, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8
Thank you, Sioned. Diolch. And, obviously, that's the end of our evidence session, just on time, Minister. Thank you for that. I think we might have some technical questions that we will put in writing to you following the letter that we've received, just to…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8
Sioned Williams. Sioned.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8
Diolch, James. We've now got some questions from John Griffiths, and nice to see you here, John, for this section.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8
Thank you, Laura. Questions from James Evans. James.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8
Diolch, Ken. We have questions from Laura Jones.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8
Brilliant. Thank you, Minister. We'll just move on to a question from Ken Skates.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8
Yes. I'll just bring James Evans in, briefly.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8
James, do you want—?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8
Thank you. The paper to the committee also says that: 'The new curriculum makes ample provision for outdoor experiences and the Explanatory Memorandum...does not adequately make the case for why pupils must be offered residential outdoor education.' The EM…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8
Thank you. Following the Member's letter as well, just to get your understanding of this, would primary legislation be needed to bring residential outdoor education in as a compulsory element of the curriculum, or could this be done by making regulations…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8
As the Member has said, and you've mentioned about the enthusiasm generally, he's consulted with children and young people as well, and the adults representing them, and the support, he says, is broadly there. They've said that cost was the biggest barrier to…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8
Thank you. The Member in charge has said that he's undertaken three detailed consultations on the Bill. He reports that there is a very significant level of support for the principles of this legislation. What consideration have you given to the levels of…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8
Thank you. Your written paper states that the Welsh Government has very serious reasons for choosing not to support the Bill in three key areas: that's curriculum delivery, legislation and finance. Perhaps you can elaborate on the first of these in terms of…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8
Brilliant. Thank you very much. The first question is around the development of the Bill. Perhaps you could say if the Welsh Government has had any involvement in the development of the Bill, and, if so, what.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 8
Croeso nôl. Welcome back. This is our eighth evidence session on the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill. I'd like to welcome the Minister and his officials this morning. Thank you very much for joining us. We have Jeremy Miles, Minister for Education…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
We’ll just take a break now, and go into private session before our next evidence session.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Thank you, Laura. That’s the end of the evidence session. Thank you very much for joining us and for agreeing to provide some further information. We really appreciate you giving that evidence today. You will receive a copy of the transcript just to check for…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Thank you, Sioned. Finally, some questions from Laura again. Laura.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Thank you, Laura. Questions from Sioned Williams. Sioned.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Thank you. Thank you, James. We'll move on to questions from Laura Jones. Laura.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Yes. Go on.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Absolutely. Thank you. We've got some questions now from James Evans. James.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Thank you. Are you aware of children missing out on residential outdoor education, and to what extent? And to what extent do organisations like parent-teacher associations subsidise these trips through fundraising, and is that really going to be a realistic…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Do you support the policy intention of the Bill, which is to ensure that a course of residential outdoor education is provided once, free of charge, as part of the curriculum to registered pupils at maintained schools, and, if yes, why?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 7
Croeso nôl. Welcome back. This is our next evidence session, and it is our seventh evidence session on the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill. I'd like to welcome Frank Young, director of policy and research of Parentkind. You're very welcome. We'd…
