, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 6
You mentioned there about systemic ableism. That's one of the concerns that I have; it's one of the concerns that has been expressed to the committee before, where an employer would look at, say, a person with a disability as maybe less productive than…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 6
Okey-dokey. Perfect. Brilliant. Well, I suppose that brings us on to the second question: some of the evidence we've taken has basically said, 'Listen, if you address education inequalities within schools or within the college system, that will help address…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 6
Thank you, Chair, and thanks ever so much for coming in this afternoon. As the Chair said, I wanted to just briefly touch upon education and training, but one of the questions I'd like to ask first, though, covers the employment gap. One of the concerns that…
, Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report, 'Sound the Alarm: The Governance of Fire and Rescue Services'
I would like to start by thanking my colleagues on the Equality and Social Justice Committee and the clerking team for preparing this invaluable and quite detailed report that I believe captures at a strategic level many of the issues facing fire and rescue…
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90-second Statements
I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate Cardiff City Football Club, who celebrated the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of their inaugural match this week. The club, originally known as Riverside AFC, played Barry West End on 7 October 1899…
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Topical Questions
I'd like to start by thanking my colleague Heledd for raising such an important topical question today. As many of you may know, I come from Llantwit Fardre. I knew June; I was in the same school as her children, and this tragic incident has had a devastating…
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Statement by the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership: Social partnership
Oh, well, okay. Finally, Minister, one quick thing: there's no mention whatsoever of disabled workers in the statement, and I know, for example, in the Equality and Social Justice Committee, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has called for disabled…
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Statement by the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership: Social partnership
I've got a last paragraph. Can I finish it?
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Statement by the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership: Social partnership
Thank you, Minister, for your statement today. In July this year, the then Minister for Social Partnership, Sarah Murphy, first explained how social partnership is embedded in the way of working in Wales and said that we've been doing it for a long time and…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Can I please ask the Trefnydd for two statements today, both concerning child hearing issues? Firstly, Trefnydd, I would like to support calls for an oral statement on the reasons why the GCSE in sign language in Wales has been dropped and what proposals the…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, the Welsh Government's 'Child Poverty Strategy for Wales 2024' in part talks about how children living in poverty are at a higher risk of speech, language and communication needs, and that early intervention can improve outcomes long term…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Perfect. Thank you. I've got nothing else.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Perfect. Thank you. It's interesting you mentioned Medr then, because we had the Equality and Human Rights Commission just before yourselves, and they've mentioned that Medr and the Welsh Government should address, and I'll quote now, 'the…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Thank you for that. I suppose there are another couple of questions I wouldn't mind asking. One of the concerns that's been raised is the disparities that are out there in terms of support for those with disabilities when you break it down to the individual…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Thank you, Chair. Just a couple of quick questions, if I may. Earlier on, you mentioned there, Vivienne, voluntary work placements and supported internships. I know that the evidence and the consultation responses we've received are pointing to a lack of…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Thank you, Chair. Thanks ever so much for coming in this afternoon. It was just a quick question touching upon what Sioned was asking there then. One of the things that interests me is careers advice in school and also the quality of careers advice that’s…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 4
Perfect. Thank you. Just one final question, if I can, Chair. I know we've sort of touched upon it briefly as well, about Welsh Government interventions in terms of trying to get people into employment and into apprenticeships, and I just wanted to get your…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 4
No worries. You mentioned earlier about learning disabilities, and also in your written evidence I think you referred to the learning disability strategic action plan, and I just wanted to know how effective that is at the moment. And, in your view, is enough…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 4
Thank you, Chair. Apologies I was slightly late—I got my times wrong. Thanks ever so much for coming in this afternoon. I just wanted to ask you a few questions. You touched in your earlier answers on geographical variances, and then also maybe where Welsh is…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 3
Perfect. Brilliant. Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 3
Perfect. Thank you. Just one final question, if I may, Chair. Sadly, there's a perception out there that people with a disability are less productive than their more able-bodied counterparts, and I'm just wondering what can be done to—. Is that something that…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 3
Perfect. Thank you. One of the concerns that is often expressed to me by some business owners is concern over the affordability of making the necessary adjustments. Is there any specific help out there or awareness for that? You mentioned there the Access to…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 3
So, with that in mind, the onus then is on the company or the business to rectify the situation, if that makes sense, or to identify it. Do you know if there's anything out there, where—? There are Access to Work schemes, but is there anything out there that…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 3
Thank you, Chair. Thanks ever so much for coming in this afternoon. I just wanted to ask you a few questions on in-work inequalities. The evidence we've taken from various academics, and the written evidence, has suggested that the focus on trying to get…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, according to the pathway of care delays data, the top-two reasons for medically optimised patients remaining in hospital beds across Wales and the South Wales Central region are, as you've alluded to, waiting times for social care assessment…
