, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 11
Thank you, Laura. Final questions from James Evans.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 11
Thank you, Alan. Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 11
Thank you. It comes down to wondering about how to manage that money, doesn't it, as we've discussed before. Citizens Advice say that it's having an average of six contacts per young person, as part of its role in providing wraparound support for the basic…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 11
Moving on to the basic income pilot, how is the Welsh Government's basic income pilot for care leavers working to date?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 11
I just wonder how you present all that to the children and young people you're trying to help. Is there an app that you have? Or what form does it take? Sorry, just to try and make it as—. Obviously, you've got to try and make it as interesting and colourful…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 11
Thank you, Chair. I'm not sure how appropriate it is to mention specific companies, but I'm aware of GoHenry, and I'm sure you've all heard of it. Having spoken to those who established it, they want to do more in getting it into schools and getting it as…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 10
Thanks, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 10
Yes, I'm just going on to my next question. Building on what you've already said about transitions possibly being driven by the wrong reasons, do you have any news on the quality of pathway plans? And, to what extent do you feel under pressure to accommodate…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 10
Okay, thank you. Anyone else?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 10
I don't know who wants to start.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 10
Thank you, Chair. First of all, just to say that there are huge concerns around transition and the focus on age not need, and it's really positive to hear in all your contributions so far that you recognise that and the positive steps you're already taking…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 9
Thank you, and thank you, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 9
Thanks very much. Is there anything else that you'd like to tell us?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 9
Okay, great. Thank you very much. You've mentioned an awful lot of things today, but what is the main thing that you would change to improve the system for care-experienced children in Wales?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - evidence session 9
Thank you, Chair. Thank you for your evidence today. To what extent are BASW Cymru aware of and involved in current Welsh Government plans to explore radical reform for care-experienced children? Thank you.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Welsh language
Diolch. Thank you, Minister, and Dydd Gŵyl Dewi hapus. I just wanted to just ask you about—. Everyone here, I think, wants to see Welsh language spoken more across Wales, but I'm wondering how we do that when we have a teacher retention and recruitment crisis…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, after your Government's economically damaging new policy on roads, it's becoming clearer than ever before that we need to promote and have functioning sustainable travel in place, yet we are seeing bus services cut in reality, as my fellow…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Minister. As you know, farming is the foundation upon which the £6 billion Welsh food and drink supply chain is built. They're the guardians of our environment and the sector employs 17 per cent of the Welsh workforce. Recent statistics from…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
3. What is the Welsh Government doing to attract young people into careers in farming and agriculture? OQ59144
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thank you. I find myself in complete agreement with the Member from Islwyn and the Minister on this one. Public libraries provide positive outcomes for people and communities in a variety of ways, beyond simply providing access to books, as you’ve already…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Further Education Digital Learning
Minister, thank you for your statement today. We in the Welsh Conservatives are supportive of the aims and ambitions of the statement, as we all want to see a more digitally adept Wales. And we all recognise that there are major social and financial benefits…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: The Roads Review and National Transport Delivery Plan
Deputy Minister, a decent road and transport infrastructure is key to a vibrant economy, yet you seem to want to block Wales's progress at every turn. What else have we come to expect from a failed socialist Government intent on banning things and slowing…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Business Minister, I'd like to request a statement from the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language on the replacement of BTECs and what our Welsh equivalent of T-levels will actually look like. This month, the Department for Education in England…
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Debate on the Children, Young People and Education Committee’s Report—'Pupil absence'
I'd like to start off by giving thanks to our excellent Chair, Jayne Bryant, and also my fellow committee members, of course, and the clerks, staff and people who gave evidence and who made this vital report a reality—and, of course, the Minister for his…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Minister, education is devolved. You peddle out the same old excuses when you have levers at your own disposal. Even though the aims of the suggested new supply teacher central portal are the right ones—and I will credit you on that—even people like the…
