, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Yes, we can.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Huw, we lost you there for a period. Could you repeat what you were saying?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
We seem to have lost Huw.
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: Supporting the creation of a Community Bank for Wales
I'm grateful to the Minister for his statement this afternoon. You'll be aware, Minister, that I met with Banc Cambria in Abertillery some weeks ago to discuss the potential of locating a branch in the town. Many of our Valleys communities have seen the…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
I'm grateful to the Minister for her answers. One of the issues that has been troubling me for some time, as we've come through this pandemic, has been the disappearance of children from education, and the significant increase in the number of children being…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
One-day inquiry on Welsh Language: Welsh language civic organisations
I don't think we have time to pursue this this morning, but, Chair, I would like to return to this issue and to the Welsh language strategy, because of the points made by Mabli; they're important points. And Ruth has made similar suggestions too, that there…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
One-day inquiry on Welsh Language: Welsh language civic organisations
Don't all rush.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
One-day inquiry on Welsh Language: Welsh language civic organisations
Thank you very much. Every one of you, in a number of ways, has talked about the impact that the pandemic has had on the Welsh language and on Welsh-speaking communities, and I'd like to ask you whether you think that the programme for government responds to…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
One-day inquiry on Welsh Language: Welsh language civic organisations
I agree with the analysis provided by each and every one of you, in many ways. So, what do we do about that? Because it's one thing to make a statement that this is the situation we face. Frankly, it's quite easy to do that—we're just describing what we're…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
One-day inquiry on Welsh Language: Welsh language civic organisations
Thank you very much. I want to follow on from Siân's points in a way. In terms of Welsh-speaking communities and where Welsh is spoken on a daily basis, do you think the pandemic, in your experience, has had an impact on the use of the Welsh language? Have we…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
One-day inquiry on Welsh Language: Welsh medium education
Thank you very much.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
One-day inquiry on Welsh Language: Welsh medium education
Okay. Sorry, Delyth. Fair enough—why? Give us an example, Iestyn, of what you're talking about there.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
One-day inquiry on Welsh Language: Welsh medium education
Thank you for that. So, if the target itself has changed the mindset and has changed how you think about your work, then do you think that the Government's work programme in the current Senedd, which runs up to 2026, is sufficient in terms of meeting these…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
One-day inquiry on Welsh Language: Welsh medium education
That's not going to get you anywhere with me—you know that. [Laughter.]
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
One-day inquiry on Welsh Language: Welsh medium education
Thank you. Could I start where Ioan finished? Ioan mentioned transformation and, of course, the reason for launching the target of a million Welsh speakers in the Welsh Government's strategy was to lead to a transformation—a transformation in how Government…
, Plenary
Legislative Consent Motion on the Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I'm grateful to the Minister for the update that he's given us this afternoon. Members may remember that the committee reported on the legislative consent memorandum on 21 October and on memorandum No. 2 following our…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I recently met with Mark Hooper from Banc Cambria in Abertillery to discuss the availability of banking facilities in different parts of our communities. The Welsh Government has restated today, in its statement on the programme for government, its commitment…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
Let's do that. We've made a thing about accessibility to law and the rest of it, so if there are errors on the statute book, I think it would be consistent with the approach that this committee's taken to ask the Government to correct those errors.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Chair, I'm very content with those answers, so I'm going to disappear and come back. Thank you.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay. And finally from me, section 141 contains very wide Henry VIII powers. I'm uncomfortable with this, I have to say. Are you comfortable and content that you aren't setting too wide-ranging a power, so that there are too many Henry VIII powers here? We…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Okay. Moving on, again, to section 128 of the Bill, you propose a different power here for you as a Minister to then confer new responsibilities on the Secretary of State and the Office for Students. From what I understand, the consent of the UK Government is…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you. Section 124 sets out new provisions in the higher education Act, of course, and extends the remit of the office of the independent adjudicator. And again, in extending the remit of that office, you do so using the negative procedure again. There…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
I note that my face has frozen on the screen, even though I am still here, by the way. So, if you don't mind, Chair, I'll just continue with the questions, even though you can't see my face. Perhaps that's a good thing.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Yes, I agree with that, as you know. But just because there are weaknesses in the current system, it doesn't mean that we have to transfer the same weaknesses into the new system. I don't mind the Government in principle having these powers to be flexible…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Yes, I understand that. I note that you used the word 'flexible'. Now, I believe that you do have to have that space, if you will, to be flexible, but it concerns me sometimes when Ministers use that word, because it gives you the power to decide when there…
