, Legislation Committee
General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Do you—? Sorry, go on.
, Legislation Committee
General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
I was wondering if you could provide the intended timeline for the introduction of legislation, if possible.
, Legislation Committee
General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
Good morning and thank you for being here.
, Plenary
90-second Statements
Diolch. I'd like to declare an interest, as I'm looking forward to becoming a trustee of the Living Room in the near future. On 11 September this year, the Living Room in Cardiff celebrated 15 years of transforming people's lives. It was established by…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education: Review of Higher Education
Diolch, Weinidog, for the update today. I want to see more opportunities for learners—not only in Cardiff, but across Wales—who are from the most disadvantaged backgrounds. Since 2020, we haven't seen any meaningful movement in closing the gap between the…
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education: Priorities for Skills and Tertiary Education
Diolch. Last week I visited Cardiff and Vale College to meet with learners, staff, unions and the college leadership about what they're doing. I heard directly from apprentices and junior apprentices about the life-changing opportunities they've been given by…
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Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality: Update on Early Years Childcare and Play
—capacity review is complete, what creative solutions, as you said, will the Government be using to build that capacity in these areas? Diolch.
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Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality: Update on Early Years Childcare and Play
Diolch, Lywydd. I'd like to declare an interest, as I have a beautiful 11-month daughter who will be going into childcare next month. But I'd like to thank the Government and the Deputy First Minister for her statement today and all the work that's clearly…
, Legislation Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Yes, sounds good.
, Legislation Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Okay.
, Legislation Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
I was confused—I guess it's going to be raised anyway, but the lack of consultation I just found quite concerning, particularly, because the cap is at 6 per cent, and then here it suggests that the interest rates could be 4.1 per cent. So, there are some…
, Legislation Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Okay, yes.
, Legislation Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
I'd be keen for this committee to also make some sort of comment—if everyone else was wanting to just continue that—that in the Senedd here we do operate bilingually, and Welsh is part of the UK languages. It shouldn't really be a problem.
, Legislation Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Is there no right for people here to have access to them in Welsh, to be able—? Do you know what I mean? Surely there's something there.
, Legislation Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Is it standard to not do it in both languages? Is it that impractical?
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Diolch, Weinidog. As you mentioned, charities like FareShare ensure that foodbanks all over the country can access surplus food from producers and traders, and this is an essential source of food for them. Schemes like Surplus to Purpose ensure that good food…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
8. How is the Government working to support food producers to donate surplus produce to foodbanks and charities? OQ64341
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
Diolch, Weinidog. For the last three years, Time to Act have been campaigning to eliminate sexual assault and harassment, alongside supporting survivors of sexual violence in Cardiff University. This has been done completely in their spare time alongside…
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
4. What steps is the Welsh Government taking to ensure survivors of violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence can access the support they need? OQ64342
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Debate: Fair Funding
It's interesting to see that the Labour amendment today claims that redistribution of wealth is a major benefit of being part of the UK, given their history of supporting reforms to the funding formula. Their own manifesto stated that: 'The next chapter of…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Welsh Language Priorities
Secondly, could the Minister please outline what support she wants to see for adult learners like myself, who weren't given the gift of Cymraeg in our schools and never got that choice to use the language in the first place?
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Welsh Language Priorities
Why not teach Welsh properly in every school? Why is my partner fluent and I'm not? We're the same age. We went to school in the same country. Why didn't we get the same language opportunities? It's the language of the nation I live in. So, I've spent…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Welsh Language Priorities
Firstly, could the Minister please outline how she intends to improve Welsh language education for second-language learners in English-medium schools?
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Welsh Language Priorities
The education system failed me, and the education system in Wales is still failing our children.
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Welsh Language Priorities
Research from Cymdeithas yr Iaith suggests around 80 per cent of children leave school in Wales not confident in speaking Welsh.
