, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership (10)
But we're talking about the Welsh Government budget, to be fair, here—
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership (10)
This is 14 years of underinvestment in culture and sport—no strategy from Welsh Government. There's been the development of a strategy. Could you update us in terms of where we're at with the strategy, when that will be published, and do you think the state…
, Plenary
Debate: The Welsh Language Commissioner’s Annual Report 2023-24
I'd like to thank the Cabinet Secretary for bringing this debate forward. I'd also like to thank the commissioner and her team for the important work that they do, as summarised in this voluminous but very readable report, which is quite an achievement. The…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip: Diversity and inclusion for political parties
You talked about being evidence led, but the evidence showed, whilst we were scrutinising the Bill, that gender quotas were absolutely necessary and the benefit they would have in terms of greater diversity in the Senedd. So, I don't understand this roll back…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I would like to ask for two statements if I may, Trefnydd. First, I would like to ask for a statement from the Cabinet Secretary with responsibility for health. Following the publication of the written statement yesterday on the 50-day challenge to help…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Welsh Government response to UK Government budget
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd. It is ironic, is it not, that the Conservatives have brought forward this debate today and that they are complaining about a budget that includes a better settlement for Wales than if they were still in charge in London…
, Plenary
Debate on petition P-06-1400, 'Fair and Adequate Resourcing of General Practice in Wales'
I'm very pleased that this petition has been submitted before the Senedd. It does draw attention to a problem that does affect our health service. I've had more than 600 e-mails across my region, from some who work in this area, but also from a number of…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. May I thank you for that response? I think you've seen, over the past few years, when the WRU has, unfortunately, been in the headlines, how concerned Members of the Senedd are, and I would like to associate myself fully with Hannah…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: The UK Budget
Because austerity is not in line with socialist values. We know that the callous policies of the previous UK Government, such as the two-child benefit cap, have contributed to more children living in poverty here in Wales. And not only have UK Labour…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: The UK Budget
Could I thank the Cabinet Secretary for the statement today? After 14 years of damaging budgets under the Tories in Westminster, of course there are some things to be welcomed in this budget. Of course, the £25 million allocated to the work of making coal…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I would like to welcome the written statement released yesterday by the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership in terms of the Welsh Rugby Union's review of women's playing contracts. I'm pleased to see that he has met with the WRU urgently, and…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Prif Weinidog. I recently met with a small group of residents who are private home owners on the Gower estate in Hirwaun, where there is RAAC in the ceilings. They are mainly elderly people, all from low-income households. In order to make their homes…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
1. Will the First Minister provide an update on the progress of the Government's recovery programme for reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, including timescales, the current status of recovery efforts, and any further funding allocated to ensure the…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Just one question on Medr. Clearly, the sixth form is captured under Medr. In the Bill, we're talking about compulsory school age education. Clearly, the Welsh Language Commissioner has shown, in terms of the language continuum, the role of the sixth form in…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Thank you, just a question on late immersion. We heard evidence from the Welsh Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Education in Wales that they see a role for the Government in terms of promoting that, not only local authorities…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
But there is a counterargument, isn't there, that you're restricting people from changing. Because if you think about somebody in an English-medium school, perhaps that child is in a school where the Welsh provision has developed confidence that somebody does…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Thank you. If we could look at section 11(4), could you confirm that the policy intention behind that is the linguistic progression of pupils as far as possible, for example that they transfer from a primary school to a secondary of at least the same language…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Taking what you've just said, if you look at section 14 of the Bill in its current form, you could read it as it being acceptable that schools stay static in terms of the Welsh language. Do you think that we need the Bill to be clearer and to include a…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
But to be clear, you do expect that—. I take it that you are of the view that, without the 10 per cent, that B2 would be very difficult for the learner to reach.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
‘In terms of the 10 per cent minimum, or whatever percentage it would be, that doesn’t mean that every single pupil has to have 10 per cent’.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Thank you very much. I just wanted confirmation in terms of that 10 per cent. Are you still certain in terms of achieving that B2 with that 10 per cent—that that's still central? Because in the evidence we received on 19 September, the Welsh Government lawyer…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 16
Diolch.
