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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
The pupil level annual school census as well as the Welsh in education strategic plans provide us with a comprehensive picture of Welsh-medium provision across Wales. Together, they contribute to policy and funding decisions that move us closer to our…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
One of the joys of the role is the opportunity to visit schools in all parts of Wales, so I'm obviously very happy to do that. The Member makes a point about the availability of the existing twenty-first century schools and colleges programme for non-new…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Powys has benefited from a £79.5 million investment during the first wave of the twenty-first century schools and colleges programme, and a further £113.5 million is planned during the current wave of investment.
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
The Member knows very well that we think there needs to be reform of the supply teacher system, because it was a programme for government commitment on which we were elected, and also it features in the agreement that we have with Plaid Cymru, to look again…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
The local infection control decision framework sets out actions schools should take to reduce transmission of COVID-19. While we learn more about omicron, staff in all education settings and secondary-aged learners and above should now wear face coverings in…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
I thank the Member for the question. I think the scale of the challenge that lies ahead of us, and which I think we're all aware of, means that we need to make every contribution we can. So, I do think that the sustainable communities for learning programme…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
I would certainly be happy to do that and I thank the Member for bringing that important point to the Chamber. I was listening to her exchange with the climate change Minister earlier, and I think it is really inspiring, looking at the kind of scale of some…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
I have mandated net-zero carbon under the new banner of 'sustainable communities for learning' for the twenty-first century schools and colleges investment programme from 1 January next year. All new–build, major refurbishment and extension projects will need…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
In terms of investing to support those who had missed opportunities to use the Welsh language, perhaps where Welsh is not used in the home, an element of the recovery funding announced for next year has been prioritised for learners and Welsh speakers in…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
This is a very important question, and, in a variety of ways, the Government is already providing support. One of the priorities that we have is ensuring that Welsh language transmission happens at home. And that is more of a challenge than we'd hoped and…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
I thank the Member for that important question. In a university that has the highest number of Welsh speakers of all the Welsh universities, it is appropriate that students have employed representation in the union, and that would correspond to the…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Well, I don't think that the Member asserting a lack of clarity when I've spelled out the position a few moments ago is especially helpful, if I can put it like that. As I've said—[Interruption.] As I've said, as a consequence of the variant, we are all…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
I agree with the Member about how serious the matter is, and I agree with her that the Estyn report makes very distressing reading indeed, and I want to thank all children and young people who took part in that report. It will not have been an easy thing for…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Well, can I first associate myself with her comments in relation to the tragic case of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, which she started her question with, which is, I think, a very, very sad and very sobering lesson for all parts of the UK? All education settings in…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
I certainly agree with him that we need to ensure that those families who are least able to afford access to broadband and the kind of computer equipment that many of us will take for granted are able to access that in order for those opportunities to be…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Well, I couldn't agree more with the Member on the first point that she made, which is that teaching and school staff have put the well-being of their learners very often ahead of their own. And I think I just want to put on the record again today my…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
It is important that we have a comprehensive understanding of what is happening on the ground across all cohorts of learners. A review of attendance patterns is under way and I expect interim findings shortly, with the report in February of next year, and the…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
The Member is right to say, of course, that the omicron situation means that we have to keep a very close watching brief on developments, and the Cabinet has met today and it will meet again tomorrow. We're looking at this daily, because the picture is…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Well, I thank the Member for that supplementary question. He is, of course, right to say that children learn best when they're in a classroom setting with their peers and with their teachers learning face to face. Of course, there have been times when that…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
I have introduced the local infection control framework and supporting toolkit to support schools to introduce additional measures based on local community transmission; for example, in Gwynedd, we have recently increased the offer of testing for a limited…
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Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Diolch yn fawr.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Chair, I think it's very much along the theme of what we've been discussing today. So, I obviously understand very well the committee's interest in the balance, and it's one that I share, and so I think anything where you feel perhaps the balance is in the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
I don't think that we are. There are two elements here, namely what is the range of things that could be done being one question; and then the second question is for what purpose should those things be done. The first question deals with a range of other…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Yes. Those discussions have been very constructive and we expect to receive consent soon.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
The Bill sets out a list of bodies that could be subject to the work of this office. So, as that is on the face of the Bill, it strikes me as being appropriate that it is the negative procedure that is used. The kinds of bodies that could be in those…
