, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 7
Elisa, would you like to go first? I can see your hand's up. Thank you.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 7
Thank you. I'm going to ask questions in Welsh. So, the first question: the committee has heard that employers' attitudes to disability, particularly learning disability, is a key barrier. In your view, what actions need to be taken to improve this? Elisa…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 7
Well, I was just going to start my questioning—sorry, Chair—so I'll wait for Joel to finish.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 6
Thank you very much to both of you, and thank you very much, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 6
I know, if you don't know about the report it's difficult for you to say more about it specifically. I just have one final question, if that's okay, Chair. As you've heard, we have an opportunity now to change things or to influence things, perhaps here in…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 6
Thank you very much. We have just been looking at the report from the Scottish Government, and I'm not sure if you know about this, but, just to look at that quickly, we saw that they wanted to halve the gap by 2038. I'm not sure if you know about this or…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 6
It's fine.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 6
Thank you very much. I'm aware that time is moving on, so just one or two questions on that. First of all, do you know about any best practice—best practice in the UK or internationally—that we could learn from, please?
, Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report, 'Sound the Alarm: The Governance of Fire and Rescue Services'
I would firstly like to thank the committee for their work and also Fenella Morris as well for her hard work in cataloguing the serious failings of the fire and rescue service here in Wales. For those of us on the committee, some of the evidence we heard was…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Could I just draw your attention, please, to a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for health with regard to the situation in Powys Teaching Health Board and, indeed, I'm sure other health boards as well? We're facing cuts to our services and the potential…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Just one more sentence. I'm calling on the First Minister to say that she believes that the two-child benefit cap, and the failure of the Labour Government to scrap it, is a mistake. Diolch yn fawr iawn.
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, just one more sentence.
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
You'll know that, over the past six years, we've seen a startling increase in the number of larger families who are living in relative poverty. Forty-three per cent of children in households of three or more are now at risk of relative poverty. That…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for that response.
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
5. Will the First Minister outline the Welsh Government's current strategy to reduce the number of children in relative poverty? OQ61674
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Thank you very much, and thank you, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Thank you very much. We had a brief conversation earlier, discussing the attitude and culture around people with disabilities. Do you have any view on what's happening here in Wales in terms of attitudes towards young people with disabilities? I don't know…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Thank you. Viv, do you have any comment on this?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Thank you very much. I just want to finish by asking you about best practice. In your view, what would work across Wales or across the UK? And, first of all, do you have any views or any experience of best practice across the UK, of something that works in…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
I just wanted to ask about Medr and your experience of it, and what do you think it will be able to deliver in this area. What will the best practice that will emerge be in your view? Thank you.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
I just wanted to ask a question about Medr, if I could, and I just wanted to ask both of you, if that's okay with you, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 4
Thank you very much.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 4
That's very interesting. Thank you very much. Just one further question, if that's okay. In your evidence, you mentioned Medr. Can I ask you to tell us more about, in your opinion, what role Medr will be able to play in terms of assisting in this area, please?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 4
I just wanted to follow up—. You've mentioned the sub-group that you were part of, and we know that the recommendations haven't yet been made public, but can you just tell us what advice you've provided to the employment and income sub-group? Was there…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 4
Thank you very much, and thank you very much for joining us this afternoon. Yes, I want to focus on the 'Locked Out' report and ask two questions, and then I'll have a further question on Medr. But, first of all, in your written evidence, you mentioned the…
