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Disability and employment: evidence session 3
Excellent. Just one or two things from me. There is a persistent greater disability employment gap in Wales compared with England or Scotland. I just wondered if you have any insight into why that is.
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Disability and employment: evidence session 3
Over to you, Mick Antoniw.
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Disability and employment: evidence session 3
Thank you. Julie Morgan.
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Disability and employment: evidence session 3
Presumably other people know about it. Okay. Joel James.
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Disability and employment: evidence session 3
I'll move on to Joel James in a moment. Could you just say what the Lilac report is, because I've not heard of that?
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Disability and employment: evidence session 3
Okay, fine. I'll now call in Sioned Williams.
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Disability and employment: evidence session 3
—who from your organisation, whether it's Ben Cottam or somebody else, and, if so, what has been their input on the progress that it's making in making the workplace better for people with disabilities.
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Disability and employment: evidence session 3
Okay, because, obviously, this is something that's hosted by the Government and various organisations. I would expect the FSB to be involved, so it'd be very useful if you could find out—
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Disability and employment: evidence session 3
Okay. So, lastly from me, before I move on to other Members: what involvement have you had in the disability rights taskforce in Wales, if any?
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Disability and employment: evidence session 3
Your 2022 report points out that a significant number of your members are people with a disability. Does that make them more or less likely to employ somebody else with a declared disability?
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Disability and employment: evidence session 3
Apart from the fact that I'm impressed that the individual you spoke about managed to get hold of anybody on a Sunday morning, isn't it the job of the FSB to point people in the direction of Business Wales? I'm not an employer—well, I am—but the point is…
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Disability and employment: evidence session 3
So, I'd very much like to welcome Fflur Elin, representing the Federation of Small Businesses, to our meeting today. I wondered if you can tell us what the main barriers to work for disabled people are and whether you think there's been any change over the…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Prynhawn da. Welcome to the Equality and Social Justice Committee, where we are continuing our inquiry into disability and employment. I've had no apologies for today; all Members are present. Are there any declarations of interest? I see none.
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
So, in the context of the need to try and get anybody who’s missing out on the pension credit in order to get the winter fuel payment, I’ve been speaking to the housing associations in my constituency of Cardiff Central to see what duty of care they have to…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
1. What standards of care for tenants does the Welsh Government expect from housing associations? OQ61604
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Statement by the Minister for Children and Social Care: The importance of the first 1,000 days of life—Conception to 2 years
How are we going to get midwives and health visitors filling that gap that exists for so many people?
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Statement by the Minister for Children and Social Care: The importance of the first 1,000 days of life—Conception to 2 years
—antenatally and an overstretched labour ward that often the cascade of intervention occurs. So, given that it takes a village to raise a child, how are you determining what 'good' looks like in your quality statement and what input is involved from people…
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Statement by the Minister for Children and Social Care: The importance of the first 1,000 days of life—Conception to 2 years
I'm very sorry that Jane Dodds is not able to be here today, because I think she did an absolutely fantastic job in organising the conference this morning and bringing together all the stakeholders. I just want to focus on the period when someone becomes…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Tata Steel
I hadn't intended to speak, but I do think it needs refuting, this idea that we can simply just nationalise the steel plant. I've seen that it took Tata £1 million a day to run the steelworks, and without the support of the UK Government it's simply not going…
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Business Statement and Announcement
I'm sure we're all aware that only those in receipt of pension credit are also entitled to continue getting the winter fuel allowance. So, building on the work done by Neath Port Talbot Council, which has led to an extra £250,000 being awarded to pensioners…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Thank you for that clarification, but, obviously, perinatal deaths normally involve the health service, which is entirely devolved. And, as we've rehearsed earlier, the justice system is on its knees, and the parents who've suffered the tragedy of the loss of…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
4. Will the Counsel General make a statement on the conducting of inquests into perinatal deaths? OQ61598
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
I just want to ask Members to agree that we go into private session under Standing Order 17.42 for the remainder of this meeting. I see no disagreement.
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Papers to note
Excellent. Perhaps we can discuss the detail in private session.
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Papers to note
There is just one paper to note, in our correspondence from the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. Can we just note that? Thank you very much. Jane Dodds.
