, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
Diolch. Thank you, Laura. And thank you very much for coming in this morning for that evidence; we very much appreciate it. It's been very helpful. Diolch yn fawr. You will be sent a transcript in due course just to check for factual accuracy, but just to say…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
Diolch, Heledd. Finally, some questions from Laura Jones.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
Okay. Thank you, Laura. Back to Heledd.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
I'll just bring Laura Jones in again. Laura.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
Okay. Thank you, James. And now questions from Heledd Fychan. Heledd.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
Okay. Thank you. Back to James.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
Laura, did you want to come back on that?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
Can I just bring Laura Jones in? Laura.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
Thanks, Ken. Questions now from James Evans.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
Brilliant. Thank you very much for that. We've got some more questions now from Ken Skates.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
Absolutely, thank you. You also said in the consultation response that there will be 'many benefits for learners'. What are the main benefits that you envisage being delivered?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
Okay, thank you for clarifying that. In your consultation responses to Sam Rowlands, you say that you broadly support the aim of the Bill. Why is primary legislation needed to ensure that children access residential outdoor education, and why do you think…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill—evidence session 3
Croeso nôl. Welcome back, everybody. We'll now move on to the next item on our agenda, which is item 5, and it's the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill, and it's our third evidence session. I'd like to welcome our witness this morning who has joined…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2022-2023
Diolch. Just to say that Members will take a short break, to bring in the next set of witnesses. So, we'll now proceed to meet in private.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2022-2023
Diolch, Heledd. Thank you. Thank you very much for joining us this morning. That's the end of the scrutiny session today. I'd just like to say that you will receive a transcript to check for factual accuracy in the coming weeks, so please do that. I'd just…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2022-2023
Diolch, James. The final section of questions from Heledd Fychan.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2022-2023
Thanks, Ken. Questions from James Evans now.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2022-2023
Thank you, Buffy. Questions now from Ken Skates.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2022-2023
Thank you very much. It's good to have that on the record, because I know it was something that we raised last year as well, so thank you for clarifying that and getting your point of view on that. We've got some questions now from Buffy Williams. Buffy.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2022-2023
Thank you. Thank you, Laura. Just to take you back on the points you raised around the nature of the coupled A-levels and AS levels, won't there be the same problem in 2024??
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2022-2023
Lovely, thank you. We've got some questions now from Laura Jones. Laura.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2022-2023
Brilliant. Thank you. And how has the five-year strategy and four strategic priorities you adopted last December shaped your work and activities over the last year?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2022-2023
Yes, absolutely. Just on the point around the eight matters—and as well as those eight matters, just those two principal aims—are you happy that they don't need any review at all, or do you think that those should be reviewed in light of the fact that it's…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of Qualifications Wales Annual Report 2022-2023
Croeso nôl. We're back for our next session, which is the scrutiny of the Qualifications Wales annual report 2022-23. We have got with us David Jones, chair of Qualifications Wales, and Philip Blaker, chief executive of Qualifications Wales. You're very…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 3, 7, 8 and 9 of this meeting
I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, that the committee resolves to meet in private for items 3, 7, 8 and 9 of the meeting. We will now proceed to meet in private.
