29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay. Thank you. You referred to the race equality action plan in your earlier remarks and that that was an important part of the landscape of improving the diversity of the workforce, but an earlier witness, Shavanah Taj from the Wales TUC, was very…
29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay. There are just a couple of other things I just wanted to pick up. One is: I know that the children's commissioner was extremely unhappy that there wasn't a due regard review given to children’s rights when looking at childcare, and I wondered, as you’re…
29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
Very good. And Jane Dodds.
29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
Ken.
29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
You're fine—go ahead.
29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you. We need to move on; we've only got 10 minutes left. So, short questions and short answers, please. Altaf. You're on mute. No, you're not any longer.
29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay. Back to Sarah.
29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
Sorry, I beg your pardon. I do apologise. I put you on the spot; I thought then you were raising your hand.
29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
Minister, Nicola Edwards wanted to come in.
29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
Sarah, before you go on, I think Altaf just wanted to come in.
29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay. Thank you very much. Could I now ask Sarah Murphy to come in with her questions?
29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay. Thank you very much. Finally, Deputy Minister, I just wondered if you agree that a childcare system based on progressive universalism is eventually going to lead to a universal system of childcare for all.
29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
At what point might you be able to give us a note on what childcare is funded by the UK Government? Because I have to say, that was news to me.
29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
The Deputy Minister said the fine detail of the agreement with Plaid Cymru hasn't been worked out yet, so I'm pursuing the matter of what's already in the programme for government on which the Welsh Government was elected. How are you pursuing that? I…
29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay. We've got a reasonably good idea of where the gaps are, because a lot of people have done an analysis of this, and it's mainly in the areas of deprivation where, obviously, people need to improve their skills in order to get a better job and then be…
29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
Can I just come back to something that isn't in the Plaid-Labour agreement? The programme for government commits to fund childcare for three and four-year-olds whose parents are in education and training as well as those in work, and I wondered if you could…
29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay. Altaf Hussain wanted to come in.
29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
One of the issues that has been raised is that if you haven't got the childcare on the same site as the wraparound provision, you're moving children around from pillar to post, and particularly for children with additional learning needs. At what point do you…
29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
I appreciate that the particulars of containing COVID require particular public health provisions, but, leaving that to one side at the moment, how are we going to expand childcare at the rate required unless we move from simply encouraging schools to…
29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay. I think one of the big issues that has come up in our earlier scrutiny sessions has been the lack of co-operation from some schools—that they're simply not allowing childcare providers to operate in schools, for example in the school holidays, or not…
29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
Very good. I understand we can only deliver what we can deliver, but I just want to put to you the scenario raised by Rachel Thomas, the head of policy in the office of the children's commissioner, earlier this afternoon, when she says that if we're going to…
29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you. Deputy Minister, I just want to welcome the agreement between Plaid Cymru and Welsh Labour to expand childcare to two-year-olds, which has been announced since we started this inquiry, but clearly I think that's welcomed by all Members. Could you…
29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you very much indeed. Sioned, back to you.
29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay. So, are you able to send us a breakdown of the numbers of two-year-olds who are attending full time, as opposed to those who are attending infrequently?
29 Tachwedd 2021 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gofal plant a chyflogaeth rhieni—sesiwn dystiolaeth
Sioned, before you move on to another subject, I just wanted to ask Julie Morgan if you could just explain something in your written evidence, which is that those who attend the Flying Start provision meet the expected outcomes in all areas of learning, but…
