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'I would have definitely said "Ydw dwi yn".'
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she says,
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'So perhaps as well as the "can you understand, speak and write..." questions on the census maybe there should be a question like "Do you feel a connection to the Welsh language." And for that',
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She goes on to say:
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'There's a lot going around about the decrease in the figures but here's my opinion as someone who put no to all the questions. Despite knowing very little but desperately trying to learn I've actually never felt more connected to our language. Of course I'd…
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Well, I'll try and respond to that broad range of comments and questions. The Member started by saying that the figures clearly demonstrated that we're further away from our target. We must look at the census, but also the other data sources, which, as I said…
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Although this data is disappointing, our commitment to increase the use of the Welsh language and to reach a million by 2050 remains. We must look in detail at the census and all other data sources, particularly when the annual population survey shows an…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Supply Teaching Model
That point is fair enough. What we’re stating here today is a milestone on this journey. Next year, we will see the advice from the new body on the framework reforms and the launch in September. We have a year, next year, when we hope to see progress…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Supply Teaching Model
Well, I thank the Member for the questions. I'm not sure what the Member has as a positive alternative to suggest to the matters that I outlined. If she has a practical, positive proposal to make, in this, or indeed any other area of education policy, I'm…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Supply Teaching Model
In order to take forward the new local authority employment model, I am pleased to announce today that we will establish a new technology booking platform that will be available to local authorities, schools and supply staff from September 2023. The model…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Supply Teaching Model
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. I would like to start by taking this opportunity to once again thank our supply teachers for the work they do, and particularly for the essential support they provided to schools during the pandemic, which was an uncertain and…
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Short Debate: A safety net for children: Delivering children's right to be safe online
Online safety is a complex societal issue. Tackling it requires a multi-agency approach. Our national digital resilience action plan outlines the commitments we are undertaking across Government, along with expert partners, to enhance the protection for…
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Short Debate: A safety net for children: Delivering children's right to be safe online
Children and young people are highly engaged internet users at increasingly younger ages, as we've heard in the debate this evening. It's no surprise that Ofcom's latest 'Children and parents: media use and attitudes report 2022' found that 99 per cent of…
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Short Debate: A safety net for children: Delivering children's right to be safe online
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd, and I'd like to thank the Member for moving this important short debate. As a Government, we are eager to spread the benefits of the internet and encourage the safe use of technology.
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
I thank the Member for that important question. The data that we use is the foundation for policies in terms of financial incentives and the Member has already mentioned those. The comparison between what’s available in Wales and England isn’t appropriate…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
We are progressing with our 10-year Welsh in education workforce plan, which includes developing and implementing a marketing strategy in partnership with the Education Workforce Council and the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol to encourage more Welsh speakers to…
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I certainly will. They play an integral role in making sure that young people are able to access early years and nursery through the medium of Welsh. That is fantastic in terms of ensuring that Welsh language provision is available, but also supporting…
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Can I take the opportunity to correct the record that it was 230,000 children? That's what I intended to say in my answer. I just want to echo what the Member has just said. I am disappointed for this family and others, I shouldn't wonder, in the community…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
We provide over £5 million to partners such as the Urdd, the young farmers and the mentrau for activities through the medium of Welsh. Last week, 230 children joined in the Urdd jamboree to celebrate the Wales team in the world cup, and I'll be continuing to…
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I thank Peter Fox for raising this and for the way in which he's raised it. It's a very profound challenge, isn't it, and a challenge that many of us who are—considerably, in my case, at least—beyond school years find it hard to understand the scale of…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Keeping safe online is critical to our children's physical and mental health. That's why digital competence is a mandatory cross-curricular skill and the health and well-being area has a focus on developing safe behaviour online. It's also a clear focus of…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
That's a really important question—thank you to Altaf Hussain for raising it. There's a huge amount of work under way to ensure that social care workers across the sector in Wales can receive the training that they need to do their jobs well, and that that is…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
I have regular discussions with ministerial colleagues about education, training and development and their portfolios.
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Well, the report to which the Member refers was published following the statement that I made in the Senedd, I think, from memory—but somebody may correct me—back in March, and the speech that I then made to the Bevan Foundation in June, I believe, which sets…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
'Beacon of hope' is exactly the right phrase in John Griffiths's question. I'm aware of the work that Maindee primary do. I've met some of the staff, and I would be delighted to visit the school to see at first hand the fantastic work that I know they do. The…
