, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare?—evidence session 1
Diolch, Sioned. Questions now from Laura Jones. Laura.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare?—evidence session 1
Thank you very much. We'll go on to some questions now from Sioned Williams. Sioned.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare?—evidence session 1
Thank you very much, and I'm sure we've got more questions, and you rightly said you're going to go into some more detail on that. Just for clarity, do you think there's a difference between those three groups that I mentioned, whether it's a disability…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare?—evidence session 1
We'll move on to the first item on our agenda, which is our first evidence session of 'Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare?'. I'd like to welcome our witnesses this morning. Here today, we have Rocio Cifuentes…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
I'd like to welcome Members to the meeting of the Children, Young People, and Education Committee 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…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome to this meeting of the Children, Young People, and Education Committee.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
We'll move on to the next item on our agenda, which is item 4, and that's to go into private session. So, I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, that the committee resolves to meet in private for the remainder of this meeting. Diolch yn fawr.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms—Ministerial scrutiny session
Thank you very much, Minister. That's the end of our evidence session this morning. Thank you very much to you and your officials for coming in, and, also, thank you for the paper that you provided before today's meeting, which was a comprehensive paper, so…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms—Ministerial scrutiny session
Thank you, Ken. Just finally, Minister, perhaps you can tell us a little bit about the role of the DECLO in relation to the ALN reforms.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms—Ministerial scrutiny session
Thank you, Buffy. Finally, questions from Ken Skates.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms—Ministerial scrutiny session
Okay, thank you. Thanks, Laura. Questions from Buffy Williams.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms—Ministerial scrutiny session
Thank you, James. We'll move on to questions now from Laura Jones.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms—Ministerial scrutiny session
Diolch, Sioned. Questions now from James Evans.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms—Ministerial scrutiny session
Sorry, Sioned, just to come in on that. Just to say that the survey and the results are published in the NASUWT's written evidence to us. If you want to have a look at that and interrogate that any further, you'll be able to find that there. Sioned.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms—Ministerial scrutiny session
Okay, thank you, Laura. Questions, then, from Sioned Williams. Sioned.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms—Ministerial scrutiny session
Brilliant. Thank you. I will just bring in Laura Jones now. Laura.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms—Ministerial scrutiny session
Thank you, Minister. I'm sure that we will come on to some more points later on. What consideration have you given to the impact of the curriculum and ALN reforms on disadvantaged groups and those with protected characteristics? For example, how fully are…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms—Ministerial scrutiny session
So, you think, on balance, doing both of these reforms at the same time has more advantages than disadvantages?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms—Ministerial scrutiny session
Thank you, Minister. You talked about the two reforms—ALN reform and the curriculum reform. Do you think that one faces more significant challenges than the other?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Implementation of education reforms—Ministerial scrutiny session
We'll move on to the first item on our agenda this morning. Just before I welcome the Minister, I'd like to thank Ysgol y Strade, Ysgol Aberconwy and Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic School for facilitating visits to Members on 27 April. It was very much…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
I'd like to welcome you all this morning to the Children, Young People, and Education Committee. The public items of this meeting are being broadcast live on Senedd.tv, and the Record of Proceedings will be published as usual. The meeting is bilingual and…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome to today's meeting of the Children, Young People, and Education Committee.
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Prif Weinidog, Welsh pupils and young people have such a vast array of skills and talents. In terms of future employment, it benefits everyone for there to be a system in place that allows them to access educational opportunities that actually utilise and…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 5
Yes. That sounds very sensible.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 5
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Yes, I was going to say that I know that we've touched on the public libraries Act. I just wonder if there's anything in particular you'd like to add to that around if you think that—you know, to what extent you feel that that Act provides…
