25 Mai 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwrandawiad cyn-penodi Prif Weithredwr y Comisiwn Addysg Drydyddol ac Ymchwil
Just on Buffy's first question about independence from the Welsh Government, in the setting up of this commission, we had a lot of evidence from a lot of stakeholders who were very concerned about the Welsh Government's involvement and how independent the…
25 Mai 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwrandawiad cyn-penodi Prif Weithredwr y Comisiwn Addysg Drydyddol ac Ymchwil
That's what I like to hear, thank you.
25 Mai 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwrandawiad cyn-penodi Prif Weithredwr y Comisiwn Addysg Drydyddol ac Ymchwil
Yes. Just picking up a point, this is about an area that I really care about, actually on apprenticeships, and especially degree apprenticeships as well. I'm just interested in your views on this, as you're going to be leading the organisation, going forward…
25 Mai 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwrandawiad cyn-penodi Prif Weithredwr y Comisiwn Addysg Drydyddol ac Ymchwil
Diolch, Cadeirydd.
25 Mai 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwrandawiad cyn-penodi Prif Weithredwr y Comisiwn Addysg Drydyddol ac Ymchwil
Just a broader question: you will be managing post-16 education across the country, and I am interested in your personal view on what you think the biggest challenges are for education in Wales at the minute and how you think the commission can help address…
25 Mai 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwrandawiad cyn-penodi Prif Weithredwr y Comisiwn Addysg Drydyddol ac Ymchwil
Final question, if I can, Chair. On relationships, of course, you will be managing the operational side of the commission. I just wondered how you intend to work with the chair and the vice-chair of the commission as well and how you see that relationship…
25 Mai 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwrandawiad cyn-penodi Prif Weithredwr y Comisiwn Addysg Drydyddol ac Ymchwil
Good. One thing we like to know in Wales is that we’re a global country as well; we do punch above our weight around the world, and I’m just interested in how you plan to work with stakeholders outside Wales to actually push what we’re actually doing here.
25 Mai 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwrandawiad cyn-penodi Prif Weithredwr y Comisiwn Addysg Drydyddol ac Ymchwil
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Okay. The post-16 sector is very diverse, as we all know; we’ve got our universities, our colleges and others, and they are different, and they’re going to have different needs, different needs for learners, different needs for the…
25 Mai 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwrandawiad cyn-penodi Prif Weithredwr y Comisiwn Addysg Drydyddol ac Ymchwil
Yes, thank you. Good morning, Simon. I'm just interested: what changed your mind? Obviously, the post was advertised before. You didn't apply when it was first advertised. I'm just interested as to why you changed your mind and, obviously, when approached…
24 Mai 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl Fer: Coffadwriaeth barhaol i'w diweddar Fawrhydi Brenhines Elizabeth II
Hoffwn ddiolch i fy nghyfaill a fy nghyd-Aelod Tom Giffard am gyflwyno'r ddadl bwysig hon heddiw. Roedd Ei diweddar Fawrhydi y Frenhines yn unigolyn rhyfeddol, yn unigolyn eithriadol, ac ar draws y Deyrnas Unedig y ffordd rydym yn nodi pobl eithriadol yw drwy…
23 Mai 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Datganiad gan y Dirprwy Weinidog Newid Hinsawdd: Diweddariad ar Wasanaethau Bysiau
Gweinidog, diolch yn fawr iawn i chi am eich datganiad heddiw, ac, mewn sylwadau sy'n gysylltiedig â rhai Jane Dodds, mae cymunedau gwledig yn ei chael hi'n anodd iawn cael gafael ar drafnidiaeth gyhoeddus, ond, fel roeddech chi'n dweud am ardal TrawsCymru…
18 Mai 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
A yw plant a phobl ifanc anabl yn cael mynediad cyfartal at addysg a gofal plant?—sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
I've got a really, really quick question, if that's okay. You said the money and the support follow the assessment, so do you think there should be a different look at how we allocate funding, and actually we let parents and education professionals have a bit…
18 Mai 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
A yw plant a phobl ifanc anabl yn cael mynediad cyfartal at addysg a gofal plant?—sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Because what we are seeing—and you said it yourself—that attendance rates in mainstream schools for learners with ALN are low. They are lower than those for other pupils, and what I’d like to know is: what policies do you think the Welsh Government could come…
18 Mai 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
A yw plant a phobl ifanc anabl yn cael mynediad cyfartal at addysg a gofal plant?—sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Do you think parents are saying, 'Well, we’ll have to go to special schools, because we don’t think that we’ll get the assessment', or they won’t get the help or support they need if they actually stay in mainstream education? Do you think that could be a…
18 Mai 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
A yw plant a phobl ifanc anabl yn cael mynediad cyfartal at addysg a gofal plant?—sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
If I go into that a bit further: we know there are 9,000 children across Wales at the minute waiting for an autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder assessment.
18 Mai 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
A yw plant a phobl ifanc anabl yn cael mynediad cyfartal at addysg a gofal plant?—sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Diolch, Cadeirydd. You sort of mentioned this earlier following an earlier question from my colleague Ken Skates, and it’s around the amount of children with additional learning needs now going into special schools, and I was just wondering your views on why…
18 Mai 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
A yw plant a phobl ifanc anabl yn cael mynediad cyfartal at addysg a gofal plant?—sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
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18 Mai 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
A yw plant a phobl ifanc anabl yn cael mynediad cyfartal at addysg a gofal plant?—sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thank you.
18 Mai 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
A yw plant a phobl ifanc anabl yn cael mynediad cyfartal at addysg a gofal plant?—sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Just to make a point, in the part of the world that I represent, with my colleague the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee, between the two of us our constituencies are 165 miles long and there are only two settings in that whole area. It's a…
18 Mai 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
A yw plant a phobl ifanc anabl yn cael mynediad cyfartal at addysg a gofal plant?—sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
I was going to touch on the Welsh language and how it's important that everybody can access the provision that they need, and the educational provision and support that they need, through the language of their choice. But, one thing that I do just quickly…
18 Mai 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
A yw plant a phobl ifanc anabl yn cael mynediad cyfartal at addysg a gofal plant?—sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Moving on to education, it is very important that people can access the provision that they want to access, and no-one should be discriminated against because they've got a disability. To what extent do you think that children with a disability are being…
18 Mai 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
A yw plant a phobl ifanc anabl yn cael mynediad cyfartal at addysg a gofal plant?—sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Children's commissioner, parents have got to make a lot of informed choices, haven't they, about their children, and also the children themselves have got to make a lot of choices as well, and it's important that they are given the…
18 Mai 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
A yw plant a phobl ifanc anabl yn cael mynediad cyfartal at addysg a gofal plant?—sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
It's a shame that the Government don't listen to a position that they appointed you to. I think it's just a shame, really, that you're there to represent young people's voices and the Government invented the position but they don't even listen to it—I just…
18 Mai 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
A yw plant a phobl ifanc anabl yn cael mynediad cyfartal at addysg a gofal plant?—sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
It's on transport. You said you made strong recommendations to Government on this. I know others made recommendations to Government on this, and they're not listening. Why do you think that is? Why do you think Government just aren't listening to you, and…
18 Mai 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
A yw plant a phobl ifanc anabl yn cael mynediad cyfartal at addysg a gofal plant?—sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
I'll come back to it later. Thank you.
