19 September 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1
In that case, I'll just ask one final question, if that's okay. You've had quite a few questions around development and workforce planning, and I just wonder—. Look again, look at—. The explanatory memorandum notes that the institute will be expected to…
19 September 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1
Going back to duplication of work, the Welsh Government notes that there's a lack of central strategic vision for lifelong Welsh language learning, which leads to duplication of provision and resources. Do you think that would improve under the proposed…
19 September 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1
Just on that point that you've made about post compulsory and compulsory, do you think the explanatory memorandum does provide sufficient clarity and assurances about the role of the new institute in relation to that?
19 September 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 1
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I'm going to look at the parts of the Bill with proposals around the national institute for learning Welsh. The explanatory memorandum states: 'there is currently no single body providing strategic leadership for lifelong Welsh language…
19 September 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Children and Young People on the margins - evidence session
Okay, thank you. Something else the committee have heard about is that, in England, after a child has gone missing and returned home, they have an interview—a return home interview. That's going to be offered on a statutory basis. Is that something we're…
19 September 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Children and Young People on the margins - evidence session
Can I just pick up on what you said, Alastair, about leadership? So, again, if you've got 22 local authorities, assuming lead capacity and capability across all 22 could be a matter of concern, did I pick up from you?
19 September 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Children and Young People on the margins - evidence session
Thanks very much, Chair. The committee has heard that, as is often the case, each local authority in Wales uses different tools when they're looking at missing children, or children who are possibly at risk of doing that. One of the ways that this could be…
18 September 2024 , Plenary
Voting Time
It's fine. I've done it now. Thank you.
18 September 2024 , Plenary
Voting Time
Yes. I'm having difficulty registering to vote. I'm still trying.
18 September 2024 , Plenary
90-second Statements
Thank you, Chair. On Sunday 22 September, the people of Wrexham and beyond will remember the fateful night 90 years ago when 266 men and boys failed to return home from their shift at Gresford colliery. At 2.08 a.m., a massive explosion in the Dennis section…
17 September 2024 , Plenary
Nominations for Committee Chairs
I'll second.
6 August 2024 , Plenary
Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Eluned Morgan.
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report, 'Six Nations Rugby Championship broadcasting rights'
The first thing I'll be requesting is a meeting—I think it's really important to meet to face to face—and then I'll draw the agenda up. If it's not possible to meet in the very near future, I will certainly write specifically on certain topics, and this one…
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report, 'Six Nations Rugby Championship broadcasting rights'
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer, and thank you to the committee, under the Chair of Delyth Jewell, for bringing this debate forward. It's very clear from every Member's contribution that we all agree that rugby in Wales plays a very important role in our…
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
It's a discussion. I haven't formed an opinion as yet. The policy of broadcasting sits in my portfolio and the delivery sits in Sarah Murphy's. I need to have a discussion with Sarah first and then a further discussion with the UK Government.
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
I'm certainly going to have discussions. Obviously, I haven’t as yet. I was saying just before you came in, I’ve got 11 Ministers in the UK Government that fit into my portfolio, so I don’t know which one is broadcasting at the moment, but certainly I will be…
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
So, the school sports survey, I think, took place before I came into portfolio, but I think it threw up some interesting—. The sports that Sport Wales thought would come out, it didn't actually give the answers that were expected, I think it's fair to say.
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
On top of the £100,000.
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
That money was put to one side to take forward—. Obviously, that group, when it's formed, will advise us on actions that we need to take and that money has been put to one side for that group. Am I right?
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
So, as part of the co-operation agreement, we were looking at a broadcasting and communications advisory group, so that money was put to one side. I'm looking at broadcasting, Joedi—
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
Yes.
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
Yes, absolutely. If you look at my portfolio, I think I mentioned it at the beginning, so much of it is cross-Government, and everybody's got bits of, haven't they? So, I think it's about making sure that we're not working in silos, that we have that…
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
—but after school, there were activities that I enjoyed very much. But it's about finding that balance and what children feel they are good at. And, you know, the dance yesterday, watching the videos of young people dancing, I never had the opportunity to do…
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
Okay, if I can pick up the second point, I'll ask Neil to answer the first point around distribution of funding. But in relation to the second point, I do accept it in some areas. I don't know if it's true right across the board. I'm sure we've all had…
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
Yes, that's already being looked into. Funnily enough, I was talking to Neil last week about this, so what's really important is when we have a new school being built that the education officials or the building officials, or whoever starts that conversation…
