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Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting
That takes me to agenda item 4, a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the remainder of today's business. Is everybody in agreement? Thank you. We can close the public meeting.
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Papers to note
Okay, that's good. I won't do it now, then. We'll wait until next week.
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Papers to note
That takes us on to papers to note, pack page 26. Item 3.12, petition P-06-1474, 'Stop Natural Resources Wales closing Bwlch Nant yr Arian, Coed y Brenin & Ynyslas visitor centres', along with item 3.13, in relation to petition P-06-1447, 'Stop Natural…
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Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Peter. Is everybody in agreement with those actions? Thank you very much for that. We do thank the petitioners. A lot of work has gone into this, collecting all those signatures. There are lots of signatures here. It shows how important it is, and…
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Updates to previous petitions
Thank you. Are we all in agreement with that as well? Okay. That moves us on to item 3.11, the last one of these, which is 'Financial penalties for Local Education Authorities who do not comply with timeframes for ALN'. This was submitted, again, by the first…
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Updates to previous petitions
We'll move on to item 3.10, P-06-1347, 'Review Additional Learning Needs policies & make compulsory to FULLY train all teachers and TAs in regulation techniques'. That was submitted by Clare Mitchell, with 6,353 signatures. Peter.
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Updates to previous petitions
I'm sure there will be debates on it as well in the Chamber.
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Updates to previous petitions
Yes. The Chair has spoken out quite strongly, hasn't she, about the importance of ALN provision as well, so I'm sure it will be in good hands as they discuss this going forward. Item 3.9, petition P-06-1342, 'Fund more specialist school places and staff for…
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Updates to previous petitions
Okay. And have we got agreement on that particular item? So, we agree to close this, and it's being taken up by the CYPE committee. The next one, item 3.8, 'Accessible guidance for parents and schools to help develop plans to support children with additional…
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Updates to previous petitions
Okay, thank you. We'll do that going forward. Thank you. That then moves us on to several petitions on additional learning needs. So, the committee has five petitions under consideration that relate to additional learning needs, and they've been grouped…
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Updates to previous petitions
Is everybody in agreement with that?
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Updates to previous petitions
Okay. Thank you, Peter. Would anybody else like to come in? No. Thank you. The students are to be congratulated for their hungry learners campaign. I was at a meeting with one of the colleges, Coleg Cambria, and they're feeding their students toast, because…
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Updates to previous petitions
Thank you. Any other comment? Okay. And we agree with that action. Okay, so we'll agree to close the petition. And it was a really good, comprehensive response, wasn't it, from the Llywydd. So, thank you very much. Thank you, Rhys. If we move on to item 3.5…
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Updates to previous petitions
Okay. Thank you very much. Moving on to item 3.4, petition P-06-1433, 'Stop the ban on GB News in the Senedd'. This was submitted by Mark Griffiths, with 309 signatures. Could I invite Rhys—?
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Updates to previous petitions
So, could we write to the petitioner, just to say that there should be a consultation this autumn, for him to look out for that, really? And we'll close the petition because action is actually being taken by the Government, which is good. We'll just keep an…
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Updates to previous petitions
A declaration of interest?
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Updates to previous petitions
Following the response from Government, the petitioner noted that any changes might not become law until summer 2025, which would be halfway through the season, but he'd be able to use the 28-day permitted rights for the first half of the year as well. So…
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Updates to previous petitions
Okay, thank you. Thank you, both. So, we're happy to close this petition and go forward. Okay, we'll just keep an eye on what political parties are doing and hope, going forward, we do have a more representative Senedd. Thank you. Moving on to item 3.3…
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Updates to previous petitions
Any other comments? Thank you, Peter. Yes, Vaughan.
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Updates to previous petitions
It sounds like it's a growing global situation that's impacting with this corporate takeover, and it seems to me that it needs to be regulated as well, so that you have fair treatment of staff, but out-of-hours access for everybody, and regulation regarding…
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Updates to previous petitions
Thank you. I'd just like to pull a little bit out of the information from Unite. So they've done a lot of work on this and supported the workforce of Valley Vets, who are in dispute with VetPartners, saying it's 'the tip of the iceberg in the veterinary…
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Updates to previous petitions
We move now to agenda item 3, which is updates to previous petitions, which leads us to 3.1, which is P-06-1291, 'Hold an enquiry into the corporate takeover of the veterinary profession in Wales'. The submitter, Dr Linda Joyce-Jones, is here in the gallery…
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New Petitions
Okay. So, we will close the petition and forward the petition to the independent remuneration board, going forward. Thank you, Peter.
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New Petitions
Any more views? Do we agree with that?
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New Petitions
Thank you. It does say here there's a ministerial round-table with a stakeholders group. I think there are 21 members on that, and there are sub-groups as well. There was a little bit of misunderstanding as well, sometimes, as things were repeated, so…
