, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8
Thank you, Minister. If the legislation was taken forward, how would you expect measures to be put in place to track that every pupil has been offered the opportunity, and compliance, of course, more generally? And also, monitoring outcomes for pupils, are…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8
Yes, of course, a child might want to be exempt, or a parent might want the child to be exempt for religious or ALN reasons, for example. If the Bill was to be passed, how would you go about getting over that hurdle, then?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8
Thank you, Chair. Hello, Minister. You've just specified to Ken Skates that you have concerns over an exemption from taking part in the activity if this was to go ahead. Can you just elaborate on that a bit? I mean, the Bill also—. It specifies in the…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Thank you very much. Thank you, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
As a parent, I agree with you. Therefore, would you expect measures to be put in place to ensure that every child has at least been offered that opportunity?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Thank you, Chair. Just finally, now, in your view, who do you think should be responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Bill? How should outcomes for pupils be monitored?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Thank you, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Yes, thank you. We know that there are, obviously, big reforms, at the moment, currently under way in schools—the new curriculum and additional learning needs reforms—do you have any concerns that the Bill might unintentionally add a pressure on schools…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Yes. Would you agree, then, that it's about changing life habits as well, as well as the short-term effects on mental health et cetera?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Thank you, Chair. Thanks for being with us today. You've already said just now—I'll follow on from one of James's questions just now—that you hope that no group would be missing out from this Bill if it went ahead. The Bill does not include children who are…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
The manpower is an issue—thank you. Thanks, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
Absolutely. Would you expect measures to be put in place to track that every pupil's been offered the opportunity, and compliance more generally, and would the current system, EVOLVE, be the most appropriate way of tracking that offer?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
Thank you. Following on from that, in terms of implementation, in your view, who should be responsible for the monitoring of the implementation of the Bill, and how should outcomes for pupils be monitored?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
Thank you, Claire. Section 2 of the Bill requires the Welsh Ministers to pay a local authority an amount 'sufficient' to enable residential outdoor education to be carried out. What are your views on the costings in the regulatory impact assessment, and how…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
Does Claire want to—? I was wondering if Claire wanted to come in.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
Thank you, Ian. It's a very good point, by both of you. As a parent of children myself that have been through the process, and I went through the same process in the same school, I completely understand what you just said. On the staffing side of things…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
Thank you, Chair. I'm just going to ask you about requirements on schools. So, I mean, you've already talked about—I think it was Councillor Roberts who said about the amount of paperwork. I think you both talked about the staffing issues just now and…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
Okay, thanks.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
Yes. Sorry, Chair, just to confirm, I didn't mean to make that political. What I was saying was: do you think that £70,000 would be a significant cut, considering you said it's a costly exercise, and that would have an impact?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
Thank you, Chair. Nice to see you both here today, and thank you for coming—we appreciate it. We'll go on to more finance questions later, but, just following on from what Councillor Roberts just said, he said that most schools already do outdoor residential…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local government funding
Diolch, Deputy Presiding Officer. I want to start by thanking my party for tabling this important debate today. The latest round of draft budgets from councils in my region make for bleak reading. In Caerphilly, we see a proposed increase in council tax of…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Tackling the impact of poverty on attainment
Thank you for your statement, Minister. Poverty, of course, has a massive impact on attainment, with us seeing attainment gaps of 34 per cent at key stage 4 between pupils receiving free school meals and those who don't. The relationship between poverty and…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister. After questioning the health and social services Deputy Minister on speech and language therapy support recently at committee level, the Deputy Minister stated in her response that there had been an 11 per cent increase in speech…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
1. What assessment has the First Minister made of the number of speech and language therapy training places available in Wales? OQ60571
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Apprenticeships
I thank Plaid for tabling this important debate today. It's really important that we discuss this, as our apprenticeship sector is now in a perilous state. For a Government that agrees with the Conservatives that offering apprenticeships is not only important…
