, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
It's in Lynne's, but I'd like to get your views on that, if that's okay, because it directly impacts upon learner well-being in schools, with pupils being kept safe online, with regard to safe relationships, and substance misuse as well. There has been a…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
Diolch, Chair. Minister, I want to ask specifically about an area that I'm not sure is in your portfolio or the health portfolio. We've done a bit of research and can't find where the funding comes from for the Wales police schools programme.
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Winter pressures in healthcare
I'd like to thank you for your statement this afternoon, Minister. As you're well aware, our GP practices are under huge pressure this winter with the increased demand on their services. I've been contacted by a large number of constituents concerned about…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, as you and Cefin Campbell alluded to, the Welsh Government have had a number of campaigns to highlight the support that the Welsh Government is giving in regard to cost-of-living payments, whether that's on tv, radio or social media. But First…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
No. I might dispute one of the claims that was made about outdoor sports being white and male. I see a lot of ladies who actually do outdoor education. My local centre has actually got more females working for it than males, so it's a great leveller. But I…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
Ioan—in Welsh?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
Thank you, Cadeirydd. I think we've covered quite a lot, as we've actually gone through evidence taken. I was going to ask a question about barriers, about people taking up, with costs and different things, but you've covered that in a lot of your evidence…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
I hoped that might generate some discussion.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
I appreciate your concern about the cost of this Bill, but the Welsh Government talk a lot about prevention: prevention work with regard to mental health, the whole-school approach, about getting young people active and healthy, getting them outside to reduce…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
—from being out in the open air, in the environment. So, as you say, pupils who aren't engaged with the curriculum—. To be honest, I didn't like the curriculum very much when I was in school and how I ever ended up here is a godsend, really, but I wanted to…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
I totally agree with you. I think those young people benefit the most, especially those with mental health conditions—
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
I've got one more question, and this is an important part of this piece of legislation as well. How do we make sure this Bill delivers for all learners, not just able learners, but those learners who are disabled, who have mental health problems? I want to…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
A number of parents and children, as we've just talked about, will find that financial constraints could be a barrier. It gives them some anxiety as well. You said it's a bit like keeping up with the Joneses, and people think you have to have a North Face…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
There has been talk that the pupil development grant or the school essentials grant could cover some of those costs. Would you have concerns about some of that money being used to fill those gaps?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Thank you very much for coming today. I want to move on to barriers for people accessing outdoor education. We've heard mixed evidence while we've been taking initial thoughts on this Bill from different stakeholders, and some of the…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
Lovely. My final question will probably be to the Deputy Minister for Mental Health, and it's about mental health being a cross-Government priority. Every time we have the budget come through we have a number of impact assessments that come through on…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
—and that sits with your budget, the assessment side of it. We don't want to see a generation of young people waiting for assessment and then actually leaving education, and having damaged life chances, when they probably could have got the support they…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
And it would be really useful to understand that, because one budget helps another, doesn't it—
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
Yes, just two final questions from me. One is to the Deputy Minister, to Julie. It's on additional learning needs, Minister. We do still have a backlog of people waiting for their ALN assessments here in Wales, and that sits in the health budget, but we do…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
Since Rhun has talked about public health, an area of public health that I take interest in is sexual health support for young people, and my question is probably directed to the Minister; I know the Deputy Minister doesn't cover this area. I'm just…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
Thank you. My final question, Cadeirydd, if that's okay with you, is on suicide prevention, Minister. We talked about prevention early on, but suicide prevention is really important. I know it's a very key area that you focus on a lot in Government, and I'm…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
I don't disagree with you, and that's why the whole-school approach is very important, to make sure that we actually don't have people going into those primary services, because, as we say, prevention is better than curing people. One area that I want to…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
Thank you for that, Deputy Minister. I want to move on to mental health demand now, if that's okay. I'm interested to know what you expect the current demand is going to be, and going forward, for children and young people accessing mental health provision…
