, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Well, thank you for that answer, and I'm fully in support of no detriment myself. And I do understand the financial constraints, but would point out that the Government still has a significant amount of unallocated resource as a result of the consequentials…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Thank you. Last week, as we've heard from Sera Evans, you announced a teacher pay award of 3.5 per cent following the consultation on the independent Welsh pay review body report. That announcement was made during an active industrial dispute, and the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy
That is a 26 per cent cut. On the basis of these figures, can we accept that the Plaid Cymru Government is committed to tackling the NEET crisis, and, if that is the case, what are you going to do to reverse these cuts and ensure that all learners have an…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy
Thank you, Cabinet Minister. As you are aware, we are facing a 'not in education, employment or training' crisis in Wales, with everything that that means for young people's life chances, their employment and, of particular concern to me, their mental health…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy
1. What discussions has the Cabinet Minister had with the Deputy Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education about Jobs Growth Wales+? OQ64753
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, 4 November marks a year since the publication of 'Our Bravery Brought Justice'. I know that you will remember how united the whole Chamber was in shock at the failings exposed in that report. So, can I ask that a statement is brought forward by the…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, the previous Government had a programme of radical reform of care for care-experienced children and young people. That programme made progress, but I would argue that there is much more work still to be done. The programme benefited from the…
, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Inter-institutional Relations Agreement: evidence session
Thank you.
, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Inter-institutional Relations Agreement: evidence session
Okay. Thank you. You referred to the annual report and you said you think that that has some value. I just wondered if you could tell us a bit about how you think that could be built on and improved?
, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Inter-institutional Relations Agreement: evidence session
I wanted to talk a bit more about record-keeping, not from the Senedd point of view, but from the Government point of view. There is a website, but I understand not all information is on the website, so it's just really to get your comments on how that could…
, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Inter-institutional Relations Agreement: evidence session
Yes, I just wondered what you thought 'good' would look like, in that, obviously, there are the formal set piece inter-governmental meetings, but there are many, many meetings between Ministers that aren't within that sort of context, and some of them are…
, Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Papers to note
I'll raise it in private, but I've got an issue to raise on the routes into post-16 education and training.
, Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Welsh Government Scrutiny Session
Yes, I was assuming that we'd have a discussion in private about other areas that we want to follow up.
, Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Welsh Government Scrutiny Session
School funding was a concern for me when I was a Minister and it's still a concern for me now. I always want to see more funding going into education. I know that you've reached an agreement with the Association of School and College Leaders, which includes a…
, Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Welsh Government Scrutiny Session
Thank you.
, Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Welsh Government Scrutiny Session
Can I just ask one final question? There was funding announced for trauma-informed schools training across Wales, which is very close to my heart, but also especially close to my heart was the work that was going to be undertaken by the Anna Freud Centre on…
, Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Welsh Government Scrutiny Session
That's quite a long time, given that that would be nearly a year, really, from when it was ready. I think that's something the committee may want to pick up.
, Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Welsh Government Scrutiny Session
Okay. I've asked you a few times about the school counselling toolkit. This was almost ready prior to the election. I'd remind you that access to school counselling is a safeguarding issue. It was a recommendation of the 'Clywch' report. When can we expect…
, Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Welsh Government Scrutiny Session
We have statutory guidance on a whole-school approach to mental health in Wales in schools, and it's always been my view that unless this work is led and owned by schools, rather than being done to schools by health, it will never be genuinely embedded…
, Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Welsh Government Scrutiny Session
I wanted to ask about the PDG. In your foundational plan, you say that a review of the PDG will begin this autumn. But the review of the PDG was announced under the previous Government, in December 2025, and I'm aware that officials have been working on it…
, Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Welsh Government Scrutiny Session
Thank you. And is there any update on the dispute with the National Association of Head Teachers? I saw the statement yesterday, so I can see that there is some progress, but, obviously, parents out there will be worried. How is it going and how close are we…
, Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Welsh Government Scrutiny Session
I wanted to ask about the strategic education workforce plan—it was published in March—and what the status of that plan is under the new Government. I specifically wanted to ask about school support staff. You'll be aware there's a commitment in the plan to…
, Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Welsh Government Scrutiny Session
Thank you.
, Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Welsh Government Scrutiny Session
And are we confident the support staff aren't currently being asked to perform tasks they're not trained for?
, Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Welsh Government Scrutiny Session
And timescales.
