, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
Welcome back to the Children, Young People, and Education Committee. We're moving on to item 5, which is our work on an evidence session on the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill. This is our third evidence session. We have a large panel this…
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the next item
We'll now move on to the next item on the agenda, which is to move into private session. So, I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, that the committee resolves to meet in private for the next item. Are Members content? I can see that all Members…
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Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2020-2021
Thank you. And that's the end of our session. Thank you both very much for joining us today. It was a very interesting session. If there are any further questions we have as a committee, we will write to you. But there’s certainly much for the committee to…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2020-2021
Thank you, David, and thank you, Buffy. Moving on to some questions now finally from Ken Skates. Ken.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2020-2021
Thank you. Buffy.
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Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2020-2021
Yes, David.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2020-2021
Thank you. We'll now move on to questions from Buffy Williams. Buffy.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2020-2021
Thank you, James. Moving on to some questions now from Siân Gwenllian.
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Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2020-2021
Philip.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2020-2021
Thank you. We've got James Evans now, who has some important questions around communication and public confidence. James.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2020-2021
Thank you; thank you for that. Just to clarify, how will you balance fairness to the cohorts of learners who've undertaken those qualifications pre pandemic, during the pandemic and post pandemic?
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Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2020-2021
Philip.
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Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2020-2021
Thank you. Thank you for that answer, Philip. Siân Gwenllian.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2020-2021
Diolch yn fawr. You mentioned one lesson perhaps that could be learnt. Are there any other lessons that you could learn and particularly in the way that it will form any contingency planning for anything that happens in 2022 perhaps if exams don't take place?
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Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2020-2021
Of course.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2020-2021
So, as we move on to the first item on our agenda—it's the scrutiny of Qualifications Wales's annual report 2020-21—I'd like to welcome David Jones, chair of Qualifications Wales, and Philip Blaker, chief executive of Qualifications Wales. Welcome, both. It's…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
I'd like to welcome Members to the meeting of the Children, Young People, and Education Committee. The public items of this meeting are being broadcast live on Senedd.tv, with some participants joining via video-conference. The Record of Proceedings will be…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome to this meeting of the Children, Young People, and Education Committee today.
, Plenary
Short Debate: Drug policy in Wales and the UK: Starting a national conversation
The Kaleidoscope project, based in my constituency, has been operating in the UK since 1968. They're a charity methadone drug clinic that provides help and support clinics for alcohol abuse, drug abuse and drug addiction. When speaking with the director…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Drug policy in Wales and the UK: Starting a national conversation
In a period where the phrase 'listen to the science' has taken on a greater resonance than at any point in history, perhaps it's appropriate to look again at what scientific research is heading. For example, some cutting-edge contemporary research is being…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Drug policy in Wales and the UK: Starting a national conversation
Diolch, Llywydd. I've agreed to give James Evans and Peredur Owen Griffiths each a minute in this debate. 2021 marks 50 years since the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 was passed in the UK Parliament. While that policy was designed to prevent drug use and reduce…
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Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Prif Weinidog. In a recently published report, Carers UK found that 36 per cent of carers in Wales said that they were struggling to make ends meet; 34 per cent wrote that their mental health was bad or very bad; and 36 per cent reported that they are…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
7. How will the Welsh Government support unpaid carers this winter? OQ57259
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting
And I now propose for the next item on the agenda, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, that the committee resolves to meet in private for the remainder of this meeting. Are all Members content? I see Members are content. We'll move into private.
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Papers to note
We'll now move on to the next item on our agenda, which is papers to note. So, the papers to note are set out on the agenda and in the meeting papers. Are Members content to note those papers? I can see Members are content.
