6 Rhagfyr 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thanks, Buffy, for that question. I'll be really honest with the committee, this has been something I've really grappled with through the process of this Bill being shaped and being formed, because, as Buffy rightly pointed out, many of those children in…
6 Rhagfyr 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
I think you're absolutely right to point to the anxiety some people may feel having these experiences. I think there are a few things to consider within this in terms of anxiety. In the explanatory memorandum, I point to a piece of work that was about the…
6 Rhagfyr 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thanks, Laura, for that point. Again, I couldn't disagree with that at all. Perhaps this is a question you may be asking later on as well, but it is an important point around the security of the provision in the long run as well. So, if this Bill was in…
6 Rhagfyr 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Okay. I didn't mean it to sound flippant, so apologies if that's the way it came across. You're right, there are real challenges for many families. This Bill certainly looks to remove one of those biggest challenges, which is the opportunity to even go in the…
6 Rhagfyr 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Sorry.
6 Rhagfyr 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
But I think the equipment that you'd expect to have to need for the residential outdoor visits would already be available at the centre—that equipment that's required for the experiences that they have to undertake. A child would usually require a coat for…
6 Rhagfyr 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Yes, so, again, I've had a great opportunity over the last 18 months to meet with and visit lots of outdoor education centres, and one of the things I noticed and hadn't appreciated most of all was actually the equipment that they have on site and the…
6 Rhagfyr 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
So, fundamentally, we have to understand why some children don't currently access this, and the research that I've undertaken clearly shows that the No. 1 barrier is financial constraints, because of the cost to many families. And Members around the table, or…
6 Rhagfyr 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Yes, again, the intention of the Bill clearly sets out that this is about access and opportunity of access for all. We need to be careful, I guess, in making sure that we differentiate between ALN and then special schools and the provision that they provide…
6 Rhagfyr 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thanks. Do you want me to respond to that point?
6 Rhagfyr 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
I couldn't agree more with that broader point, because the benefits aren't just about the educational attainment that a child will receive as a result of this—it's probably, more importantly, more than that actually. The mental health side in…
6 Rhagfyr 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Yes. And that's the point I guess—it comes back to the fundamental reason why I think the Bill should exist, which is equity of access for all, which I think is something that the Welsh Government would be keen to support as well.
6 Rhagfyr 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Yes, thanks, Ken. Data was a really interesting point when I first started work on this. I don't mean to take Members back on too far a journey, but my name got pulled out of a hat for this in July 2022. I know a Member in this committee is going through a…
6 Rhagfyr 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thank you for the question, Ken, and I'm glad you've been able to get to a fantastic outdoor education centre. On that point, it would be remiss of me not to acknowledge some of the great centres that do currently provide, yes, a great service to our schools…
6 Rhagfyr 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
I'd suggest that perhaps they read the Bill. The Bill is actually very flexible in terms of what it looks to do and how it looks to provide it. I've clearly set out on the face of the Bill that the guidance to be issued by the Minister must provide that…
6 Rhagfyr 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
My understanding is that, because the way I've framed the Bill is to put it within the curriculum, primary legislation is needed to make the changes to the curriculum, and that's why I've chosen the route that I've chosen. I'm not sure if Jen wants to expand…
6 Rhagfyr 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Yes, I think the time's never been better, actually. This is the perfect time to bring in something like residential outdoor education as an entitlement, because we are still fairly early days when it comes to the Curriculum for Wales, so I think it would be…
6 Rhagfyr 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru) - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
First of all, thank you very much for having me and my team with me here today. I really appreciate the opportunity to share this with you. I was really pleased to be able to present the Bill to the Senedd last week. It's a little bit strange being on the…
6 Rhagfyr 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i’r Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
Diolch am eich ymateb, Weinidog. Mae’n anarferol, fodd bynnag, fod gan gynghorau cyfagos lefelau cyllid mor wahanol, yn seiliedig ar yr hyn sydd, yn ôl pob golwg, yn ysgogi hynny fwyaf, sef oedran y boblogaeth. [Torri ar draws.] Diolch am eich ymyriad…
6 Rhagfyr 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i’r Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
Iawn. Rwy’n falch o glywed eich bod yn hyderus o hynny, ond rwy’n siŵr eich bod yn ymwybodol o lythyr a anfonwyd atoch yn ddiweddar gan arweinydd Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Conwy yn amlinellu ei bryderon difrifol ynghylch mantoli'r gyllideb y flwyddyn nesaf…
6 Rhagfyr 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i’r Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
Diolch, Lywydd. Weinidog, a allwch amlinellu eich asesiad o allu awdurdodau lleol yng Nghymru i fantoli cyllidebau ar gyfer y flwyddyn ariannol nesaf?
30 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 9
Thanks. Thank you, Chair.
30 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 9
Thanks. I think that point is clear enough. I guess that I would argue that you probably would have further assurances if it was on the face of the Bill. Is that fair?
30 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 9
Thank you. I think that final point is really important. Whereas the numbers at risk may be very low, the impact is absolutely huge, isn't it? And understanding that, I think, is really, really important. Just going back to the point you made earlier about…
30 Tachwedd 2023 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 9
Yes, thank you, Chair, and good morning, Jessica, I appreciate your time with us here today. I just want to move on to the provision in the Bill on electoral registration without application. Of course the Bill provides for electors in Wales to be…
