, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny
Thank you very much. If I can turn, therefore, to our inquiry's focus on criminally exploited children and young people—you referred to that in your previous response—what is your understanding of the nature and scale across Wales, including the regional…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny
Okay.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny
So, you have the detail on how many of those 2,232 are over 50 then?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny
May I ask if you know, from the 2,232, how many children that equates to, because you gave the example of one being 54—?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny
I'm sure you will be aware that our committee has launched an inquiry into children and young people on the margins, with an initial focus on missing children and criminally exploited children and young people. Looking at the first of those issues, what are…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny
Thank you. I think we'll be probably delving into workforce a little later as well. I'll be changing to Welsh. Diolch.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny
Thank you. So, workload—
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny
Can I ask what's the primary concern across all the joint inspection of child protection arrangements that you've published to date? And if I can ask also to what extent, if any, are funding pressures on local authorities having an impact on child protection?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny
Diolch yn fawr iawn. If I can return to Welsh now.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny
I guess, for us, in terms of our scrutiny, it's to understand how you return to those 20 recommendations and how any progress is monitored, obviously, if different people are responsible for different elements. Obviously, all 20 recommendations are important…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny
Sorry to cut across, but we’ve had a debate on the 20 recommendations, and, obviously, one of the things that was picked up, as you rightly said, is the fact that it’s not the first time—they weren’t new recommendations. So, I think my question was: how are…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny
If we look at some of the tragic child deaths that we've seen, including, of course, the very sad case of Logan Mwangi, the Welsh Government asked you, or Care Inspectorate Wales, to lead a multi-agency rapid review to look at decision making in terms of…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Care Inspectorate Wales: Annual Scrutiny
Thank you very much.
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, a written statement was issued last week on the 'Learner travel in Wales analysis and evaluation: recommendations report December 2023'—long awaited. You will be aware of how many questions have been asked on this issue, and yet a written statement…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister, just for outlining there the opportunities as well as the threats outlined by the remaining coal tips here in Wales. I think it is important to reflect on the comments you've continuously made regarding the hugely disappointing fact…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Diolch.
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Thank you. Just one further question. Sorry, I am skipping around here sightly. But you've emphasised how this Bill works closely with the other Bill, and you will know that as part of the other reform Bill, communication promoting those changes is an…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Thank you very much. And if I could just ask one further question in terms of there not being an offence of falsifying nomination papers: why treat it differently? Does the Bill, as introduced, enable false gender statements in the Order that will sit beneath…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Thank you, Minister. Was any consideration given to other methods of enforcing quotas other than those set out in the Bill?
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Thank you. You'll be aware, with the other Bill, perhaps, that one of the points that has been raised—and we got the agreement of the Counsel General on this—is the issue of funding political parties in relation to policy development and so on. So, it might…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
If we could now turn to enforcement and offences. Could you perhaps provide us with more information to what we have already discussed as to whether you had considered any alternative methods of sanction beyond those mentioned in the Bill, for example in the…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Can I ask, therefore, just so that there is no doubt in my mind here, can returning officers still, when they receive forms, reject forms that are clearly a sham? And can you confirm this doesn't negate what's usual now—that nomination papers may then also be…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
I know the focus has been on gender here now, but, in the same way, if we look at the other Bill, residency will apply. So, this is in the same way, and that, in effect, is the same thing—that you're taking at face value the information provided.
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Thank you. In terms of the national nominations compliance officer role, do you believe that there would need to be a deputy or a substitute for that role, and that that should be on the face of the Bill?
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Thank you. I have to say, if we're in a position of reviewing this following the election because there's a problem with a 100 per cent women, or 90 per cent women, I think we would be in a position that might hit the headlines. Because I think we have to go…
