Speeches and questions

7 October 2021, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Minister for Social Services and Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Thank you. Siân Gwenllian.

7 October 2021, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Minister for Social Services and Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Thank you. I'll just bring in Ken Skates.

7 October 2021, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Minister for Social Services and Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Can I just—? I wasn't sure if Irfon wanted to come back in. But, just to remind everyone, if you want to indicate, please just raise your hand—not a virtual hand, but your normal hand—and we'll bring you in that way. Irfon, did you want to come in initially?…

7 October 2021, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Minister for Social Services and Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing

We'll now move on to Siân Gwenllian, who's going to ask some questions around COVID recovery and access to health services. Siân.

7 October 2021, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Minister for Social Services and Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Deputy Minister.

7 October 2021, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Minister for Social Services and Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Julie—Deputy Minister.

7 October 2021, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Minister for Social Services and Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Who's taking that?

7 October 2021, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Minister for Social Services and Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Thank you. We'll now move on to questions from Buffy Williams.

7 October 2021, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Minister for Social Services and Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Thank you, Minister. Can I just go back to the initial question around the winter protection plan? Are there any plans to publish a specific children's health and care plan?

7 October 2021, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Minister for Social Services and Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Okay. To what extent has the paediatric and the wider child health workforce been restored to pre-pandemic levels?

7 October 2021, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Minister for Social Services and Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing

How confident are you that children's health services have the capacity to respond to the anticipated winter pressures, particularly the childhood respiratory infections and other childhood illnesses?

7 October 2021, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Minister for Social Services and Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Thank you, Minister. What assurances can you give the committee that resources for children's health services will be protected amidst the need to deal with the surging demand that you have just outlined to us for adult services and other escalation processes…

7 October 2021, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Minister for Social Services and Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing

And do we have Albert? I think maybe Albert—. Maybe Albert will be joining us. That is Albert Heaney, Chief Social Care Officer for Wales. Can I just remind Members and Ministers—we've got so much to get through today—to be succinct in their answers and their…

7 October 2021, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Minister for Social Services and Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Claire.

7 October 2021, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Minister for Social Services and Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Thank you. Who's next?

7 October 2021, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Minister for Social Services and Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing

The first item on our agenda is the general scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, Eluned Morgan, Deputy Minister for Social Services, Julie Morgan, and Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing, Lynne Neagle. You're all very…

7 October 2021, 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. This meeting is being held in a hybrid format, with some Members and witnesses participating virtually via video-conference. As Chair, I have agreed that James…

7 October 2021, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Good afternoon and welcome to this meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee.

29 September 2021, Plenary

90-second Statements

The Newport and Gwent Literary Club will begin their jubilee seventy-fifth season when they meet this evening. The club has been meeting monthly for dinner and a talk on a literary theme from September to May, almost without break, since just after the second…

28 September 2021, Plenary

Business Statement and Announcement

Diolch, Llywydd. Trefnydd, children's hospices in Wales provide an absolutely invaluable service to the children they care for and their families. The vast majority of the funding that children's hospices rely on comes through donations. In the spring, the…

23 September 2021, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and for items 1 to 4 at the meeting on the 7 October

The next item is item 7, which is a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting. So, I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, that the committee resolves to meet in private for agenda item 8…

23 September 2021, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

Thank you very much, Buffy, and thank you, Minister. Thank you, Minister, for coming this morning. There will be a transcript that will be sent to you, and I'm sure that for the questions that we didn't get to—because, obviously, we have a lot of questions we…

23 September 2021, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

Be brief.

23 September 2021, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

Thank you. And just to say thanks to Members and the Minister for such sharp questions and answers now, but we've caught up on time and I realise that Buffy was the star performer in stopping. I wonder if, Buffy, did you have another question that you perhaps…

23 September 2021, Children, Young People, and Education Committee

General scrutiny session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

Okay, that's really helpful. And finally from me: can you set out whether further reforms of the student finance support system are within the scope to support the take-up of lifelong learning?