, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session
Thank you. That's very important. We've sort of run out of time. Martyn, is there anything you wanted to add to that, just very briefly?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session
Thank you very much. Sioned, do you want to pick up your questions?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session
Okay. Can you be brief, Ruth and Martyn—because I know Sioned wants to come in on something slightly different—if there's anything further you want to add to that?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session
Thank you. I'll just go back to Altaf.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session
Martyn, did you want to add anything to what Ruth said, or shall I move back to Altaf?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session
Shall we just see if the others, Martyn or Ruth, want to add to that, before you move on?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session
Who wants to go first? Ruth? Rachel?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session
Excellent. Thank you very much. Altaf, you wanted to come in.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session
Before I move on to Altaf, I wonder if you could very briefly, Martyn, say what you mean by 'use it or lose it'. I understand the concept generally, but in this context, just illustrate it.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session
Okay. I think we want to move on now to how we might shape future provision, in light of many of the comments. Jane.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session
Okay, thanks. Before I move on to Jane Dodds, Altaf, you had a supplementary question.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session
Go ahead.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session
Martyn, did you want to come in?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session
Thank you. Unless Ruth wants to add anything to what Martyn said, I'll move on to Ken Skates.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session
If you'd just like to introduce yourself, Martyn.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session
Thank you very much for that. Welcome to Jane Dodds. Unless Martyn has any burning issue he wants to come in on at this moment, I'm going to move on to Sarah Murphy and the questions she wanted to ask.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session
It is, particularly if you don't have a car. Rachel, do you want to come in next?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session
Yes.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session
Very good. And finally from me, before I move on to other Members, looking at how the childcare offer has been rolled out over the last four or five years, how do you think it's achieved the Welsh Government's objective to help parents, particularly mothers…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session
Ruth Coombs, your evidence, also, is quite fierce on the rights of children, and I just wondered if you wanted to add to what you've already said in your written information.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare and parental employment—evidence session
We're now going to move on to complete our scrutiny of witnesses on our childcare and parental employment inquiry, and I'm extremely pleased to welcome Rachel Thomas from the Children's Commissioner for Wales's office, as well as Ruth Coombs, the head of…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good afternoon, everybody. I'd like to welcome Members and members of the public to the meeting of the Equality and Social Justice Committee. The public items of this meeting are being broadcast live on Senedd.tv. The meeting is bilingual and simultaneous…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
So, you don't think that'll lead to a rush of applications to get under the wire before the new controls.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
Okay. Heating the planet obviously increases flooding risk, and some of your stakeholders, like local authorities, still have an appetite for building on flood plains. So, could you explain why you've delayed the technical advice note 15 guidance, which will…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
Okay, can I just very quickly ask about how you're picking up on the very important issues raised by WWF in their very brief but really clear report on our responsibility to stop generating carbon emissions abroad by importing soya and corn, for example?
