20 Ionawr 2025 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
Yes. This is a local issue and that's reflected in the size of the petition as well. It's also reflected in the fact that both constituency Members in both Parliaments, the UK and the Welsh Parliaments, have made representations on the issue and they've had a…
20 Ionawr 2025 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
They certainly can, and they are.
20 Ionawr 2025 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
Yes. The 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan’ was endorsed by the Senedd across all parties. The petitioner is entitled to have a different point of view, but we're not going to change Government policy or the view of the Senedd on this. I disagree in strong terms…
20 Ionawr 2025 , Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
'Eynon', that's how he pronounces it.
20 Ionawr 2025 , Petitions Committee
Cyflwyniad, ymddiheuriadau, dirprwyon a datgan buddiannau
I should draw people's attention to both item 2.2—I don't think I have a declaration of interest, but the petitioner, I think, is talking about me in part of it—but also, when we come on to discuss the potential harm from COVID vaccines, of course, I was the…
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thank you.
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Picking up on something you said there about how busy the system was and your previous comments about lots of reform in the system and going back to priorities, I’m just trying to understand whether the approach you’re taking is about slimming down…
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
I could carry on, Chair, but I know there are other Members who might want to ask questions.
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Some interesting views. We haven't discussed as a committee moving spend out of the education MEG, but we'll consider that, and your answer as well. I just want to say that the point made that the lack of school essentials drives non-attendance—I'm not sure…
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Great.
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
On the OECD and PISA, I've never been clear about how much they value learner well-being in their assessments, and whether they have a proper feel for that, and best practice in that, because that underpins the ability to learn in lots of communities…
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Chair, did you want to bring someone else in before I move to question 4?
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Just on the priorities, there are always difficult choices to make, and I recognise the point you're making about the fact that you can't undo 14 years of reducing budgets in one year, but I'm interested in whether you still have to make savings. This is…
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Attendance, attainment and ALN, and how you see those three. But then there was the point around whether you think—. If you had more, where would that go? There's something about understanding what you can do with the money that you've got, and all of us can…
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Okay. I'm sure that there will be more questions later on about how local government money can be used, as well as more questions about post-16. As you know, the committee is looking forward to doing an inquiry on FE participation, so we look forward to…
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
I just want to clarify one thing there on what you said about the in-year money. So, some of that is one-off money, but I just want to confirm whether that in-year money changes the baseline or not, just for clarity's sake. And then I have a particular point…
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thank you for a broad and comprehensive answer about your approach. I think the case has moved from a cash-flat situation—there’s then an increase in the overall budget following a change in a UK Government event, and you then make a case for how to spend…
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thank you, Cadeirydd. Bore da, Ms Neagle and Ms Howells. Bore da, bawb. Good to see you. I'm going to start with some questions about your general approach to setting the budget. The revenue budget in the draft budget increases education by £84 million…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a Chynllunio
Diolch, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet. Fel y nodwch, mae Cymru eisoes yn gwneud yn well na'r disgwyl mewn gwyddorau bywyd, gyda sector sy'n cynhyrchu dros £2.8 biliwn o werth i economi Cymru, ac sy'n cyflogi ymhell dros 12,500 o bobl. Rydym yn cael ein cydnabod yn…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a Chynllunio
5. A wnaiff yr Ysgrifennydd Cabinet ddatganiad am y potensial ar gyfer mwy o fuddsoddiad yn y gwyddorau bywyd yng Nghymru? OQ62104
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Arolygiaeth Gofal Cymru: Sesiwn graffu flynyddol
Thank you.
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Arolygiaeth Gofal Cymru: Sesiwn graffu flynyddol
I think it is really interesting that you can have children's care homes that are being deregistered through enforcement and it doesn't have the same focus as an HIW notice in the public domain where there's a patient safety issue, but the risk for those…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Arolygiaeth Gofal Cymru: Sesiwn graffu flynyddol
—because bearing in mind you said you wouldn't have done six visits per home in that time frame.
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Arolygiaeth Gofal Cymru: Sesiwn graffu flynyddol
Okay, that's really helpful in terms of understanding the process you run through, but also the issues and what improvement can look like and time frames. I'm trying to understand: so, in that, there's the point about safety and the risk in that as well as…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Arolygiaeth Gofal Cymru: Sesiwn graffu flynyddol
So, you also set out that it was primarily about leadership and management or care and support. So, I’m interested in if you’ve got examples of the sorts of issues that you identify in those areas and then what you do in terms of a follow-up process to make…
