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Business Statement and Announcement
Shwmae, Trefnydd. In August 2023, and following on from the co-operation agreement, an independent review was published of section 19 reports by local authorities and Natural Resources Wales with regard to extreme flooding during the winter of 2020-21 by…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 11
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 11
I just wanted to ask you about the national institute for learning Welsh and your view on that. I know time is scarce, but you say in your evidence that you would welcome the opportunity to give your view.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 11
Thank you very much.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 10
Excellent. Thank you very much.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 10
Thank you very much. Finally, if I may, the local authorities—we heard from them earlier—were talking about the possibility of the institute having a role in terms of promoting the Welsh language. Do you agree with that? Do you see a role in terms of that, or…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 10
Thank you very much. You've already provided clear viewpoints in terms of the institute for learning Welsh, but I want to ask a question that we haven't referred to yet that was in your evidence about the possible barriers. You refer to the Learner Travel…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 9
Excellent. Thank you. I'm aware of time, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 9
Thank you. In your written evidence, you do talk about the need for clarity in some areas and the concern about the duplication of work, perhaps, with the Welsh Language Commissioner and also how it corresponds with Estyn, so is that something that you think…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 9
Thank you very much. Sue.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 9
Thank you very much. I'm going to focus on Part 5 of the Bill. Marc, you've already referred to the National Institute for Learning Welsh and the potential in terms of promotion, but do you agree, or to what extent do you agree, with the creation of the…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 9
Okay. Thank you for the clarification.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 9
If I may, you've used some caveats in your statements twice now. You've said 'broadly supportive' and 'generally' there. Are there some local authorities—I don't want you to name and shame—that don't feel that the target of a million Welsh speakers is…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Education funding
I also want to highlight the concerns expressed in the NAHT report in terms of resources for provision for learners with additional learning needs, with 87 per cent saying that the funding provided for this is inadequate. It's a shame, therefore, to see in…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Education funding
If you do look at the education MEG of the Welsh budget, it was cut by 3.7 per cent in real terms, and it should be contextualised against the £76.7 million revenue cut as part of the in-year rebudgeting exercise last October and the long-term trend of a mere…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Education funding
An important element of our motion covers the funding crisis, yes, and this is highlighted in the NAHT 'Falling Short' report. We have to recognise the pressure on schools, and we have to find solutions. By deleting our motion, there's a lack of recognition…
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Topical Questions
Thank you, Minister, for the response. I do hope that you've had the opportunity to read the report in full, and the wonderful tribute paid by June's family, which clearly shows how loved she was and how missed she is. In their own words, 'June was our…
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Topical Questions
1. Will the Cabinet Secretary outline what steps the Welsh Government is taking following the publication of the recommendations of the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Safeguarding Board’s report on the killing of June Fox-Roberts? TQ1196
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
There are signs that Keir Starmer’s administration are following in the footsteps of their predecessors in terms of their belief that Westminster knows better than this Senedd. We should be able to decide here how our own money is spent. For example, the UK…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Well, Plaid Cymru will never apologise for taking every possible opportunity to stand up for Wales and call out for fair funding. That is hugely disappointing for many people who would expect Welsh Government to be taking every possible opportunity.
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Diolch, Ysgrifennydd Cabinet. But I'm sure that you agree with me that people in Wales are yearning for the rhetoric of the partnership of power to match up with the reality. They were promised so much. And how can it be a true partnership if one side…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you, Llywydd. I also welcome the Cabinet Secretary to his role. I am very grateful for the engagement that has already happened and I look forward to working constructively. I have to say, the hypocrisy of the Conservatives is very striking, but it is…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education: Welsh-medium education through late immersion
Immersion works, there's no doubt about that. There can be no debate about it, and of course we welcome this. What I would like is if you could provide us with a definition of immersion in every local authority in Wales, and what provision is available, and…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Yesterday, a report was published by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg safeguarding board setting out grave failings in the care of a patient with paranoid schizophrenia who killed June Fox-Roberts, a 65-year-old grandmother, in November 2021. What is appalling for…
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report, 'Natural Resources Wales—Annual Scrutiny 2023-24'
May I also thank the committee for its work on this? I think we should be gravely concerned, given the comments made by the Chair in introducing this report and opening this debate in terms of the increasing pressures on NRW. If you look, following the…
