, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1: Welsh Local Government Association
Can I just—. Oh, sorry.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1: Welsh Local Government Association
Yes.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1: Welsh Local Government Association
Yes, it's very worrying. Perhaps you can outline the risks associated with schools taking out loans and falling into deficit. What level of liability do local authorities take if schools can't service those loans?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1: Welsh Local Government Association
Thank you. Again, you've mentioned and warned us about the budgetary impact on education, and, in your paper, about education standards. The paper talks about 'the devastating effect of cuts on educational standards—in particular the pastoral/wrap around work…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1: Welsh Local Government Association
Diolch, Cadeirydd, and good morning, everybody. As John has said, we've touched on education and it's been incredibly stark to hear what you've had to say on that already, but I just wanted to touch on a couple more points around that. Firstly, councils are…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Diolch, Weinidog. As the chair of the Senedd's cross-party group on arts and health, I'm keen to raise awareness of the benefits that the arts can bring to health and well-being. That's, of course, for all ages, including children and young people. On a…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
3. How is the Welsh Government supporting school children to engage in the creative arts? OQ60533
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you for that answer, Minister. Housing associations across Wales are taking innovative action to tackle the climate emergency, including Pobl, Linc Cymru and Newport City Homes in my constituency. Whilst carbon savings are very welcome, I want to focus…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
5. What is the Welsh Government doing to deliver retrofitting in social housing? OQ60534
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
We'll now proceed to meet in private.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Papers to note
We'll just do the papers to note. The full pack of papers on the agenda is in the paper pack. Are Members content to note those papers together? I see Members are content.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
Thank you for your time.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
That's really helpful. That's the end of our evidence session this morning. Thank you very much. Diolch yn fawr for coming in this morning and for the answers that you've given to Members. You will be provided with a transcript to check for factual accuracy…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
That would be really helpful. Thank you. Just taking us a little bit back to the grant amalgamation again, and the mechanism for distributing the funding, does the fact that the funding is going to go to local authorities rather than the regional consortia…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
John.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
Thank you, John. I'll bring James in first.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
Thank you, James. Questions now from John Griffiths.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
Thank you. That's really helpful. Questions now from James Evans.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
Brilliant. Thank you for that.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
Thank you, Laura. Following on from Laura's question just around school reserves, I just wonder—you say that the data will be captured in March, but I don't think it's published till October. I just wondered if there's a point when you will be able to share…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
Yes, that's fine. Thank you for that; that'll be really helpful. So, we'll move on to questions now from Laura Jones. Laura.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
Thank you, Sioned. Just before we move on to Laura, I wonder if you can provide in writing a breakdown of the £74.7 million of reductions announced in the in-year budget in October—sorry to take us back a little bit—just in writing, because we don't have…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
Thanks, Ken. Sioned.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
Thank you. Diolch, Sioned. Questions now from Ken Skates.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24 - evidence session 2
Okay, thank you very much. We've got some questions now from Sioned Williams. Sioned.
