaethau i blant sydd â phrofiad o ofal: trafod diwygio radical - sesiwn graffu ar waith y Gweinidog
How? It's the 'how' here, isn't it? It is going up. Legislation has been in place before. It hasn't worked. I want to know how we're going to stop placing care leavers in B&B. You say the White Paper's coming, but I'd be very interested to know how that's…
14 Medi 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwasanaethau i blant sydd â phrofiad o ofal: trafod diwygio radical - sesiwn graffu ar waith y Gweinidog
Thank you. I've got one final question, Deputy Minister. In the corporate parenting pledges, it says, 'prepare you for leaving care and supporting you thrive independently'. But new homeless figures that were published on 5 September show a big rise in care…
14 Medi 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwasanaethau i blant sydd â phrofiad o ofal: trafod diwygio radical - sesiwn graffu ar waith y Gweinidog
Thank you. Moving on, Deputy Minister, you mentioned earlier corporate parenting and the corporate parenting charter, which I have a copy of here. The Government rejected calls from the committee for stronger legislation to give care-experienced children very…
14 Medi 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwasanaethau i blant sydd â phrofiad o ofal: trafod diwygio radical - sesiwn graffu ar waith y Gweinidog
Thanks, Chair. I just want to move on to kinship care, if that's okay. The charity Kinship says that 9,500 children in Wales are living in kinship care and that most families do not receive any financial, practical or emotional support. Will the Welsh…
14 Medi 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwasanaethau i blant sydd â phrofiad o ofal: trafod diwygio radical - sesiwn graffu ar waith y Gweinidog
Exactly. It's a thread that runs through things—
14 Medi 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwasanaethau i blant sydd â phrofiad o ofal: trafod diwygio radical - sesiwn graffu ar waith y Gweinidog
If local authorities aren’t offering advocacy, it’d be interesting to know what powers the Welsh Government has, then, as you say, under the current legislation, to go in and say, ‘Right. You’re not doing this. You must do this. How are you going to do it?’…
14 Medi 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwasanaethau i blant sydd â phrofiad o ofal: trafod diwygio radical - sesiwn graffu ar waith y Gweinidog
I'm sorry to interrupt, but how do you make them accountable without the legislation there?
14 Medi 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwasanaethau i blant sydd â phrofiad o ofal: trafod diwygio radical - sesiwn graffu ar waith y Gweinidog
Thank you. About the opt-out advocacy model—that's something the committee was very keen on. The Welsh Government rejected that outright—the opt-out model of independent advocacy for residential visiting advocacy. Yet that recommendation came directly from…
14 Medi 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwasanaethau i blant sydd â phrofiad o ofal: trafod diwygio radical - sesiwn graffu ar waith y Gweinidog
So, how is the Government going to monitor this to make sure that those parents are getting the support and advocacy that they want? Because it's very good saying, 'We're going to have a framework', but if it's not being monitored properly, some places might…
14 Medi 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwasanaethau i blant sydd â phrofiad o ofal: trafod diwygio radical - sesiwn graffu ar waith y Gweinidog
Okay, that's quite positive to hear, actually, because we hear all of the doom and gloom, and listing things that are doing great work that you do worry could disappear. I do want to talk about advocacy for parents. Now, the Government rejected our calls for…
14 Medi 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwasanaethau i blant sydd â phrofiad o ofal: trafod diwygio radical - sesiwn graffu ar waith y Gweinidog
Okay, that's fine.
14 Medi 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwasanaethau i blant sydd â phrofiad o ofal: trafod diwygio radical - sesiwn graffu ar waith y Gweinidog
But is it being looked at now?
14 Medi 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwasanaethau i blant sydd â phrofiad o ofal: trafod diwygio radical - sesiwn graffu ar waith y Gweinidog
So, just for clarity around that, when the First Minister asked departments to look for savings, is this one of the areas that is being looked at as a potential saving or is it on the backburner until the evaluation is done?
14 Medi 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwasanaethau i blant sydd â phrofiad o ofal: trafod diwygio radical - sesiwn graffu ar waith y Gweinidog
Thank you, Deputy Minister. At the start, you outlined the financial challenges facing the Welsh Government, and I think we can all respect that. The Welsh Government have said that they have got long-term funding commitments for the family drug and alcohol…
14 Medi 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwasanaethau i blant sydd â phrofiad o ofal: trafod diwygio radical - sesiwn graffu ar waith y Gweinidog
No. Mine was actually on that. We made the comparison between nurses. The nursing staffing levels were brought in by my predecessor, Kirsty Williams, around risk. When nurses have too much on, there is risk, and, when social workers have too big a case load…
14 Medi 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwasanaethau i blant sydd â phrofiad o ofal: trafod diwygio radical - sesiwn graffu ar waith y Gweinidog
I agree, Minister, but other Ministers have brought forward legislation that wasn't in the programme by an expedited process. So, if Government wants to move, it can move. But I'm just interested in: is it because we don't have the physical lawyers sat in…
14 Medi 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwasanaethau i blant sydd â phrofiad o ofal: trafod diwygio radical - sesiwn graffu ar waith y Gweinidog
But you can bring legislation forward by expedited processes—
14 Medi 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwasanaethau i blant sydd â phrofiad o ofal: trafod diwygio radical - sesiwn graffu ar waith y Gweinidog
It was just on this point. So, Minister, there are obviously parts, as you said, that need legislation. So, are you basically saying there is not enough resource within the Welsh Government to deliver this legislation that's needed?
12 Gorffennaf 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl Fer: Pwysigrwydd holl Aelodau'r Senedd yn dysgu CPR
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12 Gorffennaf 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
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Mae'n dda clywed yr ymateb hwnnw gan y Llywodraeth, gan nad oedd yr ymateb a gawsom yn nodi hynny. Felly, mae'n dda, Lynne, eich bod wedi gallu egluro hynny fel Gweinidog y Llywodraeth. Ond un peth roeddem hefyd yn dymuno ei weld oedd cymorth eiriolaeth yn…
