, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
And after that, it's returned to the archive.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
Mae yna un argraffedig swyddogol gyda'r sêl Gymreig ac yn y blaen, ie, ond mae hynny'n digwydd yn Llundain ar hyn o bryd gyda'r argraffydd cyffredinol.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
I don't want to divert the committee too much, but out of interest, I know that in Westminster they still produce versions printed on vellum and so on. Does that happen for Welsh Acts?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
Yes. Is there any intention to shift the location in creating a King's Printer of Acts of Parliament? I know that everything is done digitally and so on, but is that a wider consideration, the location of it, beyond this Bill?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
I just want to ask a few technical questions to begin with, if I may. Have you received the consent of the United Kingdom Government in terms of those sections of the Bill related to the functions of the King's Printer of Acts of Parliament, which at present…
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Assisted dying
As a point of principle, I'm a supporter of legalising assisted dying. I believe that individuals facing unbearable suffering and pain at the end of their life should have the right to choose how and when their life ends. However, I do recognise that many of…
, Plenary
Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery: The Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill
As a technical Bill, it's very difficult to find anything to disagree with in this Bill, so I'm going to mention a few things that aren't in the Bill and that could be included, or could be relevant to it. You've just mentioned, Minister, in your response…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill: evidence session
Okay, thank you. I've finished.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill: evidence session
I only had one question remaining. It's a very specific question. The Chair of the children's committee has written to you, I believe, to highlight a discrepancy between the Welsh and English texts of the Bill. Can you confirm that a thorough review will be…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill: evidence session
But, just to be clear, this Bill doesn't provide any new powers for Welsh Ministers to intervene where a local education authority opposes a Welsh language education plan.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill: evidence session
Yes, sure.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill: evidence session
The Bill requires governing bodies and local authorities to agree between them the Welsh language education delivery plans, and then for the local authority to agree with Welsh Ministers on local Welsh in education strategic plans. What happens if there is an…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill: evidence session
Iawn, diolch.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill: evidence session
Iawn, ocê. Mae hynny'n glir iawn. Mae adran 20(2) o’r Bil yn rhoi pŵer i Weinidogion Cymru i wneud rheoliadau mewn perthynas â chynlluniau addysg Gymraeg ysgolion arbennig cymunedol er mwyn nodi nifer o faterion, fel hyd y cynllun, amseriad ac yn y blaen…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill: evidence session
A gawn ni droi nawr, te, at bwnc roeddech chi eisoes wedi ei gyfro yn y dystiolaeth i'r Pwyllgor Plant, Pobl Ifanc ac Addysg, sef esemptiadau—mae'n dweud fan hyn mai dyna'r gair cywir yn y cyd-destun yma—ar gyfer ysgolion sydd yn gofyn am ragor o amser…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill: evidence session
To remain with definitions and terms for a little bit longer, the Bill uses the term 'Welsh language education' rather than, perhaps, the more conventional term, 'Welsh-medium education'. Could you explain why and what the difference is—what your rationale is…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill: evidence session
Even in the context of self-identification, of course, you have the data from the census every 10 years, and then you have the population surveys that happen between censuses, which give entirely different pictures, in a way. Which one of those do you intend…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill: evidence session
In terms of the target of a million Welsh speakers, how do you define what constitutes a Welsh speaker, and how are you going to measure that?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill: evidence session
But was there a suggestion in the White Paper that there would be a clear goal in terms of the target on the face of the Bill, namely where we would reach by 2050, for example, and has that now been left to regulations? I understand the need to change as we…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill: evidence session
Just so that I can understand—and I'm referring to section 11 and the Welsh language learning goals—the suggestion is that those can be set, or that the timescale and timetable can be set through regulations. After setting the regulations and setting a…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill: evidence session
Okay. In terms of this objective of ensuring the linguistic outcome that everyone leaves the education system able to speak Welsh confidently, there was a reference made to that in the White Paper, wasn't there, and there was a definition of what constitutes…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill: evidence session
If the policy were to change in terms of private schools, would the Bill give the ability, through regulations, to extend the scope of the Bill—or scope of the Act, that is—to those schools?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill: evidence session
Because it's a policy question, perhaps we should allow the politician to respond. Therefore, what is the policy decision that has driven this exception in terms of private schools?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill: evidence session
Just on that point, to pursue that logic—and thank you for that response—isn't it possibly true to say that, at the highest level, one of the objectives of the Bill is to enable every pupil, every child in Wales, to leave the education system with the ability…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill: evidence session
'Pam?' ydy'r cwestiwn nesaf.
