, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Okay, thank you. But in terms of what they've told you, do they have serious concerns about how these changes will impact their plans?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Okay, thank you. And if we could move on to Mudiad Meithrin, what impact do you expect that—? Well, as the budget has changed, what impact do you expect that that will have on plans for 'Cymraeg 2050'? And how do you think inflation has impacted the number of…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
It's lovely to hear you speak Welsh.
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Thank you. We'll move on to Carolyn Thomas.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Thank you for that. Llyr.
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Thank you. I have Alun and Llyr, who want to come in with supplementary questions. I'll go to Alun first.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Yes, sure.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Okay, thank you. Tom, had you finished?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
I think Hefin wants to come in. Alun, did you want to come in? No; I'll come to Hefin.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
A warm welcome to you all. We'll move straight to our questions, if that's okay, and we'll start with Tom Giffard.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
We're looking at the Welsh Government's draft budget for 2024-25 and the first evidence session is with the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language. I'll ask the Minister to introduce himself and the other witnesses for the record.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning. May I welcome you all to this first meeting of the new year of the Culture, Communications, Welsh language, Sport and International Relations Committee. I'll wish our Members a happy new year and also to our viewers and our witnesses. Do any…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Child poverty and educational attainment
The child poverty statistics for the Valleys communities I represent are a stain on our conscience collectively. In Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent, a third or more of children are living with the daily torments of poverty, a poverty that limits…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
The sight of long lines of ambulances queueing outside our hospitals has become normalised. It seems that ambulances are almost new waiting rooms, and last year I raised my worries about how the fumes from these queueing ambulances with their engines running…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Diolch, Gweinidog. Leisure centres provide benefits to communities that can't only be measured in monetary terms. When they're gone, people's health and well-being will suffer hugely. You'll be aware, Minister, that there's a threat in my region to two…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
5. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the impact of proposed closures of leisure centres on community sport, physical activity and active recreation in the Caerphilly County Borough Council area? OQ60458
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Debate on a Statement: The Draft Budget 2024-25
This, Llywydd, isn't a problem that's been replicated uniformly across the UK. As the Wales Governance Centre has revealed, there are four major UK train operators that have already been able to exceed their pre-COVID passenger numbers. I'm asking this…
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Debate on a Statement: The Draft Budget 2024-25
I'd like to focus a little on transport. In the six months between last October and April this year, Transport for Wales rail services will have received an additional £236 million from the Government. That is an amount equivalent to almost all of the £245…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: South Wales Fire and Rescue Service review of culture and values
There is similarity here, of course, with the problems that were unveiled about Gwent Police, but unlike the police, of course, this is a devolved service. I welcome the tone that you've adopted this afternoon, but I'd question why we had to rely on a brave…
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Business Statement and Announcement
I'd like to ask for a written statement setting out the guidance that's given to councils on the importance of community assets and keeping those spaces open. In Caerphilly over the past week, there's been concern about a decision to close the tourist…
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Questions to the Senedd Commission
Thank you for that response. I'm sure that you saw the research by Size of Wales and Global Canopy, which was published last month, that £14 billion, or 55 per cent of the investments made by eight public pension funds in Wales, they are in danger of funding…
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Questions to the Senedd Commission
3. What action has the Commission taken to ensure that pension funds do not fund deforestation? OQ60445
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I appreciate that you and your Government are constrained by the Welsh Government's powers, but could you commit today to contact the UK Government to ask for their response and for them to outline what compensation package they'll be putting in place to…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you once again.
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
6. What discussions has the Counsel General had with UK law officers regarding the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's update on their investigation into the Department for Work and Pension's communication of changes to the state pension age? OQ60444
