, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2021-2022
James, have you got any more questions?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2021-2022
Laura.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2021-2022
Thank you. James Evans.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2021-2022
Laura, did you want to come back in?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2021-2022
Brilliant. Thank you. We'll move on to questions now from Laura Jones.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2021-2022
Thank you. Just following on from that, you say in your report that you're going to publish your strategic priorities for the next five years. Can you give any more detail on the timescale of publishing your new strategy, and perhaps a very brief indication…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2021-2022
We'll move on to the second item on our agenda, which is scrutiny of Qualifications Wales's annual report 2021-22. We've got our witnesses before us this morning—welcome. We have David Jones, chair of Qualifications Wales, and Philip Blaker, chief executive…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
I'd like to welcome Members to the meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee this morning. The public items of this meeting are being broadcast live on Senedd.tv, and a Record of Proceedings will be published as usual. Aside from the…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome to this meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Homelessness - Evidence Session 5 - Minister for Climate Change
Diolch, Cadeirydd.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Homelessness - Evidence Session 5 - Minister for Climate Change
Thank you. And just finally from me, we've heard that the housing first projects have a high level of tenancy sustainment, and I know from speaking to people who've gone through that process how invaluable it is and how they feel after going through that…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Homelessness - Evidence Session 5 - Minister for Climate Change
No problem.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Homelessness - Evidence Session 5 - Minister for Climate Change
Absolutely, Minister. It's good to hear that and I'm sure we'll be following that work that you're doing in the coming weeks and months. The committee has heard about the importance of the housing support grant in our evidence that we've taken, in terms of…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Homelessness - Evidence Session 5 - Minister for Climate Change
Okay, thank you, Minister—
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Homelessness - Evidence Session 5 - Minister for Climate Change
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Bore da, Minister, and nice to see you this morning. You've mentioned initially some of the work that you've been doing with the Minister for Social Justice around the cost-of-living crisis that we're going through. Have you had any…
, Plenary
90-second Statements
Last night, as chair of the cross-party group on diabetes, I was privileged to join Members, Diabetes Cymru and the Baldwin family in the Senedd to celebrate the life and legacy of Peter Baldwin as we approach what would have been his twenty-first birthday…
, Plenary
Short Debate: A safety net for children: Delivering children's right to be safe online
I would like to say 'thank you very much' to Natasha for raising this today. It's an incredibly important debate and, on the Children, Young People and Education Committee here in the Senedd, we've already heard about the importance of online safety in our…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Social care horizon-scanning: evidence session with Care Inspectorate Wales
Yes. Thank you, Chair.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Social care horizon-scanning: evidence session with Care Inspectorate Wales
Thank you. And finally from me, Chair, can you just tell us briefly more about your concerns about those insufficient placements for children with care and support needs? We know, as has been said, that some children are being placed far from home and…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Social care horizon-scanning: evidence session with Care Inspectorate Wales
Thank you. Your annual report refers to multidisciplinary teams providing intensive support to children and families to reduce the risk of children entering the care of local authorities. As we know, as I think Joyce Watson said earlier, there is a…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Social care horizon-scanning: evidence session with Care Inspectorate Wales
Absolutely. I think we'll be following your work closely on this. Thank you for highlighting that. You've mentioned it in some of the answers earlier on in terms of the importance of advocacy and the voice of the person coming through everything. How do you…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Social care horizon-scanning: evidence session with Care Inspectorate Wales
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Perhaps you could just give us a brief overview about what your inspections tell us about the overall management and performance of children's social services across Wales at this time.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Social care horizon-scanning: evidence session with Care Inspectorate Wales
Diolch, Chair. I just wanted to say thank you to you and also to the committee members for allowing me to be part of this committee today and this session. I just wanted to come in on the issue around childcare workforce. There's been a significant rise in…
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: The publication of the Child Practice Review into the death of Logan Mwangi
Diolch, Deputy Minister, and thank you for your statement this afternoon. It is absolutely heartbreaking to hear about Logan's death, and I echo all the sentiments that all other Members have said today, and say that we're thinking of Logan's father and all…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Prif Weinidog. During this incredibly difficult time, it's vital that people have as much money in their pockets as possible. Day-to-day living costs plus unexpected expenses mean that injections of cash can be a huge lifeline. Both the Welsh…
