23 Medi 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Thank you, Minister. Can I just ask whether you believe that deeper reforms are needed to achieve parity of esteem between vocational and academic routes, and what those might be?
23 Medi 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Thank you, James. Laura.
23 Medi 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
You're okay, James, actually. We've got—
23 Medi 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Just to let you know, Minister, the committee will be writing to you in the next day or so, so you will receive a letter from us. We would appreciate a quick response, a speedy response if possible. But just to let you know we shall be writing to you. James…
23 Medi 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Siân, did you want to come in on that point?
23 Medi 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Thank you, Minister. Moving on to James Evans, who's got the last section of questions for us—James.
23 Medi 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Thank you for that. I think committee members would be very grateful to you for doing that and keeping us informed of the progress on it. Just finally from me, can you set out the Welsh Government's assessment of the impact of the end of EU funding on the…
23 Medi 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Okay, thank you, Minister. That's very helpful. The independent panel report to the review of post-18 education, conducted by the UK Government, recommended reducing fee levels and introducing some means of controlling student numbers. Has the Welsh…
23 Medi 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Thank you, Laura. Thank you, Minister. Just moving on to further education pay, can you set out the basis for the figure of £1.5 million provided to the further education sector to meet the latest pay award?
23 Medi 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Laura, did you want to come back in on some of those questions?
23 Medi 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Thank you, Buffy, and thank you, Minister. We'll now move on to Siân Gwenllian, and we're going to talk about post-16 education.
23 Medi 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Yes, no, very grateful for that. I think we all, Members and the Minister, appreciate there's a lot to go through here, but the briefer we can be, the more we can get through. Buffy.
23 Medi 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Thank you, Minister. We'll now move on with Buffy Williams. Buffy.
23 Medi 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Okay. Minister.
23 Medi 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Thank you, and I'll bring Laura in now—briefly, if you can, Laura.
23 Medi 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Thank you, Siân. We're very tight on time, so I really think we're going to have to keep going, because there are very important issues to discuss and we won’t get very far otherwise. So, I’m going to bring in Ken Skates.
23 Medi 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Okay. Thank you, Minister. I'll just bring Siân Gwenllian in now.
23 Medi 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Thank you, Minister. Just to clarify one of the points coming from your answer, really, are schools within their rights to advise parents to keep children home if there is a positive case in their household?
23 Medi 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Does the Minister want to come in?
23 Medi 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Sesiwn graffu gyffredinol gyda Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
We now move on to item 6 on our agenda, which is the general scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language. I'd like to welcome the Minister Jeremy Miles, Minister for Education and Welsh Language, and his officials, Owain Lloyd…
23 Medi 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cynnig o dan Reol Sefydlog 17.42(ix) i benderfynu gwahardd y cyhoedd o'r cyfarfod ar gyfer eitemau 4 a 5 ar yr agenda
Item 3 is a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting. I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, that the committee resolves to meet in private for agenda items 4 and 5. Are Members content? Yes, all Members…
23 Medi 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Papurau i'w nodi
The first item on the agenda is papers to note. As there are a large number of papers to note, I suggest that they're all noted together. Are Members content with this? Yes, I see that Members are content with that.
23 Medi 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyflwyniad, ymddiheuriadau, dirprwyon a datgan buddiannau
I wish to welcome Members to the first meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee of the autumn term. The public items of this meeting are being broadcast live on Senedd.tv, with all participants joining via video-conference. A Record of…
23 Medi 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyflwyniad, ymddiheuriadau, dirprwyon a datgan buddiannau
Bore da. Hoffwn groesawu Aelodau i gyfarfod cyntaf tymor yr hydref o'r Pwyllgor Plant, Pobl Ifanc ac Addysg.
21 Medi 2021 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i'r Prif Weinidog
Diolch am yr ateb yna, Prif Weinidog. Mae effaith y pandemig ar ddysgwyr yng Nghymru wedi bod yn ddigynsail. Mae disgyblion wedi wynebu trafferthion enfawr ac mae llawer wedi gweld tarfu ar eu cynlluniau mwyaf trwyadl a'u llwybrau gyrfaol heb unrhyw fai arnyn…