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Short Debate: Supporting communities at continuous risk of flooding: Is it time to establish a flood forum for Wales?
But why do we need such a forum? In England and Scotland, there are established fora that support and provide practical assistance to those in need. While there is some support available in Wales—some through some county councils or through NRW, or through…
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Short Debate: Supporting communities at continuous risk of flooding: Is it time to establish a flood forum for Wales?
I've collected countless testimonies from those that have been affected by flooding, and since there is time today, I'd like to read three quotes in full, including the first, which is from a resident in RCT six months after the 2020 floods, which illustrates…
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Short Debate: Supporting communities at continuous risk of flooding: Is it time to establish a flood forum for Wales?
Thank you, Deputy Llywydd. I look forward today, hopefully, to convincing the Senedd of the merits of establishing a flood forum for Wales. John Griffiths, Delyth Jewell and Llyr Gruffydd have requested a minute of time as part of this debate, and I will…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: The Children (Wales) Act
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. If you follow the Conservatives' logic, then we don't need any laws at all. I disagree with that, and I think if we have laws to protect adults, then we should have laws to protect children, and I'm glad to be able to note that…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: High Standards and Aspirations for All
Of course, I agree with that, and would welcome any investment towards that. But, as I said, every pupil must be able to benefit from that, and we must also ensure that they should be able to benefit in both languages. At the moment, that isn't the case. We…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: High Standards and Aspirations for All
our learners deserve the best, and they deserve to be able to access and use the best too.
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: High Standards and Aspirations for All
Minister, you mentioned that
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: High Standards and Aspirations for All
First and foremost, whilst acknowledging the need to raise education standards, there is also a clear need for post-COVID education recovery, as was mentioned by our colleague Laura Jones. Massive amounts of education has been lost already, so a certain…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: High Standards and Aspirations for All
Thank you, Deputy Llywydd, and thank you for your statement today, Minister. Like Laura Jones, I think we have to recognise the ongoing trauma for our children and young people. The pandemic is not over. We're seeing high numbers of teachers, children and…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: The cost-of-living crisis—The effect on schools and children
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Why are we here as Senedd Members if not to get this right? After all, politicians have been here before. I'm sure many of us remember that target of eradicating child poverty by 2020—something that was at the core of the…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
I would like to endorse the comments made by Alun Davies and the Minister. Certainly, this is a political choice, and we can't avoid that fact, and you have to take responsibility if you make political decisions that do have an impact on the cost-of-living…
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Papers to note
On 8.4, I am very grateful that we have received this communication. I think I would like us, Chair, to consider writing to S4C to understand the impact of this cut in terms of the provision for children and young people, and perhaps also—I don't know what…
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Papers to note
No, just to second that, I think. We have heard from a number of witnesses that they have been concerned, perhaps, that no Minister has specific responsibility for international affairs. So, it is something that we do have to look at in terms of our right to…
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Papers to note
Just in terms of 8.3, the letter from the First Minister, clearly he attended a scrutiny session and he noted here that he didn't think it was appropriate in the future, so I think it would be good, in terms of the international remit, to think how we would…
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Papers to note
Yes, I have a few comments. On 8.1, I would express my disappointment at the tone of the letter. I think that it is important that we develop a transparent and good working relationship with Ministers. There are some parts of it that I think are worth us…
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Inquiry into participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with Sport Wales
Diolch.
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Inquiry into participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with Sport Wales
Diolch.
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Inquiry into participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with Sport Wales
Diolch. Just a final one from me. You mentioned the twenty-first century schools programme and new facilities and so on, and also in terms of after-school clubs et cetera. In terms of monitoring, then, access to those, obviously we're seeing with some…
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Inquiry into participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with Sport Wales
Yes, of course.
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Inquiry into participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with Sport Wales
Thank you very much. Looking at social prescribing, do you believe—? Perhaps this is a similar situation, but do you think that there are more opportunities for us to be innovative in Wales, and do you see a role for Sport Wales in terms of moving that agenda…
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Inquiry into participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with Sport Wales
Thank you very much. You've spoken quite a lot about collaboration in the sports sector, and the importance of education and health. A number of the barriers that you've mentioned relating to people taking part in sport are similar barriers to those in terms…
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Inquiry into participation in sport in disadvantaged areas: Evidence session with Sport Wales
Just to say, I know as a school governor, actually, I had the opportunity to have that conversation, and I think it was worth while to see how that then translates into action at a school level. Obviously, that is quite resource intensive in terms of that, so…
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President of National Library of Wales pre-appointment hearing
Great. Thank you.
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President of National Library of Wales pre-appointment hearing
Thank you. Just another question: how will you work with local, national and international partners for the benefit of the people of Wales?
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President of National Library of Wales pre-appointment hearing
Thank you very much. You mentioned there in terms of the library being more representative. Do you think there are challenges currently within the current structure structure of the library, for example the representation on the board? Are there issues that…
