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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
I need to see what question it is.
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Yet, Minister, education standards have gone up in England significantly, haven't they, yet they've gone down in Wales, and the rest of the UK have all gone up, apart from Wales. Your time as education Minister can only be characterised by one word: failure…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Minister, on the back of consecutive years of education budget cuts, it is clear that you’re now trying to claim that there is extra money going into education via local government budgets. But the reality is that councils such as the Labour-run…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Diolch, Llywydd. Minister, I recently read your piece in LabourList—a first for me, I must admit. But it had an interesting quote: 'Over time the funding spent on schools will increase as a percentage of the Welsh Government's budget. In fact, actually it…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Deputy Minister, it's been years now since the learner travel Measure review and recommendations were published and I have real concerns about the direction of travel that school transport is going in. And I reiterate the calls that Adam Price just made for…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
Thank you, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
Thank you. Just quickly, Chair, to follow up on that, school budgets, Minister, at the moment, are absolutely stretched to the max, and are not able to meet the needs of ALN students in our schools to the level that, obviously, the teachers in the schools…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
Yes.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
Thank you. Whilst this draft budget sets out that you've been able to maintain enhanced levels of funding for implementing additional learning need reforms that have been put in place, of course, over the past couple of years, there remain very real concerns…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
Thank you, Minister. Is that something that you would want to do, then, to have conversations with local councils, considering that, for example, Vale of Glamorgan's reserves are £298 million and Gwynedd's are £725 million? There's a marked difference there…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
Thank you, Minister. What assessment have you made of the latest position regarding reserves held by schools? Obviously, they fluctuate and they're varied. What action are you taking about that, if any?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
If they're cutting the budget for education and you're sending money to schools, isn't that money just going to fall into those holes?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
Do you think the money that Welsh Government is sending will be sufficient enough to plug the gaps that will be needed to be met by the cuts in local government funding?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
Thank you, Minister. Are you concerned at all by the high level of cuts that are proposed for education in council budgets?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
The Welsh Local Government Association has estimated £164 million of funding pressures on schools in 2024-25 and has highlighted the impact of pay in increasing costs of education. Do you expect this estimated £164 million shortfall to be bridged by the local…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
Thank you, Chair. Good morning, Minister. To what extent is the 3.1 per cent average increase for local authorities, do you think, going to be sufficient for them to be able to adequately fund schools, particularly after they've met the costs of the teachers'…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Business Minister, I'd like to request a statement from the Deputy Minister for Climate Change. Recently, in their draft local transport plan, Labour-run Monmouthshire County Council listed a proposal to push for the reintroduction of Severn bridge tolls for…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, the fund has seen millions of pounds awarded to projects across Newport, contributing to the revival of local communities. Will you commit to the championing of the shared prosperity fund and acknowledge the positive impacts that the fund has…
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Questions to the First Minister
Brexit has delivered a myriad of trade deals, as you well know, First Minister, of great benefit to Wales and the rest of the UK. Your own Government website highlights the benefits of the UK shared prosperity fund as well, and states that, 'The Shared…
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Questions to the First Minister
The majority of people voted for Brexit in Wales, and in most of your constituencies, didn't they? Brexit has devolved—[Interruption.] Can you still hear me?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
Well, yes, quite. I agree with that. Do you think there could be any unintended consequences of including a course of residential outdoor education in the curriculum?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
I think most of mine have been covered. I think we've discussed everything. I'll just go through it in case you two may want to contribute. I know that Urtha has already touched on these. Obviously, with all the current stresses in schools that you've…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
Okay, thank you very much. Those are my two lots of questions, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
If it went ahead, who would you think should have that responsibility?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
So, who do you think should be monitoring the implementation of the Bill?
