, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - evidence session 6
Carolyn.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - evidence session 6
Yes, I'm sure those issues will come up. Do you think there's a particular issue around accessing childcare in the school holidays? And also, to what extent are children with additional needs able to take part in all types of activities offered in…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - evidence session 6
Brilliant, thank you. That's really helpful. Just around the extent of the availability of accessible childcare across Wales, to what extent is there any continuity or consistency across Wales? How about the accessibility of people to access childcare in…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - evidence session 6
Thank you. Does anybody else want to come in? No. Okay. I'll move on. To what extent do you think the childcare offer currently meets the needs of children with additional needs, and what do you think the impact will be of the plans to expand it to…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare? - evidence session 6
So, we'll move on to one of the main items on our agenda this morning, which is the sixth evidence session of our inquiry, which is, 'Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare?' A warm welcome to our witnesses who've…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
I would like to welcome all members of the committee here this morning. The public items of this meeting are being broadcast live on Senedd.tv and a Record of Proceedings will be published as usual. The meeting is bilingual and simultaneous translation is…
, 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: The impact of vaping across Wales
I'd like to thank John Griffiths for bringing forward this important topic for debate this evening and for allowing me a minute of your time. Diolch, John. You've talked about the importance and the impact of vaping on children and young people, and it's that…
, Plenary
90-second Statements
This week marks Hospice Care Week, and so I want to take this time to highlight the wonderful work of St David's Hospice Care in my constituency in Newport West. In 1979 Heulwen Egerton MBE, a nurse tutor at the Royal Gwent Hospital, set up the Gwent hospice…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I'd like to add my sympathies and best wishes to the boys who were injured last week as well. In the last Senedd, I also called for regulation on the sale of domestic fireworks, following an incident in my constituency in Newport where fireworks were thrown…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, could I ask for a statement on support available to families who have lost a baby? As Members will know, this week marks the twenty-first year of Baby Loss Awareness Week, a week for everyone in the baby loss community and beyond to come together to…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
The provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers - Evidence from the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Diolch, Cadeirydd.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
The provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers - Evidence from the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Thank you. You talked as well about the importance of communication and perhaps you could expand a little bit on how Welsh Government is communicating and engaging with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities as well as the organisations that support and…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
The provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers - Evidence from the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Diolch, Cadeirydd, and thank you, Minister. You’ve given a strong commitment today and you’ve been very clear in that, but you’ve also touched on the frustrations that Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people have been feeling. We’ve heard from Travelling Ahead…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian Refugees - Evidence from the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Yes, absolutely. That would be good to keep in touch with, Chair, wouldn't it? Diolch, Cadeirydd.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian Refugees - Evidence from the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
Diolch, Cadeirydd, and good afternoon, Minister. In your update you said that you would be exploring the feasibility of more hosts and guests converting appropriate placements into commercial lodging arrangements if 'thank you' payments were not available in…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you for that answer, Minister. Our canal network is a critical part of our national infrastructure. Canals bring the benefits of green spaces and nature corridors into urban areas, reaching thousands of people for whom access to nature is at a premium…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
5. What measures is the Welsh Government taking to protect and enhance Wales’s canal network? OQ59985
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 3
So, some clarity on all those set out in a way that would be helpful. Brilliant. Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 3
So, that is something that the Welsh Government could do to reassure you. You've mentioned targets and how they could help, and you've outlined, commissioner, quite a few ways that the Welsh Government could monitor and use targets to help focus attention on…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 3
Thank you, Chair. Just to follow up on some of the issues around accountability and targets, at the moment, in the draft strategy, what's your view on how the Welsh Government intend to monitor and report on progress of that draft strategy?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 3
Thank you, commissioner. Obviously, you've touched on a few things there in relation to more detail and stricter timelines. You've both raised a number of concerns in relation to the integrated impact assessment and children's rights impact assessment…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 3
Thank you, Chair. And to the commissioner, you've said in your written evidence that taking a children's rights approach would go some way to the Welsh Government meeting the duty of due regard under the Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 3
Thank you, Chair. Just around the five principles for a children's rights approach, perhaps you could explain how a children's rights approach could be applied to the strategy.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 2
Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
