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Motion under Standing Order 26.79 to withdraw the Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill
Thank you. Well, I think that speech has emphasised why exactly we need this Bill.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1
Thank you very much, Chair. I wanted to go back—we're jumping a little bit here—to the workforce. I note your comments regarding expectations and so forth, but you'll also be very aware of the extreme pressure that's on the education workforce currently and…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1
Perhaps the situation has changed in this past year, but when Jeremy Miles was before us, he said that there was no consistency in terms of asking parents why they'd sent their children to a certain school. You can count the numbers, but you don't ask why…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1
But that data is not being collected currently at that level. I acknowledge that it is within the WESPs for them, but they are not collecting data at the school level. That child and their language journey are not tracked at the moment.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1
Thank you. If I could just follow up on that, in terms of data. I was pleased to hear what you were saying about the discussions, but we have identified, when I was a member of this committee before, some of the failings that there are in terms of data…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1
Thank you. Clearly, in terms of measuring success, data is extremely important. You will be very aware of the questions that there have been as a result of the differences between the census and the Government figures, for example. And I know that you have…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1
Thank you. May I ask, therefore, because you will be aware of the Welsh Language Commissioner's five-year statutory report regarding the language, have you considered how this will align with that? Is there a risk of duplication of work? How will they be able…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1
That's not the maximum, therefore. There is a duty in section 2 for the Welsh Ministers to publish an analysis of the situation of the Welsh language in Wales. It mentions every five years, but, clearly, you will know, with Senedd reform, that we're going to…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1
Thank you. May I ask you, therefore, what is going to happen if the target is met or surpassed before 2050? Because, clearly, that is the ambition, but if things went very positively, how do you foresee that we would deal with that?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1
Thank you. I would endorse the comments that have been made, and certainly, in terms of the communication, the message has been clear, and the emphasis by Jeremy Miles as Minister to local authorities was clear that more should be done to promote Welsh-medium…
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Short Debate: Rhondda Cynon Taf National Eisteddfod: Securing a legacy for the Welsh language in the Valleys
And what has been wonderful for me since the Eisteddfod is that a number of those who attended have returned to Pontypridd after the event, as if they had discovered or rediscovered the cultural wealth available there, as well as all of the restaurants, shops…
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Short Debate: Rhondda Cynon Taf National Eisteddfod: Securing a legacy for the Welsh language in the Valleys
First of all, I’d like to thank everyone responsible for the event’s success: the Eisteddfod staff, staff and officials at Rhondda Cynon Taf council, the local working group under the leadership of the legendary Helen Prosser, the army of volunteers who…
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Short Debate: Rhondda Cynon Taf National Eisteddfod: Securing a legacy for the Welsh language in the Valleys
Thank you very much, Llywydd. I'd like to start by saying that I'll give a minute of my time to Peredur Owen Griffiths, Tom Giffard and Sioned Williams, and thank you for being willing to contribute. I will express my concern that we don't have the Cabinet…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Winter fuel payment
I do regret some of the comments that we've heard this afternoon, particularly, if I may say so, Mike Hedges's contribution. Imagine if a Conservative government had done this. What would your comments as a Labour Party have been then? And I want to return to…
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Debate on Petition P-06-1455, 'Protect the junior departments of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama from closure'
We must find solutions for culture. We have been saying for years now that the Welsh Government needs to take culture seriously. We are seeing the impact of the cuts. We are seeing the impact of this on young people’s mental health who are affected by this…
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Debate on Petition P-06-1455, 'Protect the junior departments of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama from closure'
Some children have now stopped playing. Some have struggled to find teachers. Some of the staff have formed a co-operative, with Cardiff music service administrating, but so many have fallen away that the chamber work in the afternoon may take a while to…
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Debate on Petition P-06-1455, 'Protect the junior departments of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama from closure'
May I echo my thanks to those who brought this petition before us, and to the Petitions Committee, of course, for proposing a debate on this? And I would like to express my concern that we are, once again, having to discuss the impacts of cuts in culture, and…
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90-second Statements
Thank you for your work and for being there when families receive the worst possible news.
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90-second Statements
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Every year in Wales around 80 children and 180 young people under 25 will receive a cancer diagnosis, and many more live with significant long-term impacts. Cancer remains the biggest killer by disease of…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Public sector pay
I’d like to begin today by welcoming the Cabinet Secretary to his new role and expressing my thanks too to his predecessor, Rebecca Evans, for her willingness to meet and work together in the brief period when I was shadowing you, so thank you very much. Our…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, I'd like to ask for two statements in terms of Senedd business, please. First of all, an assurance that there'll be consistency, now, in terms of Government business, now that a Government has been appointed, rather than last-minute changes and the…
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Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Rhun ap Iorwerth.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Motion under Section 37(1)(b) of the Government of Wales Act 2006
Have those images been verified as being accurate? Are you content that there is no way that they could have been faked? Because there are ways to change names in phones, et cetera, and we have seen so many fake images. Are you certain? And what steps were…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Motion under Section 37(1)(b) of the Government of Wales Act 2006
On a point of order, the Member should withdraw that.
