, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Diabetes
Absolutely, Sam, and I think that's a key point. And there are more than three types of diabetes as well. I think that that is something that many people need to understand, that there are other types. And the more that we can do to raise awareness of those…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Diabetes
Yes, of course.
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Diabetes
Diolch, Deputy Llywydd. I didn't hear you call me. As the chair of the cross-party group on diabetes, I'd like to thank Darren Millar for bringing forward this important debate. As we've heard, diabetes directly affects hundreds of thousands of people in…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you for that answer, Minister. I fully recognise that the agricultural sector is improving all the time when it comes to reducing their waste, but one stubborn factor that seems to be harder to solve is the plastic produced by the sector for things such…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
3. How will the Welsh Government's future farming policy help to reduce agricultural waste? OQ58278
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Papers to note
So, we'll now move on to item 5, and that is papers to note. Full details of the one paper to note, which is quite unusual for us—only having one paper to note—is on the agenda and in the paper pack. Are Members content to note that paper? Yes. I see all…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 7
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 7
Okay. That would be really helpful, and any sort of updates that you have around that, we'd be pleased to receive those. Thank you. Does anybody have any final questions? No. [Interruption.] We've only got two minutes. No questions to fit in the two minutes…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 7
Thank you, James. We've been engaging with families and organisations to try and speak to those around persistent absence, and we'll have a report—a transcript, really—of those discussions that will go with our own report, which will be published, but I just…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 7
Brilliant, thank you. Now, some questions from James Evans. James.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 7
Thank you. With regard to the funding to support learners in year 11, do you have any information on how that funding was used to support learners' attendance and the level of success that these approaches had?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 7
Thank you. We have heard, through our oral evidence sessions, people suggesting that, although the funding has been very welcome in the short term they're a bit concerned about what will happen in the future, longer term with that funding. Is that something…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 7
That would be really helpful.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 7
Thank you. Just moving on to the questions around funding, in your written evidence, you noted that funding was made available in 2021-22 for local authorities to provide additional emotional, mental health and well-being support to young people. Have you…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 7
Thank you, Minister. Do you agree with Meilyr Rowlands's assessment that, prior to the pandemic, there was a broad consensus around what constituted best practice for improving attendance, and do you think that's changed at all?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 7
Can you understand how some people would see it as unfair about the different types of fixed-penalty notices? For some families, it's going to be a huge extra pressure, and others think that they could perhaps go on holiday and it wouldn't actually affect…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 7
Thank you, Minister. The committee's heard different views about the role of fixed-penalty notices for non-attendance. What will the scope of the Welsh Government's review and research into the use of fixed-penalty notices be, and do you think that there's a…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 7
Thank you, Heledd. Just following on from Heledd's questions, Estyn told us that they've got growing concerns about the number of reduced timetables that are being used with young people without appropriate reviews. What oversight is there of the length of…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 7
Okay. Thank you, Minister. We have got some questions from Heledd Fychan. Heledd.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 7
Thank you. Thanks, James. You've referenced our evidence that we heard from Professor Ann John recently as well, which was incredibly powerful, and she has also posed another question, really. She suggested that—given the levels of absence in Wales post…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 7
Thank you, Laura. I'll just bring James Evans in.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 7
Okay, questions now from Laura Jones. Laura.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 7
Thank you, Minister.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 7
Thank you, Ken. Questions now from Buffy Williams.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Pupil absence—evidence session 7
Welcome back to our evidence session of the Children, Young People, and Education Committee. We're on evidence session 7 of our pupil absence inquiry. I'd like to welcome the Minister, Jeremy Miles—it's good to see you—and with you you have Sian Jones, head…
