Flying Start and the early years

Anna BrychanPlaid

28 September 2026, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee

Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language

…started this work by improving access to Welsh-medium education at every step of the journey, from the early years to statutory education and further education and higher education as well. But the Welsh language is not just a language of the classroom, it's alive in our communities, and we are…

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Siwan Jones

28 September 2026, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee

Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language

Hello, I'm Siwan Jones. I'm head of early years, education and families, 'Cymraeg 2050'.

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Sara CrowleyPlaid

22 September 2026, Plenary

Statement by the First Minister: 'New Ambition for Wales: Programme for Government 2026-2030'

…ensure that preventative health programmes, be that in physical activity, healthy eating, the early years, or tackling health inequality, are safeguarded and prioritised when budgets are under such pressure? And what measures will you put in place to show that preventative health is steering…

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Jane DoddsLib Dem

22 September 2026, Plenary

Statement by the First Minister: 'New Ambition for Wales: Programme for Government 2026-2030'

…well, it was me as a Liberal Democrat who made the deal with Labour for the 12.5 additional hours from Flying Start to be rolled out. That was a deal two years ago, and we want to see more. And I do want to just come back to your Deputy First Minister and myself. When we were previously on the back…

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Rhun ap IorwerthPlaid

22 September 2026, Plenary

Statement by the First Minister: 'New Ambition for Wales: Programme for Government 2026-2030'

…they're different answers. So, there's no contempt whatsoever there. There's a specific question on Flying Start, and I have heard Labour Members raise questions about the future of Flying Start. We're somehow being accused of wanting to take money away from fighting child poverty when this is the…

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Huw ThomasLabour

22 September 2026, Plenary

Statement by the First Minister: 'New Ambition for Wales: Programme for Government 2026-2030'

…appearance of going even further, with Government Ministers appearing to cast doubts on the future of Flying Start. Whether or not that suggestion proves accurate, it has caused significant concern among those people delivering and benefiting from the programme. Will the First Minister take the…

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Ken SkatesLabour

22 September 2026, Plenary

Statement by the First Minister: 'New Ambition for Wales: Programme for Government 2026-2030'

…result in the removal or reduction in support aimed at working class or vulnerable children, such as Flying Start? Turning to healthcare, under this Plaid Cymru Government, both overall waiting lists and two-year waiting lists are rising again, having fallen for 10 months in a row under Welsh…

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Sara Leahy

21 September 2026, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

Audit Wales Brief: Additional Learning Needs (ALN)

…and young people from zero to 25. Before that system, there was no statutory protection for the early years age category, and under the previous system, there was a separation of a system up until the age of 16 and then a separate system post 16. So, this system aimed to bring all of that together…

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Shav TajLabour

21 September 2026, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

Audit Wales Brief: NHS accounts 2025-26

…dispute, of course. There have been previous disputes around pay, particularly in relation to the health visitors, and there have been other ones there. So, it's interesting, like you say, that they've broken even, they've met their duty, but they've got other long-standing, outstanding issues that…

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Mabon ap GwynforPlaid

17 September 2026, Health and Social Care Committee

General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care, the Deputy Minister for Public and Preventative Health and the Deputy Minister for Social Care, Mental Health and Women’s Health

Yes, I'm extremely frustrated, as I expressed yesterday, by the situation that we are finding in Cwm Taf when it comes to the health visitors. It needs to be resolved; it can't go on. It is an issue of safeguarding for children and young people and their families. We have to make sure that those…

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Sara CrowleyPlaid

17 September 2026, Health and Social Care Committee

General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care, the Deputy Minister for Public and Preventative Health and the Deputy Minister for Social Care, Mental Health and Women’s Health

Fantastic. If I could move on, I just have the general—. In terms of the health visitor issue in Cwm Taf, could you explain where we are to the committee and if there's anything we can do with this to move it forward? That would be—.

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James EvansReform

16 September 2026, Plenary

Reform UK Debate: Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board health visitor pay dispute

…and we hope that everybody across this Chamber supports our amendment, because we have to support our health visitors. We need to get this dispute done, and the sooner this Government gets on with it—[Interruption.] No, I don't need help from you, thank you, Mark. The sooner we get on with it, the…

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James EvansReform

16 September 2026, Plenary

Reform UK Debate: Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board health visitor pay dispute

…taken to go on strike. It's not something anybody wants to do. And there was your personal story of how health visitors helped you during the COVID-19 pandemic. I think that's one thing—they're a part of the health service that isn't really readily seen, but, actually, they do a huge job of going…

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