, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Children's Commissioner for Wales Annual Report 2020 - 2021
Thanks, Chair, and, just to echo the sentiments of other Members as well, I'd like to thank the commissioner for everything that she has done. It's been a pleasure working with Sally and her work has been pretty astonishing. But I was just wondering, just…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session 3
Brilliant. Thank you. I was going to ask whether you've got any information on the economic and social benefits of your respective policies. It's obvious from what you've both already given us today that there are great economic benefits. Are there any other…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session 3
Thank you, Chair. And thanks for joining us today, I'm really, really grateful. Can you just outline, just to begin with, how early years in your respective nations has enabled parents to remain in or to enter into work and to progress in employment, with a…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session 3
I think that would be me, Jenny.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session 2
Thanks, Chair. That covers everything I was going to ask.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session 2
Jane, just one more brief follow-up on that. Would a national system with one option for funding then also address the inequitable provision across Wales in terms of the amount of care that is available? Because at the moment, I think, only two in five local…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session 2
Thanks, Chair. It's astonishing, really, that so many children with different needs are still not having the sort of provision that would ensure that they have maximum opportunity in life. Can you just outline what you think the Welsh Government should be…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session 1
Indeed. And Catherine or Shavanah, is there anything that you'd like to add?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session 1
Thank you.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session 1
Yes, indeed. Thank you, Chair. It's a hugely important area, the quality of the childcare and how it's linked to the workforce and the skills of the workforce and the value that society places on the sector. I was just wondering, in terms of the suggestions…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session 1
Yes. Hopefully, this is just a helpful thing to clarify with regard to just something that Shavanah was alluding to on the workforce itself within the sector. Forgive me if I was wrong—I heard that there is racism within the sector. I think what it might have…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Strengthening and advancing equality and human rights in Wales
Grand, thank you. And also, in terms of accountability, your report recommends that steps should be taken to strengthen accountability for equality and human rights, but that that should be done through strengthening existing avenues, rather than establishing…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Strengthening and advancing equality and human rights in Wales
And have you submitted any kind of observations, any thoughts, to the Welsh Government as part of the scoping exercise, or would you consider doing so?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Strengthening and advancing equality and human rights in Wales
Yes, thank you, Chair. So, the Welsh Government's in the process of scoping the development of a statistical unit, a race disparities unit or an equalities statistics unit. To what extent do you think that unit and its establishment could address the issues…
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being: Progress on ‘Together for Mental Health’ Delivery Plan
It further demonstrates that we do need to tackle mental illness. Now, one question in particular, cross-Government working, and you've alluded to it today, could you elaborate on how you're working with particularly the education and economy departments to…
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being: Progress on ‘Together for Mental Health’ Delivery Plan
Thank you, Minister, for bringing forward this important statement today. As both an individual Member of the Senedd and also as chair of the cross-party group on mental health, I'd like to pass on my best wishes to Andrew R.T. Davies and say just how…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session
So, the costs related to the current financial year relate to an extension of the franchise. There was, I think, £150,000 identified for education and awareness raising for votes at 16 within the pre-election budget. And in 2020-21, there was £97,000 spent on…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session
So, I guess, there are two main reasons: first of all, the change in learners' personal circumstances and that's then led them to withdraw, and, then, secondly, the preference that learners have for face-to-face learning over online learning. So, as…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session
Well, we don't foresee any significant budgetary impact in 2020-23. We're maintaining a business-as-usual approach.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session
We can certainly provide more information on that. Our priority right now is making sure that, given people haven't been able to access the estate, the online presence is as good as it can possibly be, and that's why we're investing in additional social media…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session
So, we're going to be investing in new online engagement tools to make it easier for the public to engage with the work of committees, such as inquiries. We're going to make it more interactive as well, what we offer, so that systems can then flag up…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session
So, I'll begin by saying that there's £200,000 in the 2022-23 draft budget for engagement and outreach activities, and, as you say, Rhianon, we are desperately keen to make sure that we reach those people who have perhaps not been engaged with us in past…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session
Well, we don't want any form of disadvantage for any members of staff or any Members of the Senedd who are not on campus, if you like, who are not based out of Tŷ Hywel and the Senedd building. Obviously, we're still gathering information as to what future…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session
It's a fair point about travel and subsistence, but we're still ascertaining future needs. The situation is still changing daily, and we don't know exactly what shape or form the needs of Senedd Members will take in the months and years to come. And…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session
I'll introduce the three periods of investment, and then perhaps invite Manon and Nia to make comments as well. We've got the short-term period up to 2023, and that involves further energy monitoring to enable us to replace inefficient infrastructure like…
