, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning and welcome to this meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee today.
, Plenary
Short Debate: Getting around: Free public transport for young people
I really welcome this important debate put forward by Jane Dodds, and I'd like to thank Jane for agreeing to give me a minute of her time. I agree with her on many of the points raised today. The area I would like to focus on is the issue of school transport…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The cost of living
Diolch yn fawr, Mabon, and I'm just going to come on to a point where I think that perhaps the Welsh Government can do a bit more on this sort of area. Being in debt often feels like a gut-wrenching, endless cycle, and supporting residents out of that cycle…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The cost of living
Yes.
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The cost of living
The frustrating thing for so many of us is that this is a crisis that we've seen coming. We've known energy prices are rocketing, we've known inflation is rising, yet what did this Conservative UK Government do? They cut universal credit, taking away a vital…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Thank you for that answer, Minister. The cost of living in the UK is dramatically increasing. Worryingly, energy price rises are only the tip of the iceberg with the news today that inflation has hit a 30-year high and still set to increase. Financial…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
1. How will the Welsh Government use economic development to tackle the UK-wide cost-of-living crisis in Wales? OQ57477
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Papers to note
We'll now move on to item 6, which is the papers to note. So, full details of the papers are set out on the agenda and in the meeting papers. Are Members content to note those papers? I can see Members are. So, as agreed under item 3, the next four items will…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-2023 - evidence session 1
Thank you. Thank you, Sioned. I can't see any other further questions from Members, so that's the end of the scrutiny session for today. I'd like to thank the Minister, the Deputy Ministers and officials for joining us this afternoon. You will receive a…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-2023 - evidence session 1
Sorry, you cut out then. Go on, Sioned.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-2023 - evidence session 1
Thank you, Carolyn. We've now got the final section of questions from Sioned Williams. Sioned.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-2023 - evidence session 1
Thank you, Ken. Now we have some questions from Carolyn Thomas. Carolyn.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-2023 - evidence session 1
Yes, you are.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-2023 - evidence session 1
Ken Skates, thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-2023 - evidence session 1
Carolyn would like to come in, yes. Thanks, Ken. Carolyn.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-2023 - evidence session 1
Minister, or Deputy Minister.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-2023 - evidence session 1
Thank you, Deputy Minister. Moving on to some questions now from Ken Skates.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-2023 - evidence session 1
Minister.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-2023 - evidence session 1
Thank you, Deputy Minister. Sioned Williams, did you want to come in?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-2023 - evidence session 1
Thank you, that would be really helpful. And just finally from me, on one of the issues around the Flying Start programme and services for looked-after children—they're both programme for government priorities that are within the ministerial portfolio. How do…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-2023 - evidence session 1
Thank you for that answer. It is something that, obviously, will concern the committee greatly; as I said, children's rights are something that we take very seriously. Is there perhaps something in writing that you can point the committee towards where any of…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-2023 - evidence session 1
Thank you, Minister. One of the things the committee has decided to put at the heart of everything we do is children's rights. There is a clear legal duty on Welsh Government to give due regard to children's rights in the United Nations Convention on the…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-2023 - evidence session 1
Thank you. Your paper that you've sent us sets out that the NHS revenue budgets will increase by £842 million in 2022/23, with a further increase of £250 million and £200 million in the following two years. How can you guarantee that this will address issues…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-2023 - evidence session 1
Thank you, that's really helpful. And I think you can understand our concerns as a committee and the importance that we see that we are assured that the children are getting their fair share of the health and social care funding, given that their needs can be…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-2023 - evidence session 1
I think Steve Elliot wants to come in on this point, Minister.
