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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Deputy Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, Presiding Officer. As the—
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Deputy Minister for Climate Change
I'm awfully sorry, but I didn't do that. The important and binding vote, as you know, on those regulations was the traffic order—[Interruption.] I did not—brought forward in this Senedd in July 2022, which I voted against. Already we're seeing this…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Deputy Minister for Climate Change
I'll take the intervention.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Deputy Minister for Climate Change
This legislation has provoked widespread anger, chaos and confusion right across Wales. May I be so bold as to say that not one Member here is against looking into road safety? Not one of us would vote against 20 mph outside schools or hospitals. The…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
But I won't. But that's just an easy solution, Minister—to ensure that you work with bus companies to ensure that those routes are school-centric and that those children's well-being isn't being affected. How are you working across Government, obviously…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Well, I could easily talk about it for 45 minutes.
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
I look forward to a statement in Plenary soon. Minister, it seems quite timely today to talk about school transport, as other Members have just talked about it, and it's on the same theme, actually. School transport has caused a great deal of anxiousness for…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Well, Minister, let's hope it's sooner rather than later, because teachers need to feel safe, as you said, in school. Until real changes are put in place, this issue is only going to get worse. It was only two weeks ago, Minister, that members of the NASUWT…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Thank you, Presiding Officer. Minister, earlier this year, I questioned you on violence in Welsh schools, after my office and I uncovered 5,000 incidents of violence occurring in Welsh classrooms, from just some of the local authorities across Wales. At the…
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Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - Ministerial scrutiny session
Thank you, Chair. A final question, Deputy Minister: Social Care Wales's workforce strategy for the health and social care delivery plan 2022-23 does not mention the children's social care workforce once. What, then, is the target for reducing vacancy rates…
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Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - Ministerial scrutiny session
From Social Care Wales.
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Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - Ministerial scrutiny session
Thank you, Chair. Deputy Minister, the latest published data on the use of agency social workers is from 2018, but we uncovered data from Social Care Wales that shows that, in 2022, 49 per cent of children's services staff in Wales were agency workers, and 86…
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Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - Ministerial scrutiny session
Absolutely. I'd reiterate what James and the Chair have just said, and I'm sure as a committee we'll follow the retention figures very closely, because that is fundamental. It's all very well getting them in there, but we need to maintain those people in that…
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Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - Ministerial scrutiny session
Thank you. Yes, it was abundantly clear throughout this whole committee process that it was necessary to have that consistency of care right through, to emulate that family environment that a lot of us are lucky to have. It is unsettling to have that constant…
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Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - Ministerial scrutiny session
Sorry. Thank you, Chair. Yes. Thank you, Deputy Minister, for your answers so far. Sorry if I came on a bit strong; you can understand the frustrations that still are there, even if we've had the summer to calm down. I want to ask you about the social care…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - Ministerial scrutiny session
Thank you, Chair. I was going to wait until my part to say this, but I think it's more appropriate that I say it now and it's something that I need to say. I'm going to be frank, Deputy Minister. I think your response to the debate was quite frankly…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Education Update on RAAC
Thank you for your statement today, Minister. It was important that all Members, and the public, of course, were privy to all of the information, so your statement is appreciated today. Having spoken to you in the summer, I know how concerned you are about…
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Business Statement and Announcement
—to act on this. Therefore, I'd like to see a statement, Minister.
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Business Statement and Announcement
I'd like to request and see a statement from the education Minister on the multitude of issues that we've seen plague the return to school regarding school transport. Back-to-school is always chaotic at this time of year, but this year takes the biscuit. It…
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Petitions Committee and Children, Young People, and Education Committee Joint Debate—Services for care-experienced children and young people
Sorry, Deputy Presiding Officer. Minister, your Government's actions in this sector are merely a life support for a flatlining sector. In the poignant words of the care-experienced young children that the committee met with to take evidence, 'What is the…
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Petitions Committee and Children, Young People, and Education Committee Joint Debate—Services for care-experienced children and young people
Okay. That's a bit poor. Minister, your Government—
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Petitions Committee and Children, Young People, and Education Committee Joint Debate—Services for care-experienced children and young people
Am I allowed to finish?
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Petitions Committee and Children, Young People, and Education Committee Joint Debate—Services for care-experienced children and young people
I'd like to start by thanking, of course, our fantastic Chair, Jayne Bryant, and our clerking team from the children and young people's committee, and my fellow committee members, as well as Jack Sargeant and his committee, for the commitment and hard work…
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Petitions Committee and Children, Young People, and Education Committee Joint Debate—Services for care-experienced children and young people
But he deserved it.
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Topical Questions
The latest news is indicative of Welsh Labour once again talking the talk but failing to walk the walk when it comes to free school meals in Wales. The UK Conservative Government is continuing with the holiday activities and food programme in England…
