, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Can I ask why?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Okay. My next question is going to be around designated education clinical lead officers. It's a topic that we've spoken a lot about in this committee as well, and you'll be aware that this committee has consistently taken the position that each health board…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Yes. I like my KPIs. I wanted to ask you—. Obviously, there are numerous health boards across Wales, and we all appreciate that some perform well; some don't, unfortunately, for whatever reasons. But, in this particular area of ALN, the IDP element, the…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
I'm really glad you mentioned KPIs, Cabinet Secretary, because I like KPIs. I think everybody in this committee knows how much I like them.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
We have.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thank you. My questions are mainly for the Cabinet Secretary for health, if that's okay. I'd just like to know how is the Welsh Government assuring itself that health boards are meeting their statutory duties to both provide information and also to support…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Appointment of temporary Chair
I nominate Carolyn.
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Thanks very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. Business Secretary, can I please request a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care about the ongoing health visitor strike within Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board? In line with what Luke…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, you'll be very pleased to hear me saying that my Welsh Conservative colleagues and I welcome the additional funding, and I'm particularly pleased to see more stations in the pipeline for my patch. And I want to pay tribute to campaigners in…
, Plenary
The Higher Education (Fee Limits) (Wales) Regulations 2026
Thank you, Minister, for bringing these regulations forward this afternoon. My Welsh Conservative colleagues and I will not be supporting the regulations and we will be voting against them. We know that the higher education sector is under financial pressures…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education: Supportive and Inclusive Education for a Brighter Future
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary, for this afternoon's statement. Cabinet Secretary, it does seem rather ironic that you have just made a statement on supportive and inclusive education for a brighter future, given that that's exactly what this Government and…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Business Minister, can I please request a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care about less survivable cancers, in particular the funding and treatment inequalities that exist? A constituent of mine, who is living with stage 4 cancer…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Government - Education
Okay. Thank you, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Government - Education
Okay, fantastic. You've previously stated that you don't want to see learners on waiting lists in FE institutions. Now, it's come to the committee's attention that ColegauCymru have stated that the Welsh Government has not allocated enough funding to avoid…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Government - Education
That's fine, Chair. Thank you, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Government - Education
Thank you, Chair. Minister, Universities Wales warn that the 2026-27 budget does not reflect the continued financial pressures that are facing universities. Can you explain to the committee how this can be justified given the significant financial pressures…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Government - Education
Okay. Thank you, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Government - Education
Okay, great. The panel itself has received a lot of criticism, particularly surrounding the chair of Reading Reform Foundation UK, which has come from Elizabeth Nonweiler and her warning that the CAL:ON initiative risks wasting £8.2 million in the future and…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Government - Education
Thank you so much. Well, Cabinet Secretary, you talked about literacy in your previous response to me, so I'd like to bring the questions towards your literacy panel. I know I've asked you many times about this in the Chamber, but I'd like to talk to you a…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Government - Education
Okay.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Government - Education
So, out of all the bodies that I mentioned—Estyn, the school, Dysgu and you, but, obviously, we'll wait to see what happens after May, but the Cabinet Secretary for Education—where does the buck stop if standards do not improve?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Government - Education
Thanks for your response, Cabinet Secretary. I appreciate you mentioning Estyn, actually, because I wanted to touch upon them as well. I appreciate that Estyn gave an early insight report in 2024-25, and in that report they mentioned some fundamental…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Government - Education
Okay. Thank you. I'd like to move on to school standards now, because it's a really important issue as well. What is the latest position regarding school improvement services, according to you? Are the new local authority partnerships fully established now?…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Government - Education
Okay. Great. Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. How concerned are you by the increasing rates of school exclusions, particularly for those that are five days or less, particularly in secondary schools, which have increased from 75 per 1,000 in 2018-19, and have…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
General scrutiny session with the Welsh Government - Education
That's fine. I appreciate it. No worries.
