, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
Excellent. That answers one of the other questions I was going to raise. Just to clarify, the Wales TUC can't filter out nominations from affiliated unions, can it? It basically nominates all of those that are presented by the affiliated unions. Is my…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Bill: ministerial evidence session
Thank you, Chair. Thanks, Minister, for attending, and thanks also to your officials. I'm going to ask about membership of the social partnership council, if I may, and begin specifically with section 5 of the Bill. I'd be really grateful if you could explain…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 3
Thank you. Chair, I'm just really conscious of time. There was one more question that I was going to ask concerning support that needs to be offered, or additional support that needs to be offered, to support learners from specific groups, where they…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 3
Lovely. Thank you. And if you could provide, in a suitably redacted way, any casework evidence that you just highlighted, to support that argument, I think it would be really helpful for the committee, if that's possible. Just moving on to causal effects, to…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 3
Okay. Thanks. Would you agree, therefore, that provision should be made available for blended learning in certain cases? Your evidence points to how some positive experiences have been gained by many learners as a result of the pandemic and remote learning…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 3
We've heard from other contributors today that, as a result of the pandemic, some habits have been formed that have led to learners perhaps being less inclined to attend school, and perhaps some messaging needs to be managed by somebody, an organisation, in…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 3
Diolch, Chair. Thanks for attending today. Great to see you both. I'll just start with quite a straightforward question, if I may: what do you believe are the main reasons for the increase in general and persistent pupil absence? Perhaps beginning—yes, go…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 2
Great, thank you. Just one final question. It's about the correlation between absence and social factors and so forth. We've heard evidence from numerous experts that suggest there is a very strong correlation between children experiencing deprivation and…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 2
Thank you. Just a couple more questions, Chair, if I may. Do either of you have a view or any sort of experience of noticing how the cost of attending school may have contributed to the increasing levels of absence, in particular school transport costs, where…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 2
Okay, thank you. Those, if you like, extraordinary cases, would they concern probably grave mental health issues, I guess?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 2
So, would you say there should be no expectation on schools to provide any form of blended learning for students, pupils, learners who request it?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 2
Laura, yes.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 2
Great, excellent. Thank you. To what extent do you think that some learners have found positive benefits from remote or home learning, and is that influencing their decision to stay away from school, or is it primarily a negative experience that is…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 2
But should there be leadership from somebody or an organisation? I'm just conscious if nobody takes ownership of this and leads on it then passing the buck becomes so much easier, or ignoring the problem.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 2
Thanks. Just on that specific point that you were making about habits having changed, who should take responsibility? Who should own this and address this challenge, and, with it, who should be in charge of the messaging insofar as the acceptance of absence…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 2
Fabulous. Thanks for that. And Eithne.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 2
Diolch, Chair. Thanks for attending today. Perhaps I'll direct this first of all to Laura—a very simple question: what do you believe are the main reasons for the increase in general and persistent pupil absence?
, Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report: 'Annual scrutiny of the Future Generations Commissioner: An update'
I'd also like to put on record my thanks to the Chair, to colleagues on the committee, to the clerking team and to the researchers for the piece of work that's been undertaken. And I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank the future generations…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Well, thank you, First Minister, that is enormous help for my constituents, but would you agree that the Chancellor's offer to households facing the cost-of-living crisis is simply not enough and, indeed, insulting, given it's to be paid from the cut to…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
3. What support is the Welsh Government providing to people in Clwyd South in light of the current cost-of-living crisis? OQ58196
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Actually, Rhun, it's very close, but I think, first of all, what we need to do is look at the short-term impact of reorganisation. We've got a huge backlog at the moment that Betsi Cadwaladr are facing, we would need to understand before we review and…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Of course, yes.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
There is no doubt that health provision is the single biggest issue of concern to people in north Wales right now, and by some distance. And whilst the vast majority of people in the region would doubtlessly applaud the phenomenal and tireless efforts of the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Minister, you deserve immense credit for pursuing the establishment of disabled people's employment champions in the previous Senedd term; they're proving to be invaluable for many, many thousands of people here in Wales. What sort of assessment would you…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 2
Thank you. Naomi.
