, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session 2
No, that's it from me, Chair. Thank you.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session 2
Excellent. Thank you. You've answered my final question, actually, about the subsidy. So, thanks, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session 2
Thanks, Chair. This is a question direct to Robbie, actually. You developed the food store as an alternative to foodbanks. Can you just tell us why you chose the approach that you selected and why you think it's a better way of doing things?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session 2
Flexibility, then; much more flexibility. So, in-work poverty is becoming increasingly apparent, and, with in-work poverty, there's obviously food poverty, and I've been hearing, particularly from high schools, that there have been instances of schoolchildren…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the impact of the rising cost of living: evidence session 2
Thank you, Chair. Can I ask about tackling food poverty in the current climate, and begin by asking how effective you think Welsh Government is being; how effective their interventions have been in tackling food poverty as part of the cost-of-living crisis?
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Minister, that's very positive and good to hear. You'll have seen in the last 24 hours, of course, the chaos that's caused across the local road network in and around Wrexham, when the A483 is closed or when lanes are reduced, and it shows how reduced…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
8. How is the Welsh Government engaging with local authorities in regard to the roads review? OQ59077
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 8
I'm conscious of time, Chair. That's fine as far as I'm concerned.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 8
Thank you, yes. And to what extent do you think the odds are stacked against some parents in terms of access to quality services, such as housing and mental health, given that, in your evidence, you point to the fact that 50 per cent of parents are living in…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 8
Thank you, Chair. In what specific ways does the FDAC model successfully engage with families in a way that the normal family courts are not able to?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 7
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 7
Thank you. Just one quick enquiry for myself, Chair. Do you have any views on the extent to which care-experienced children are given a genuine voice in making the big decisions about their lives, obviously where it's proportionate to their age and…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 7
Great, thank you. Rates of children on care orders have risen in Wales over the past decade. We understand that some of these remain placed at home with their birth families. Is this something that you think merits our attention?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 7
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 7
Thank you, Chair. And I'm really grateful for your attendance today. I know how busy you are. Without attaching any criticism to individual local authorities or social workers, do you have any comment on the really significant variation in the rates of…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 6
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 6
Thanks. And just finally, what are the reasons behind the pretty significant variations between Welsh local authorities in the rates of children in their care, even when deprivation is accounted for? Also, there are significantly higher case rates in Wales…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 6
Right. Thank you. That's incredibly helpful. We've heard pretty extensive evidence during the course of this inquiry about the huge disruption and upset that families experience when they have frequent changes of social workers. Is there any evidence…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 6
Sorry, Chair. Just a quick question while it's on my mind. I don't know whether anyone's going to be able to answer this, but if they are, it'd be really helpful. Are you aware of whether data is collected in relation to the percentage of care-experienced…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 6
Thanks, Chair. I just wanted to talk about—[Inaudible.]
, Plenary
Debate: The Draft Budget 2023-24
Minister, managing public finances after Liz Truss crashed the economy is desperately difficult, and I'm sure you have the sympathy of many Members in the Senedd in this very difficult task. Members have already raised a number of points that I intended to…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2021-22
Great. Thank you. Thanks, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2021-22
—community school. Yes. Okay. In your annual report, you list some common features of schools that are pretty effective in tackling the impact of poverty and disadvantage. How widespread are these common features across different schools, and how can this…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2021-22
And it requires complete buy-in from governors, doesn't it, to have a successful—
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Estyn Annual Report 2021-22
Thanks, Chair. Great to see you all today. I'm going to ask a few questions about tackling the impact of poverty and disadvantage. Successive reports from you have highlighted what I think is a very stubborn persistence of negative correlation between…
