, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 6
It's just on the disparity of the care and level of service across Wales. Whose job do you think it is to try and get more uniformity? Do you think Care Inspectorate Wales have got a role to play here? The Welsh Local Government Association—have they got a…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 6
Are there any other comments on that? If not, it's fine. I'm done. Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 6
I've got one question. I had some questions on the previous point but I think we need to move on in the interest of time. We've been told by birth parents aged 18 and under that as soon as they have their child, even if they're on a care order, the local…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2021-22
Good job. Thank you. Cheers, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2021-22
And are you getting anywhere? That's the question. [Laughter.]
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2021-22
And are local authorities and Careers Wales keeping you in the loop about what work and how conversations are going?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2021-22
Yes, I think that would be really, really good for us, to have that information. Good. I just want to move on to my final question now. You highlighted the valuable role that Careers Wales play currently in assessing the needs of post-16 learners and…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2021-22
Are you going to do further work in this area, though, to make sure the bar hasn’t been raised?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2021-22
Can I interrupt there? You said there’s not an absolute raising of the bar. So does that mean—?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2021-22
Okay, thank you. Because there has been a reduction in the numbers of children who are recognised as having SEN or ALN over the past year. Has Estyn recognised any raising of the bar in terms of applying the definition? And have you also identified or…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2021-22
I was actually going to touch then, as you said about understanding—. Do you think all the teachers have fully grasped the principle that ALN is the responsibility of all teachers and not just the additional learning needs co-ordinators?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2021-22
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I want to talk about additional learning needs reform, at the minute, so can you tell me how schools are coping with implementing the new additional learning needs reform system, and what are the challenges in operating both the new ALN…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care-experienced children: exploring radical reform—evidence session 4
Yes, thank you, Chair. More of a general question for the panel now. We've heard extensive evidence about the huge disruption and upset for children when they face frequent changes to social workers. I've heard of 10 social workers up to 16 social workers in…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care-experienced children: exploring radical reform—evidence session 4
Okay. Thanks for that.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care-experienced children: exploring radical reform—evidence session 4
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Cadeirydd. I've got one question for NYAS, if that's okay. In calls for written evidence to Welsh Government, you asked for a complete ban on all forms of unregulated accommodation, guaranteeing that children in care are cared for where…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care-experienced children: exploring radical reform—evidence session 3
Mine was actually on the education point, and I've raised this a couple of times now in other evidence sessions. Do you think there needs to be a change in how universities actually deliver social work qualifications? Because I've got friends who've gone…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care-experienced children: exploring radical reform—evidence session 3
That's very good and leads on to my next question there, because we've heard from young people about the changes in social workers—10 social workers in a year, 16 social workers in a year—and that has a huge, huge impact on those young people. I know that…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care-experienced children: exploring radical reform—evidence session 3
You're never quite sure here who's going to mute you or unmute you, sometimes. I am looking at my other screen, I am Chair, because I can't look at the small screen, my eyes go funny. Thank you. We've heard of the huge disruption and upset that children and…
, Plenary
Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Interim Report of the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales
Diolch, Llywydd. I'd like to thank the Minister for his statement from the commission, or as I like to call it the independent commission for independence sympathisers, judging by who the commissioners are. I've never read, I don't think, such a biased…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you very much for that, Deputy Minister. After meeting with charities, a lot of them have told me about data not being regularly available, and that one way we could strengthen this area is by relooking at the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 to make…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you, Deputy Minister. Having access to information is important, as you've just realised, for the people we serve, and it also shines a light on the performance of the Welsh Government and health boards. For example, information that was only received…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Diolch, Llywydd. Deputy Minister, do you agree with me that having public access to mental health data on all mental health conditions is vital to improving mental health services across Wales?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
But on my one point, though, what I'm trying to get to is—. I want to see it succeed, Peter, I really do, but we live in an area where the Minister obviously doesn't look like she's going to support this, and you said the main element is she doesn't support…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
You know my view on commissions and commissioners, Peter; I think we've got enough Government quangos telling them what they want to hear. I'll be honest, I think we've got enough of those and I don't think they deliver for the people of Wales. That's my…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Food (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
That's fine. I know others want to come in, Chair. I'll leave it there for the time being.
