21 February 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Covering Teachers' Absence
What actions are you taking, despite that, as a Government, to reinforce quality in terms of cover provision?
21 February 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Covering Teachers' Absence
So, you don't have any intention of changing your decision at present.
21 February 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Covering Teachers' Absence
Thank you, Chair. I want to turn now to the question of quality. Could you tell us why you—the Government that is—rejected the auditor general's recommendation in 2020 to set out clear, long-term measures of success for quality and to measure actions against?…
21 February 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Covering Teachers' Absence
Fine, thank you very much.
21 February 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Covering Teachers' Absence
In terms of this broader theme, and that includes the absences of teachers and then the demand for supply teachers as a result, do you see or have you made any assessment of the potential impact or connection of the significant changes that we've seen in…
21 February 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Covering Teachers' Absence
In terms of the statistics in more detail, the trend, can you give us any information with regard to the general numbers of supply teachers? How has that changed since the annual education workforce statistics for Wales in March 2023? So, how does it compare…
21 February 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Covering Teachers' Absence
You've referred to the role of financial incentives, technology and methods of collaborating as ways to respond to these difficulties that currently exist in terms of finding people to cover subjects or geographical areas. Is there anything else that you're…
21 February 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Covering Teachers' Absence
And what geographical areas are under the most pressure at the moment, in terms of difficulty finding supply teachers?
21 February 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Covering Teachers' Absence
Good morning. Could I turn to supply teachers as a subject? And could you just start by giving us a picture of the current situation regarding availability of supply teachers?
21 February 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Maybe I should have said this at the outset of the meeting, but—and it is on the record, of course—I am a commissioner.
21 February 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
I agree with Mike and Natasha. This is a very disappointing response from Tim Moss, and I think that we should ask for more information. And if we are not content with the further response that we receive, we should call Tim Moss back to the committee, I…
21 February 2024 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Wales-specific COVID inquiry
The Senedd has established the Senedd special purpose committee of which I'm a member as an alternative to a Wales-specific COVID inquiry. Our solutions in politics often come in the form of honourable compromises, but, in practice, and as currently…
21 February 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee Report, 'Inquiry into UK-EU governance'
As the Chair did such an excellent job in giving us a comprehensive overview of the content of the report, I just want to focus on three or four of the 23 recommendations in the report. Recommendation 2 called on the Welsh Government to note how they are…
7 February 2024 , Plenary
90-second Statements
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. Everyone who saw Barry John has a story—one moment that they can remember where they saw his mercurial talent on the field, performing feats that were nothing short of miracles. The price of a ticket to the Arms Park was always a…
7 February 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
The Minister's mentioned some of the range of factors that are causing problems in the sector at the moment. And I'm wondering, do you accept that, when all of those are happening all at once, it's, essentially, an existential crisis for the sector? People…
6 February 2024 , Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee
Briefing: Civil contingencies and preparedness for the publication of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry's report into Module 1
Fine. Okay, thank you.
6 February 2024 , Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee
Briefing: Civil contingencies and preparedness for the publication of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry's report into Module 1
Finally, you note in your briefing paper that anticipation and preparation in the context of uncertainty is one of the complex challenges that faces all governments. Could you point us towards some countries who do this very well on an evidentiary basis?
6 February 2024 , Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee
Briefing: Civil contingencies and preparedness for the publication of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry's report into Module 1
To stay with learning from experience, but then to look within the United Kingdom, is there any legislative framework or any expectation in terms of learning from each other within the UK—between the UK Government and the devolved administrations, for example?
6 February 2024 , Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee
Briefing: Civil contingencies and preparedness for the publication of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry's report into Module 1
I understand the point about the disseminated nature of expertise and the areas of responsibility internationally in terms of the different agencies in the UN, but, within the pandemic context, the WHO has a role. The United Kingdom is a member of that, but…
6 February 2024 , Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee
Briefing: Civil contingencies and preparedness for the publication of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry's report into Module 1
Thank you for that. Could I turn, therefore, to the international dimension of this area? To what extent is there an emphasis on, and a framework for, learning from global experiences beyond the UK in terms of best practices? And is there a formal role and…
6 February 2024 , Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee
Briefing: Civil contingencies and preparedness for the publication of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry's report into Module 1
Thank you very much, Co-Chair. I want to focus, as you said, on the international dimension, but before I turn to the questions that I have in terms of international learning, just to return for a second, Professor Anderson, to what you referred to in terms…
6 February 2024 , Plenary
& 9. The general principles of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill
Thank you. This Bill is one of a trio of Bills that strengthen our democracy that are before us this year. And it's very timely, of course, because here we are, 25 years since the creation of this Senedd, and in a year also when the highest ever percentage of…
6 February 2024 , Plenary
Debate: The Steel Industry in Wales
The Secretary of State for Wales has said there is no plan C for Welsh steel—it's either plan A, which is shutting everything, or plan B, which is plan A by stages and stealth. We need a plan C, and nobody else is going to come up with it for us. We have to…
5 February 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
Thank you. That's fine.
5 February 2024 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
Would it be possible for us to monitor or to have an idea, or even a Government response, when they say—because this is happening so often now—that they're going to change something to ensure consistency, how much time that takes usually? Do they have any…
