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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Minister, as has just been acknowledged by Jayne Bryant, the councils in Wales are facing an enormous crisis in the social care workforce. One hundred per cent of NHS leaders agree that there is a crisis in their local area; 94 per cent believe the crisis is…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Turning to another issue, Minister, as you know, later this year, Wales will see its latest Programme for International Student Assessment results. Last time, Wales languished at the bottom of the PISA rankings in the UK, and was on a par with former eastern…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Minister, you've failed to reassure me that you're doing what's right for learners in Wales. What you're doing is to ensure that Wales loses specialist teachers for English and Science, along with depriving learners of that much-needed additional content. The…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Diolch, Llywydd. Every week, we all stand in this Chamber and all of us at some point, I'm sure, recognise that STEM—science, technology, engineering and maths—are of utmost importance and will be the jobs of the future. So, I'm a little confused, Minister…
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Joint ministerial scrutiny session on post-16 education and skills
Okay. Thanks.
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Joint ministerial scrutiny session on post-16 education and skills
—to encourage entrepreneurship. But what more are we doing, and linking back again to the careers advice, to encourage people and make sure they're aware of those opportunities at an early stage in their educational career as well?
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Joint ministerial scrutiny session on post-16 education and skills
Just going back to the young person's guarantee, sorry. It was just a thought process I had. I meet so many people, like I'm sure you do, who are brimming with ideas but not necessarily as suited to more academic qualifications or a workplace environment. I…
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Joint ministerial scrutiny session on post-16 education and skills
Thanks, Chair.
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Joint ministerial scrutiny session on post-16 education and skills
Thanks.
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Joint ministerial scrutiny session on post-16 education and skills
Just lastly, how are you ensuring that children, including those with disabilities, have that access to timely and good careers advice? We've received evidence through our recent inquiry already on disabled access to education and childcare that highlights…
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Joint ministerial scrutiny session on post-16 education and skills
Absolutely. As a parent, I completely concur with you. It is a whole new world, isn't it? But I'm all for parental involvement all throughout school, as you'll know, but the new curriculum does lend itself to the fantastic opportunity of bringing in local…
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Joint ministerial scrutiny session on post-16 education and skills
Okay, thank you. Do you think that perhaps a rethink on the role of Careers Wales—because obviously a lot of the things they do have been scaled back—do you think a rethink of how best you could utilise them going forward would bridge some of these gaps, with…
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Joint ministerial scrutiny session on post-16 education and skills
Thank you. On that subject. As we discussed in the Chamber yesterday with Dr Hefin David's report, it highlights the challenges of bringing together schools and employers, which you've just discussed. But could you maybe give us a little more on what sort of…
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Debate: Education’s Links with Employers
We learnt some very interesting things, didn't we, Jayne Bryant, in our school the other day, but I'll talk to the Minister about that separately. I would like to just commend the Member for Caerphilly for your work. This has been long overdue, and I hope…
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Debate: Education’s Links with Employers
Diolch. [Interruption.] Sorry. Two seconds. I'm sorry about that. I want to start by thanking Dr Hefin David, the Member for Caerphilly, for this report today. I know that producing a report of such importance and quality isn't easy and it's a time-consuming…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Update on Post-16 Workforce Development
Thank you for your statement today, Minister, in this important field, and I welcome the launch of the hub, which seeks to address the increasingly concerning picture of the post-16 workforce. However, I am concerned that this has perhaps come too late in the…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Rural communities
Absolutely, I do agree with you. It is a shame. The Minister was listening, anyway, so maybe your point will be heard. [Interruption.] What did you say, sorry, Minister? What did you say? I think she wants to make an intervention. No. Oh, right, okay. The…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Rural communities
The rural and agricultural businesses in Wales are the lifeblood of our economy. As point 1 in our motion makes clear, the role of rural small businesses should not ever be underestimated. Each farm in Wales is estimated to be economically linked to around 40…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
The big C is something that, unfortunately, will touch everyone in Wales somehow, whether it be through a family member, friend or someone who we know, who we live by. We all have a story of how cancer has affected us or someone we love in one way or another…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
You mentioned, Minister, and I'd like to press you further on it, one of the major projects that the Welsh Government have invested in, and that's the Tech Valleys project that you mentioned in the Member's area. The aim of this is to turn the Valleys area of…
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Debate on the Health and Social Care Committee Report—Dentistry
As a non-committee member, I'm thankful for the opportunity to speak on this. I really welcome the report today, Llywydd, and I want to thank the committee clerks and the Chair for working so hard on this report and their commitment on this. I, of course…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: Armed Forces Day
Thank you for your statement, Minister. I just want to welcome all the positive steps that you've taken, particularly in regard to service children and the strides forward that you've taken in this regard. Coming from an armed forces family, I know how…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Establishment of the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research
Thank you for your statement, Minister. Throughout the scrutiny of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill, the Welsh Conservatives argued and attempted to pass amendments on the real need for the commission and the Welsh Government to be, of course…
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Questions to the First Minister
Following on from what you just said, First Minister, about promoting an active interest to girls on STEM subjects before they get to GCSE level, as a proud ambassador for Girlguiding, I've been pleased to see that, over the last two months, Girlguiding Gwent…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Additional learning needs
Members from your own benches, Minister, share these concerns of seeing a rise in coming out of mainstream education because of these reasons. Every school that I've visited the length and breadth of Wales, without exception, have stated to me their concerns…
