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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Update on Post-16 Workforce Development
I think Joyce Watson makes a very important point. The construction industry certainly does have an important role in helping us meet our net-zero goals. Part of that, as she said, is in relation to the expansion, actually, of our personal learning accounts…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Update on Post-16 Workforce Development
I'm sorry. Excuse me—Heledd Fychan did also ask about the role of the Welsh language. I've just appointed the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol as an advisory body for the commission on the Welsh language in general, and I think that that relationship is going to be…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Update on Post-16 Workforce Development
Important points and questions from the Member, so thank you for those. In terms of ensuring that there is sufficient diversity and that the workforce reflects our society, and the emphasis on the STEM elements too, that the bias in terms of gender continues…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Update on Post-16 Workforce Development
I thank the Member for those questions and the welcome that she has given to today's announcement, recognising, as her question does, how important it is for us to support our post-16 workforce, and I welcome her support for what we are doing as a Government…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Update on Post-16 Workforce Development
Dirprwy Lywydd, we are supporting continuous professional development. We provide funding directly to colleges for professional learning, encouraging collaboration across the sector to deliver development and resources designed by the sector themselves. We…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Update on Post-16 Workforce Development
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Our programme for government commits to promoting parity of esteem between vocational and academic routes in Welsh education. This reflects how important we feel both are to creating the skilled, innovative and flexible…
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The Equality Act 2010 (Relevant Welsh Authorities) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
I thank the Chair for his contribution to the debate and to the committee for their scrutiny of the regulations, I acknowledge the points that the Chair raised in his contribution today, and I am grateful to him for explaining the Government's response and…
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The Equality Act 2010 (Relevant Welsh Authorities) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Diolch, Llywydd. I move the motion and welcome the opportunity to bring forward the Equality Act 2010 (Relevant Welsh Authorities) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 today. As Members will recall from my statement last week, the Commission for Tertiary Education…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Welsh Linguistic Infrastructure
I would welcome that opportunity, if the committee did wish to look more deeply into this. It would be a great opportunity to have a broader discussion, as the Member and former Minister is asking for. [Interruption.] Yes, there’s more than one former…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Welsh Linguistic Infrastructure
I thank the Member for the history lesson at the outset, and the questions. The fact that the subject of this statement can inspire that kind of historical tour de force shows how important Welsh language infrastructure policy can be. In terms of the…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Welsh Linguistic Infrastructure
Crib sheet—thank you. I don't know what the Welsh word for 'crib sheet' is, but when he's compiling that next time, he will have a more convenient resource for doing that. In terms of how will we know whether this succeeds, I think it's clear from the…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Welsh Linguistic Infrastructure
I thank Sam Kurtz for those supportive comments and the questions that he asked. It's very important, isn't it, that we do ensure that we maintain the variations in terms of dialects that we use across Wales. I was down his part of the world recently, hearing…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Welsh Linguistic Infrastructure
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. 'A good word is to be treasured as part of our heritage'. So goes the Welsh adage, and today I'm here to introduce a policy that deals with words, and how to find them in Welsh, namely our Welsh language linguistic infrastructure…
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Topical Questions
I thank David Rees for that supplementary question and associate myself with his remarks about the school as well, and the work that they're doing to support their young people and their families. The awareness of danger to which he importantly referred in…
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Topical Questions
Well, this is a very serious subject, and I offer my sympathies to anyone who has been affected by drowning incidents in Wales—this, or, indeed, others. As Altaf Hussain alludes to in his question, there are still too many water-related incidents occurring in…
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Topical Questions
My condolences and thoughts are with the family, friends and community affected by this tragedy. We are implementing the Petitions Committee recommendations on Mark Allen's law, which is underpinned by the drowning prevention strategy. The strategy will…
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Joint item with the Welsh Youth Parliament
—it's a really important question, Jake, that you ask. The Curriculum for Wales framework is designed to be inclusive for all learners and designed to reflect the needs of each individual learner in the classroom. So, it's imperative, obviously, that it meets…
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Joint item with the Welsh Youth Parliament
Thank you, Llywydd, and thank you to all three for the questions on very important issues. To respond to Jake's question—
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Establishment of the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research
I thank Hefin David for the point he's just made. He will recall that, during the passage of the Bill, not least because he, in his work as chair of the cross-party group on universities, chaired more than one session on this. One of them, I was able to…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Establishment of the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research
I thank Huw Irranca-Davies for that question. Just to say, I think the qualities that Huw set out in the start of his question are exactly why Simon's appointment has been so widely welcomed. The duty in relation to lifelong learning is, of course, essential…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Establishment of the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research
I thank the Member for those questions. I will try my best to answer them as fully as possible. In terms of the appointment of the CEO, just to be clear, in terms of process, a stage was added to the process this time in order to ensure the fairness and…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Establishment of the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research
I thank the Member for those questions, and I'm sure the commission will welcome that closing sentiment from the education spokesperson for the Conservatives. I'm not sure I fully followed the argument in the question. The Member referred to the appointment…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Establishment of the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research
In relation to implementing the Act more widely, there will also be a series of other consultations over the coming months, which will be managed carefully so as to avoid undue burden on the sector. I am writing to the Children, Young People and Education…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Establishment of the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research
As Members will be aware, I have appointed Simon Pirotte as the first chief executive officer of the commission. Simon’s appointment has been warmly welcomed across the sector and endorsed by the Children, Young People and Education Committee. Simon will take…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Establishment of the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. I am pleased to confirm that the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research will be established this September, before becoming operational next April. The principal aim of establishing the commission is to create an independent…
