, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - Evidence session 9
Apologies. Thanks, Chair. I'm going to ask some questions about impact, if I may, beginning with your views on the impact of discrimination, due to disability, on the child or young person's mental health and well-being.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - Evidence session 9
Just some questions—. Oh, sorry. Can you hear me now?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - Evidence session 8
Thank you. Thanks, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - Evidence session 8
Thanks. Just finally from me, how consistent is the application of the new ALN framework across councils in Wales, and what has been the impact of it so far in terms of improving access to education?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - Evidence session 8
Just in terms of discrimination, then, do young people and their families face direct or indirect discrimination, and what's the impact on their mental health?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - Evidence session 8
Thanks, Chair. I'm going to ask about impacts, if I may, beginning with what you believe the impacts on learners with additional needs are and, indeed, their families, of not being able to access suitable childcare provision?
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Welsh Housing Quality Standard 2023
Diolch, acting Presiding Officer. Minister, I'd like to thank you for this outstanding statement. It contains huge ambition, which is very welcome indeed. And it is true that the scale of the challenge is extensive, but it's also a huge opportunity in…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for that answer, First Minister. You may be aware that there are proposals to construct the United Kingdom’s largest lithium-ion battery facility right on the border of the villages of Rhostyllen, Rhos and Bersham in Clwyd South. Now, a lot of the…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
6. Will the First Minister make a statement on the planning regime for large-scale lithium-ion battery farms in Wales? OQ60158
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Thank you very much, Minister. That's great to hear. And can I just thank you for coming to Clwyd South recently, to Kronospan, where we met with the Wrexham industrial alliance? I think we had an extremely constructive and productive discussion about the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
3. Will the Minister provide an update on the Welsh Government's economic resilience and reconstruction mission? OQ60090
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: National Hate Crime Awareness Week
Minister, thank you for your statement; it is hugely important at this moment in time. I'm pleased that the theme for this year's hate crime awareness week is faith hate, and especially antisemitism, which have no place whatsoever in our society. Minister…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Data Justice: the use of personal data in the Welsh NHS—evidence session 4
Excellent. Thank you.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Data Justice: the use of personal data in the Welsh NHS—evidence session 4
Thank you. The pandemic necessitated the rapid adoption of digital technologies in the NHS and in other bodies. Do you think that that's changed public views on data sharing, and also is public trust varying on the basis of the organisations that data is…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Data Justice: the use of personal data in the Welsh NHS—evidence session 4
Thanks, Chair. Do you think that there's enough awareness out there amongst the public about what healthcare data is collected and how secure it is and how it's used, or do you think that more awareness is needed?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Senedd Commission Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23
—I was just going to add, actually, another important lesson learned and a lesson on which action is being taken forward is cyber security. You mentioned black swans, grey swans—the issue of cyber security really is very serious. And Rhun ap Iorwerth is the…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Senedd Commission Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23
Sorry, Chair—
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Senedd Commission Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23
Ken Skates, Member of the Senedd for Clwyd South, and I'm the Commissioner responsible for financial matters.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - evidence session 7
Thanks, Chair, and in many ways, you've kind of answered it, but would you be able to point to specific international examples again of childcare and school systems that provide accessible education that we should perhaps learn from and follow?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - evidence session 7
Yes, it does. Absolutely, yes. Thank you. Thanks, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - evidence session 7
Thank you. Just briefly, then, if a child can't get access to suitable childcare or education and they have additional needs, what sort of impact does that have on the wider family, particularly on their siblings?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - evidence session 7
It's a competence.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - evidence session 7
Thank you. Just in terms of impact: what are the main impacts on children if they're not able to access education in terms of their educational outcomes and well-being?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - evidence session 7
Thanks, Chair. Good morning, Professor. Professor, just with regard to what you've been talking about just now, and your specific reference to literacy and the focus on literacy across all education establishments. Do you have a view on how places like…
, Finance Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Senedd Commission
Well, yes, absolutely. It's for Commissioners individually to engage with their groups and then, when decisions are made within the Commission, to reflect the sentiments and views of those Members that we engage with. So, of course, as a member of the Labour…
