19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thank you. In what kind of circumstances do you envisage local authorities granting primarily English language, partly Welsh schools an exemption from the duty to provide an amount of Welsh language education in accordance with their category? Are you…
19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thank you. Part of the rationale for the changes to school language categories through non-statutory guidance in 2021 was to recognise schools' Welsh-medium activities outside of the curriculum, which the Welsh Government at the time said 'do not get the…
19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thank you. One of our committee members has had internet problems, so I'll be asking Tom's questions: can you expand on the statement in the explanatory memorandum to the Bill that the challenge in terms of monitoring the Welsh language education provided in…
19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thank you. We'll now move on to questions from Cefin Campbell.
19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Did you want to come in, Heledd?
19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thank you. I think Cefin wants to come in.
19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
How significant is the use of the term 'Welsh language education' rather than 'Welsh-medium education' when discussing the provisions of the Bill? To what extent does this reflect that this involves English-medium schools as well as Welsh-medium schools? Is…
19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil y Gymraeg ac Addysg (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Welcome back. We move on to agenda item 3. I'd like to welcome Heledd Fychan MS and Lee Waters MS, who will be joining us from the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee for our scrutiny of this Bill. I'm very…
19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Plant a Phobl Ifanc sydd ar yr ymylon: sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary, Minister and your officials for coming to committee today. We really appreciate your time. You'll be sent a transcript for checking in due course. Thank you so much for your time this morning. We'll now take a short break until…
19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Plant a Phobl Ifanc sydd ar yr ymylon: sesiwn dystiolaeth
I just have one final question for you. You've talked a lot about the single unified safeguarding review being groundbreaking, but that's for cases where things have gone wrong. What can you do to break down information barriers before things go wrong?
19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Plant a Phobl Ifanc sydd ar yr ymylon: sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you.
19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Plant a Phobl Ifanc sydd ar yr ymylon: sesiwn dystiolaeth
Yes, please.
19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Plant a Phobl Ifanc sydd ar yr ymylon: sesiwn dystiolaeth
Sorry, Julie, can I ask: do you know how often the safeguarding boards meet? Or if they meet at all?
19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Plant a Phobl Ifanc sydd ar yr ymylon: sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you. We'll bring in Julie Morgan now, please.
19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Plant a Phobl Ifanc sydd ar yr ymylon: sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay, thank you.
19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Plant a Phobl Ifanc sydd ar yr ymylon: sesiwn dystiolaeth
Yes.
19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Plant a Phobl Ifanc sydd ar yr ymylon: sesiwn dystiolaeth
Can I just quickly ask what is your view on specialist social care teams for criminally exploited children?
19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Plant a Phobl Ifanc sydd ar yr ymylon: sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you. Cefin, did you want to come in?
19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Plant a Phobl Ifanc sydd ar yr ymylon: sesiwn dystiolaeth
Brilliant. Thank you. Sorry, Gareth.
19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Plant a Phobl Ifanc sydd ar yr ymylon: sesiwn dystiolaeth
Gareth, can I just jump in here a second, before we move on too far? The joint inspections of child protection arrangements that Taryn was speaking about, Estyn has told us that 'there is no current plan to continue these inspections due to the current…
19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Plant a Phobl Ifanc sydd ar yr ymylon: sesiwn dystiolaeth
Sorry, Gareth, could I just bring Julie Morgan in quickly here?
19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Plant a Phobl Ifanc sydd ar yr ymylon: sesiwn dystiolaeth
Could I—?
19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Plant a Phobl Ifanc sydd ar yr ymylon: sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you, Tom. Thank you. We'll now move on to Gareth, please.
19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Plant a Phobl Ifanc sydd ar yr ymylon: sesiwn dystiolaeth
Sorry, Tom.
19 Medi 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Plant a Phobl Ifanc sydd ar yr ymylon: sesiwn dystiolaeth
Sorry, Tom. Can I just jump in here a second? We have heard on more than one occasion that some gangs use the NRM to avoid children being arrested. Do you have any views on that? We have heard this on more than one occasion, through our evidence gathering…
