5 November 2024 , Plenary
& 10. The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Designation of Providers) Regulations 2024 and the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research (Registration and De-registration of Tertiary Education Providers in Wales) Regulations 2024
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I move the motion. Part 2 of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 provides for a registration system that will provide the legal mechanisms for regulatory oversight of registered tertiary education providers in Wales in…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Topical Questions
Well, thank you, Tom. You may be in the business of hyperbole and cheap political point scoring, but I can assure you that myself and the Cabinet Secretary are in the business of delivering for students across Wales at all ages. And there is that £197 million…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Topical Questions
Thank you, Cefin Campbell, for your supplementary questions there. I'd like to start by saying that I am absolutely committed to supporting a sustainable higher education sector, and by that I mean strong institutions that are able to deliver not just on our…
23 October 2024 , Plenary
Topical Questions
We are absolutely committed to supporting a sustainable higher education sector. The sector will receive £197 million in grant funding this financial year from Medr, previously the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales. The Welsh Government has increased…
16 October 2024 , Plenary
Short Debate: Ensuring all children can thrive: Celebrating alternative education in Wales
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'd like to thank Buffy Williams for tabling this short debate today, for the points that she's raised on access to education in Wales, and Carolyn Thomas for the points that she raised as well. I'd also like to join Buffy in paying…
15 October 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Further and Higher Education: Tertiary education
Thank you, Adam Price, for your contribution there, and I fully recognise the important role that FE provision plays in local communities up and down Wales, both in bringing educational opportunities as close to home for those learners as possible, which is…
15 October 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Further and Higher Education: Tertiary education
Thank you very much, Rhys. I think everybody has given me a warm welcome this afternoon, so I'm very pleased for that and for your emphasis as well on Cymraeg—it is absolutely crucial. I would encourage you to feed your views—and perhaps I should have said…
15 October 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Further and Higher Education: Tertiary education
I'd like to thank Mike Hedges for his warm welcome for me and his questions there. It's lovely to be questioned by a fellow education practitioner, and I count Cefin Campbell in that as well; it's so good to see that there are people here who bring these…
15 October 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Further and Higher Education: Tertiary education
Thank you, Heledd Fychan, for your welcome for me and for your questions; they're really important questions around school sixth forms. So, obviously they do come under Medr now; they are part of the tertiary education sector. Responsibility for school sixth…
15 October 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Further and Higher Education: Tertiary education
I thank John Griffiths for those questions there, and I know, John, that you are a firm champion of the FE sector, having been chair of the cross-party group on FE for many years. Like you, I share great admiration for ColegauCymru. I think, actually, they…
15 October 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Further and Higher Education: Tertiary education
Thank you, Cefin Campbell, for another warm welcome from you in the Chamber, and for your series of questions there. In terms of the FE funding situation, I've already covered much of that in my response to Tom Giffard, but one thing I think is useful to add…
15 October 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Further and Higher Education: Tertiary education
Thank you very much, Tom, for your warm welcome and for your series of questions as well. If we start with HE participation, we know that that is an area that we are concerned about and we need to improve here in Wales if we are going to get the population…
15 October 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Further and Higher Education: Tertiary education
Tertiary education has an intrinsic value: it is the foundation and springboard into the rest of learners' lives. This requires the second of my Cs: co-operation across Government to ensure that education can act as a key lever in our Government’s agenda and…
15 October 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Further and Higher Education: Tertiary education
Diolch, Llywydd. I am delighted and honoured to be standing here among you as the new Minister for Further and Higher Education. This role is a perfect complement to my own background as a secondary school teacher and an assistant head of sixth form, as well…
18 September 2024 , Plenary
Debate on Petition P-06-1455, 'Protect the junior departments of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama from closure'
Thank you, acting Presiding Officer, and thank you to everyone who has contributed to the debate, and of course also to the petitioners. The number of signatures on the petition is a clear indication of the strength of feeling about this issue, and I know…
6 August 2024 , Plenary
Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Eluned Morgan.
17 July 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Chair of the Standards of Conduct Committee—Individual Member Accountability
Dirprwy Lywydd, the record low levels of trust in politicians has been widely discussed in the media and in conversations in the street. As elected representatives, it is incumbent on us to do all we can to rebuild and maintain trust in us. Much of this…
17 July 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Chair of the Standards of Conduct Committee—Individual Member Accountability
Dirprwy Lywydd, during the course of this year, the question of how to hold individual Members to account has been raised in several contexts, in addition to the work under way in the Standards of Conduct Committee. Today, I would like to take the opportunity…
17 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office
Diolch, Cabinet Secretary. As you know, I was a strong supporter of plans to bring in a vacant land tax when they were proposed by Welsh Government during the previous Senedd term. They could be such a powerful tool to promote regeneration and tackle grot…
17 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office
5. How does the Welsh Government use its taxation powers to benefit communities across Wales? OQ61455
16 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, First Minister. It's certainly impressive to see the way that Keir Starmer's Government has hit the ground running across a range of policy areas, but one particularly impressive intervention is the creation of the national wealth fund to invest in…
16 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
5. What discussions has the Welsh Government had with the new UK Government about boosting economic growth? OQ61483
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning
Cabinet Secretary, I recently met with Cwm Taf care and repair, who told me that the number of people seeking support from them increased by more than 134 per cent between the years 2018-19 and 2022-23. Obviously, it is better in every way for people if we…
9 July 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: The Legislative Programme
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, and thank you, First Minister, for your statement here today. As Chair of the Standards of Conduct Committee, I welcome your reference to the important work that my committee is undertaking on individual Member accountability and your…
9 July 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, First Minister. On 3 August, the National Eisteddfod comes to Pontypridd—the first time it’s been held in south Wales since 2010. With the proclamation having taken place in Aberdare in my constituency last year, and with a programme of events being…
