, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Thank you very much, Chair. Good morning, everybody. I want to focus on Part 4 of the Bill, if I may. The Welsh Government wants to establish a clear line of accountability, in their words, at a national, local and school level for the planning of Welsh…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
It's more for argument's sake. It's because, obviously, we have had legislation embedded within Welsh society for over 30 years, but, based on the evidence that you've given prior to my line of questioning, that's why it led to the question of—. If those…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
I don't think that's a fair assessment of my comments, that it's a failure of the public sector—
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
Essentially, in that regard, is the system flawed, then, in that it can't achieve what—? So, you've got the education sector here, and you've got the Welsh Government wanting to achieve something on the other side. If the two don't marry up, is the system…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
How do we get over those barriers, then? How do we solve the problem? Obviously, we talk about issues that have happened in the past, and that’s all we can discuss, obviously, but in terms of what solutions we find for the future, what do you think we can do…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
Right, okay. So, in terms of going back to the original question of what we’re trying to achieve here being a target of 2050, do you think that’s achievable within the parameters that we’re talking about in this session this morning?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
So, why couldn’t Rhyl High School, for example, as an English-language school, benefit from the Welsh language provision that was just a few miles down the road, and that we could perhaps migrate those systems together?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
I know, for example, that you were the previous head of Rhyl High School in my constituency. So, what stopped you from working with the likes of Ysgol Dewi Sant, the likes of Ysgol Glan Clwyd?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
Thank you very much, Chair. I think, for me to fully understand, obviously, the origins of the Bill, we've got to strip it right back to why the Bill was even coming into place from the Welsh Government. Obviously, we've got the target of a million Welsh…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Children and Social Care: The importance of the first 1,000 days of life—Conception to 2 years
Thank you very much for your statement this evening, as I think it is now, Minister. The first two years of our lives are, in many ways, the most important, being a unique window of opportunity to support child development and long-term health. Environmental…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Welsh Conservatives supported the initial ban on smoking outside of hospitals, and I’m pleased that the Welsh Government has now taken enforcement of this ban seriously, as many people had continued to flout the ban since it was introduced in 2021. It’s also…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
Thank you very much for those comprehensive responses and really interesting responses in that regard. I'm sure we can note those as a committee and represent those. I want to focus on the WESP now. It's been mentioned in a couple of the responses. I just…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
Thank you very much, Chair. Good afternoon, everybody. I want to focus on Part 4 of the Bill, if I may: the Welsh Government wants to establish a clear line of accountability at a national, local and school level for the planning of Welsh language education…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
Thank you. Finally, I just want to ask about transport, briefly, if I may. How important, in your view, is the provision and availability of transport to families when choosing nursery or school provision in Welsh? Are you surprised to see no mention of…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
Diolch. With you mentioning the WESPs, I just wanted to push a bit more on that aspect. In the White Paper, a Welsh education implementation plan was proposed as an alternative to the WESP. Do you agree with the shift in purpose and approach of local…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
Thank you very much, Chair. I want to focus, in my time—however much time I've got—on Part 4 of the Bill. The Welsh Government wants to establish a clear line of accountability at a national, local and school level for the planning of Welsh language…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Thank you very much.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Thanks very much. And just finally: do you believe the Welsh Government has struck the right balance between the need for WESPs to be short enough to ensure sufficient accountability and giving local authorities flexibility to plan over a long enough period?…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Enlli, any additional comments?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Yes, I think that's a fair point, and I'm sure we can certainly note that as a committee and make representations to that, because—. Anyway, in my view, if we are to get to 'Cymraeg 2050' and having 1 million Welsh speakers, then surely the scope of the Bill…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Thank you very much. Good morning, everybody. I want to focus on Part 4 of the Bill this morning, if I may, in my set of questions. The Welsh Government wants to achieve a clear line of accountability at a national, local and school level for the planning of…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
Thank you very much.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
Yes, and just finally—and this is my final question on this part, because we've discussed WESPs already—obviously, the wider aim is to achieve 1 million Welsh speakers by 2050 under the Cymraeg scheme. Obviously, in that time—and all Members and parties are…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
Comparing again that national, local and school level, do you agree with the shift in the purpose and approach of local authorities in WESPs, whereby the Welsh Government sets the targets and local authorities plan and implement them? Do you have any views on…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
Yes. Thank you very much. To what extent is the Bill clear enough about what it means by 'increasing the provision of Welsh language education in schools'? For example, does it adequately distinguish between the two distinct aims of the Bill in increasing the…
