Speeches and questions

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Thank you, Dafydd. Angharad, did you want to come in too?

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Thank you, Aled. I'll come to Dafydd next and then to Angharad.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Who'd like to take that question first? I see a number of smiles. Aled?

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Great. We'll move on to Hefin David.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Sioned—okay?

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Thank you, Dafydd. Does anyone else want to come in on this? No.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Dafydd.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Thank you, Angharad. Heledd, are you happy for us to move on? Okay, great. We'll move on to Sioned.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Thank you, Aled. Angharad.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Thank you. Aled wants to come in on this too.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

I think Alun wants to come in at this point.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Heledd.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Thank you, Dafydd. Angharad.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Thank you. I'll bring Dafydd in, and then Angharad.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Aled.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Thank you to you all for that. A number of subjects that you've touched upon are things that we'll be looking at in more detail in our questions. We'll move on to Heledd Fychan.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Thank you, Angharad. Aled.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Okay, thank you for that. We'll go to Angharad.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Okay. I think Alun Davies wanted to come in at this point, and then I'll go to Angharad. Alun.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Thank you. It's great to have you all with us this morning. May I ask first of all, as we go straight into questions: have local authorities received the WESPs framework, and has there been a culture change as a result? Everybody doesn't have to answer every…

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Thank you, Aled. And Angharad.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Thank you, Dafydd. I'll ask Aled, on the screen, to introduce himself.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Good morning. Welcome back to this session of the committee this morning. We move straight into item 5, but, before we do so, I'd like to thank Alun Davies for chairing the committee this morning, and I'd also like to welcome Sioned Williams and Buffy…

11 October 2022, Plenary

Debate on the General Principles of the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill and Motion to agree the financial resolution in respect of the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Bill

Thank you, Minister. Plaid Cymru has campaigned for years to ban single-use plastics. I first called for a ban in 2019. This is an important step forward, and something that is very much to be welcomed. Because plastics have become an intrinsic part of our…

11 October 2022, Plenary

Statement by the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being: 'Together for Mental Health' Strategy and Next Steps

Minister, I wanted to ask about the mental health impact of miscarriages. There's still this strange societal expectation that we don't talk about miscarriages, and people grieve for the little lives that were part of their world for a short time. They mourn…