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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education: Priorities for Skills and Tertiary Education
Can I welcome my former sparring partner to his post and his first statement in the Chamber and draw Members' attention to my declaration in my register of interests that I'm enrolled on a course at Cardiff and Vale College? Can I thank the Deputy Minister…
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Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality: Update on Early Years Childcare and Play
Can I thank the Deputy First Minister for the update today, which is very helpful for us to receive before we go into recess? I was going to ask about the other points on the scale of the costings that you've done, so it's helpful to have the information that…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, yesterday the Association of School and College Leaders and the National Association of Head Teachers notified the Welsh Government that they are declaring a trade dispute with the Welsh Government, citing additional learning needs funding as one of…
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Member’s Legislative Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): A Bill on corporate parenting
Can I thank Sarah for tabling this debate today, and for the way she's using her lived experience to drive change for care-experienced children and young people? I would have signed in support of it, but was advised that, as I'd submitted a legislative…
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Business Statement and Announcement
I too would like to ask for a statement on the alleged overspends that the Plaid Cymru Government keep referring to from the last Government. I am very well aware that the Government was left £120 million in capital, £337 million in consequentials, and I am…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, the financial pressures faced by local authorities because of additional learning needs are acute. In my constituency, Monmouthshire County Council has 19 schools that are in budget deficit, with that being credited to ALN pressures. I know…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Could I support Jane Dodds's calls for more detailed information on your implementation of your childcare offer? I tabled a written question asking for the membership of the childcare steering group, and the reply came back saying that the Deputy First…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
—but you haven't spent a single penny on ALN.
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: The First Supplementary Budget 2026-27
Thank you. Thank you, Cabinet Minister. I'm sure you will not be surprised that I want to press you on the funding for ALN. I can tell you that, although there was no statutory override, those pressures in ALN were either absorbed by local authorities or are…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Priorities for Education
Can I congratulate the Cabinet Minister on her appointment? It is, without any shadow of a doubt, the very best job in Government, and I wish her well with it. If I can turn to questions on the statement. I wanted to start with literacy and numeracy, which…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, today you announced £55 million of new money for childcare places. This is despite the fact that, last week, you told us you weren't able to provide any costings and that we needed to wait for the work of an expert group. Well, the only new…
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Questions to the First Minister
1. What are the First Minister's priorities for education in Sir Fynwy Torfaen? OQ64188
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Welsh Labour Debate: School support staff negotiating body
Diolch. Can I thank all Members for their contributions to this debate? I'll try, in the time that I have available, to respond to as many points as I can. Sera, thank you for your contribution, and I wish your son well with his new role. I do have to say…
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Welsh Labour Debate: School support staff negotiating body
I move the motion in my name. Llywydd, Wales has around 27,000 school support staff. I want to begin today by thanking each and every one of them. They help children to learn, keep them safe, support children with additional learning needs and allow teachers…
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Reform UK Debate: Childcare offer
Thank you for that. If I can just point out that I am not a spokesman, I am a spokesperson. I'm very happy to clarify that our aim in this Chamber is to do the absolute best by the people of Wales, including our children, and that is the aim of our amendment…
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Reform UK Debate: Childcare offer
Of course.
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Reform UK Debate: Childcare offer
Diolch, Lywydd, and I move the amendment in my name. As we approach a month since Plaid Cymru formed their Government, we are still short on information regarding their flagship policy. It's all well and good making pre-election pledges and getting headlines…
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Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality: Priorities for Social Justice and Equality
Can I congratulate the Deputy First Minister on her appointment and welcome her to her post? Every child does deserve the best start in life, and under the last Welsh Labour Government, we rolled out free school lunches for all children in primary schools…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, 'Our Bravery Brought Justice' must be a watershed moment for children in Wales, and I pay tribute again to those young people whose courage has meant that Neil Foden faced justice. The previous Labour Government accepted every single…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, can I ask for two statements? The first is from the Cabinet Minister for health and social care. On the back of the Audit Wales report into Aneurin Bevan health board's dealings with the eHarley partnership, I and the Torfaen MP made representations…
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Questions to the First Minister
In the spring statement, the UK Labour Government announced a further £555 million for Wales over three years. Most of that funding arose from extra money allocated to meet the needs of children with special educational needs and disabilities in England, and…
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Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Abstain.
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Thank you, Peter. I know you've got an interest in school leadership, as you've raised it before. I have a ministerial headteacher advisory group, and I've heard directly from them how effective leadership can make a difference to teaching and learning, and I…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
I’m grateful to Estyn for highlighting that effective leadership is the most significant factor in improving quality of teaching. We will support local authorities through our new school improvement arrangements, and tackle headteacher recruitment challenges…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Diolch, Siân, for that question. Just to say that, obviously, I welcome the UK Government's focus on inclusion. We are already some considerable way down the road on our inclusion journey. It's my understanding that Welsh Government will receive an additional…
