15 Mai 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Diwylliant a'r berthynas newydd â’r Undeb Ewropeaidd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru (8)
And the importance. Sorry, Chair—
15 Mai 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Diwylliant a'r berthynas newydd â’r Undeb Ewropeaidd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru (8)
This grant funding seems so important. We met with the gaming industry last week; we did a visit. And the money from Creative Wales is just so important to get them going, so not to access this European funding is, you know—.
15 Mai 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Diwylliant a'r berthynas newydd â’r Undeb Ewropeaidd: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Llywodraeth Cymru (8)
You said earlier that there have been lots of Secretaries to deal with in the UK Government. So, is that instability an issue? So, you’re not able to knock on the doors, are you, or bang on the doors and say about joining Creative Wales. We heard…
14 Mai 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cynnig Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ar y Bil Diogelu Data a Gwybodaeth Ddigidol
Buom yn trafod y Bil hwn yn y pwyllgor, ond cefais fy rhybuddio yn gryf ynghylch ychwanegu'r gofrestr asedau tanddaearol genedlaethol ato, ac, mae'n debyg, cafodd ei hychwanegu ar y funud olaf un, felly roeddwn ychydig yn bryderus ynghylch pam y cafodd ei…
14 Mai 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i'r Prif Weinidog
Mae llawer o bethau cadarnhaol yn digwydd hefyd yn y GIG—mae llawer o bobl yn cael eu gweld, ac rwy'n croesawu buddsoddiad yn y gogledd, gyda'r uned orthopedig newydd yn cael ei hadeiladu, canolfannau llesiant, buddsoddiad mewn darpariaeth gymunedol, ac oriau…
13 Mai 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Ymchwiliad dilynol i ofal plant: Sesiwn dystiolaeth ar waith Gweinidogion
[Inaudible.]
13 Mai 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Ymchwiliad dilynol i ofal plant: Sesiwn dystiolaeth ar waith Gweinidogion
Thank you. It's just going back to improving quality of provision. We heard evidence from Nordic countries, including Estonia, where they have really highly qualified staff, up to degree standard, and I think that goes back a long way in Estonia especially…
13 Mai 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Ymchwiliad dilynol i ofal plant: Sesiwn dystiolaeth ar waith Gweinidogion
I'm a member of the women cross-party group and we heard a presentation on building the economy through care—women are very often carers. By investing in care, you're investing in women and you're investing in people, basically. And I just thought that was a…
13 Mai 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Ymchwiliad dilynol i ofal plant: Sesiwn dystiolaeth ar waith Gweinidogion
We were really interested to learn about qualifications, because you want providers to be well qualified to look after children, but we're also interested, I think, in transferable qualifications, as well—we were discussing earlier that an early years teacher…
13 Mai 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Ymchwiliad dilynol i ofal plant: Sesiwn dystiolaeth ar waith Gweinidogion
Thank you. My questions are on workforce issues. We've touched on them already—issues with recruitment and retention in the childcare sector. Professor Chris Pascal of the Centre for Research in Early Childhood suggested the Welsh Government could require…
13 Mai 2024 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Ymchwiliad dilynol i ofal plant: Sesiwn dystiolaeth ar waith Gweinidogion
Thank you, Chair. I just want to go back to the integrated approach to early education and care. I know that, in some authorities, it's delivered through the social healthcare sector, and in some it's delivered through education, so I just want to ask: are…
9 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Map ffordd i ddiwygio'r bysiau - sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag awdurdodau trafnidiaeth Lloegr
And school transport.
9 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Map ffordd i ddiwygio'r bysiau - sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag awdurdodau trafnidiaeth Lloegr
So, you cover an urban area. Wales has huge rural areas. Passengers often say the biggest thing for them is a friendly bus driver, who will help them with bags on and off, who they know they can trust to get them where they need to go to, or maybe link to the…
9 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Map ffordd i ddiwygio'r bysiau - sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag awdurdodau trafnidiaeth Lloegr
And walking safely, and feeling safe walking at night or wherever.
9 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Map ffordd i ddiwygio'r bysiau - sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag awdurdodau trafnidiaeth Lloegr
Do you include walking in that as well? Because I think, when we look at integrated transport, we're looking at cycling to train stations or getting a bus to rail, but I think walking is really important to be taken as part of the consideration as well, and…
9 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Map ffordd i ddiwygio'r bysiau - sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag awdurdodau trafnidiaeth Lloegr
Yes, bus passes for schools.
9 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Map ffordd i ddiwygio'r bysiau - sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag awdurdodau trafnidiaeth Lloegr
And then they can procure bus passes to operate on your franchised routes, then. I was just wondering how it works.
9 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Map ffordd i ddiwygio'r bysiau - sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag awdurdodau trafnidiaeth Lloegr
And just lastly, on school transport and learner travel, is that different? Are you involved with that? Is that separate?
9 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Map ffordd i ddiwygio'r bysiau - sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag awdurdodau trafnidiaeth Lloegr
And if an operator wants to change a route that's not part of your franchise, then they have to register that with the transport commission, as they do in Wales.
9 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Map ffordd i ddiwygio'r bysiau - sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag awdurdodau trafnidiaeth Lloegr
How long are your franchising contracts in place for? Are they for one year or three years or—?
9 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Map ffordd i ddiwygio'r bysiau - briff technegol
That's it—106. Yes, in Chester, they've just done it. So, using 106 planning gain, they give them a bus pass for one year to use public transport. So, that was something that was good.
9 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Map ffordd i ddiwygio'r bysiau - briff technegol
And planning 6 funding.
9 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Map ffordd i ddiwygio'r bysiau - briff technegol
And linked to that, town and community councils, some of them have funding in their precept and could help support, but they don't have—. Some of them are so small, so they don't have the expertise, so they might have to buy into a service, if that was the…
9 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Map ffordd i ddiwygio'r bysiau - briff technegol
That's good. Okay. And my other question is specific challenges for rural areas, really. So, later we're talking to organisations from urban areas, and where I've seen franchising work—well, London kept it, didn't they, and Manchester and Liverpool are…
9 Mai 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Map ffordd i ddiwygio'r bysiau - briff technegol
And health is an untapped resource, I think, because to assist with the ambulance service, or where there isn't public bus transport to take people, but it's essential, you could use your taxi contracts and your school—. When school buses and minibuses aren't…
