, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
Just on a very specific point, do you think that a particular age or school year should be specified on the face of the Bill as to when the entitlement should take place or do you think it should be left open to teaching professionals and parents, and indeed…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
Thanks, Chair. Thanks to everybody for attending today. Just regarding the Bill, a little bit further I'm going to probe. Residential outdoor education isn't actually defined on the face of the Bill. What's your view on this? Does it, or could it, lead to an…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
Thank you. It's just in regard to regional placements. Does the work across regions extend to, in certain areas, cross-border collaboration? I'm thinking that a child that might be taken into care in Boundary Lane in Saltney Ferry, Flintshire, may have family…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
Thank you, Albert. Sorry, Chair, can I just ask one really brief question?
, 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
And just one final question, if I may, Chair, and it's in regard to the £29 million remaining funding for eliminating profit from the system. Is that being allocated to the 22 local authorities individually, or is it being allocated on a regional basis? If…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
Thank you. Just some final questions regarding the flagship programme by the Government seeking to eliminate profit from the system. ADSS Cymru and also the WLGA claim that the commitment to eliminate private profit from the care of looked-after children is…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
Not at all.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
Thank you. Your written evidence states that £2.9 million will be spent in the final year of the sustainable social services grant scheme, and much of this relates to services that prevent children from entering into the care system in the first place. Are…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
Thanks, Chair. Thanks, Ministers. I'd like to ask some questions about the social care workforce for children, if I may. So, the question is specific for Julie Morgan. The Welsh Local Government Association and Barnardo's have both raised concerns about…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister. Over Christmas, I was sent a link by a constituent to a news item on an American platform purporting to be a news provider, which claimed that the Welsh Government was using 14-year-old schoolgirls to attract military-age men from…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
2. Will the First Minister make a statement on the threat to Welsh democracy posed by the sharing of misinformation online? OQ60488
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
Excellent. Thank you. Thanks, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
Brilliant. Thank you. And is there anything else that you'd like in the Bill or, indeed, would you like any elements to be amended?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
Yes. Do you think that it should take place at a certain age? Based on Estyn's extensive experience, do you think that there's a right approach or is it better to undertake residential visits dependent on the situation, dependent on the school, dependent on…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
Yes, thanks, Chair. Just to expand on your views on the Bill, residential outdoor education isn’t actually defined in it. Do you think that the lack of a definition could result in an inconsistency across schools?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2022-2023
Thank you. Thanks, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2022-2023
Thank you. The report does, of course, recommend that the Welsh Government should develop a national strategy for vocational education, and that you should renew your approach to sector reviews so that that work is aligned to that recommendation to the Welsh…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2022-2023
Excellent. Thanks. Just moving on to the review conducted by Sharron Lusher, what's your initial response to the recommendations specific to Qualifications Wales?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2022-2023
Thanks, Chair. I've found this really, really interesting so far, so thanks for the evidence that you've been able to provide. I was just hoping to ask a few questions about reform of vocational qualifications. You're expecting to publish findings of the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
Well, can I thank Mike Hedges and say that's a superb suggestion that I think I should take back to the next Commission meeting? I'd have no objection whatsoever; I think that would certainly help in terms of scrutiny and transparency, and so I'll raise that…
, Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
I'd very much agree with the Member. This is something that I know Jack Sargeant has taken up on several occasions as well, and I've had many discussions with Jack. I have to say and put on record my thanks to my colleague and friend Mike Hedges, who has been…
, Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
Well, can I thank Delyth Jewell for the question? It's an excellent question. There are actually three pension schemes connected with the Senedd. There's the civil service pension scheme, which is available to Commission staff, and that's an unfunded scheme…
, Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
We're absolutely committed to remaining a real living wage employer and to ensuring that we support all staff, whether it's support staff or Commission staff, as best we can, and that we remunerate them correctly and appropriately. And, as I said, the…
