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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
I've also been contacted by constituents regarding Ysgol Pen Coch, which is the only publicly funded primary school for disabled children in Flintshire, where lots of the pupils have autism and related conditions or complex needs, and at which a holiday club…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
I also extend my condolences, of course, to the family of the bereaved. The Welsh Government carried out a consultation in 2007 over proposals that included eight options for easing traffic congestion to and from Anglesey, including a new bridge. Reports were…
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Questions to the First Minister
We would support that, but proposals in the UK energy security Bill, now known as the Energy Bill, include extension of the energy price cap beyond 2023 and of the role of the electricity and market regulator, Ofgem, to cover heat networks. After decades of…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014: Panel 2
—because of a failure, as I saw it, to recognise the indicators of heightened anxiety in response to the type of conversation, the 'what matters' conversation, that was happening. But to my final question, Professor Clements. You've studied both this Act and…
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Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014: Panel 2
When I used the term 'meltdown', I was referring to an autistic meltdown—
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Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014: Panel 2
It's good stuff.
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Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014: Panel 2
Thank you. Well, as you know, the Act places a statutory duty on local authorities to provide a preventative approach, including minimising the barriers faced by people with impairments—the social model of disability. Concerns, for example, have been raised…
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Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014: Panel 2
Thank you.
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Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014: Panel 2
Thank you very much indeed. Are there any areas where you would have liked to have seen the evaluation go further, and, if so, what are they?
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Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014: Panel 2
Thank you. How do you react to the evaluation of the Act that we were discussing during the first section? And to what extent does it chime with your own views on how this is working in practice?
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Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014: Panel 2
Good morning. In summary, because, obviously, there will be a lot more time to tease this out later, but, in summary, what are your overall views of the legislation? What, if any, concerns do you have? And how well do you consider that it's being implemented?
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Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014: Panel 1
On that particular director of social services, I've had several cases where he and his department have written to people who had those direct payments in those circumstances, demanding that they repay significant sums, because they've exercised choice too…
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Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014: Panel 1
Thank you. The co-production revolution that we're effectively talking about began in Western Australia over 30 years ago in mental health services, and that not only improved lives, but liberated resources to better focus on working with people to help them…
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Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014: Panel 1
Very brief. In reference to advocacy rights, I've got casework at the moment, where, say, a director of social services has told people that they can't choose their own advocates. I've had to explain they have a right under the law to choose their own…
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Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014: Panel 1
It was just on the point you raised, because clearly monitoring and evaluation, which you were alluding to, are key to the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee. To what extent should that, in your view, incorporate the voice of lived experience…
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Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014: Panel 1
Okay. Thank you.
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Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014: Panel 1
Thank you very much indeed. What specific issues highlighted relating to different groups of service users—examples being, perhaps, children and young people, disabled people or older people—need to be considered? If I can give you, perhaps, just two brief…
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Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014: Panel 1
Bore da. Good morning. Obviously, time is short, and we'll go through the findings in more detail later in this session, but I'd be grateful if perhaps you could start by briefly outlining your main findings of the evaluation and the main conclusions you…
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Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report—'Women’s experiences in the criminal justice system'
Sorry. I wasn't looking at the clock. We've heard during this debate, and I believe I heard correctly, that outcomes for women from England after release from the same prison were better than outcomes for women from Wales released from the same prison, where…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
The question was—I already put it: how would the Minister respond to the constituents who have raised these matters with me?
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Thank you. Well, again I'm going back on an earlier theme. Responding to my colleague Tom Giffard last week, the First Minister stated that 'No business is forced to close because they don't let for 182 days.' How do you respond to the legitimate small…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
6. How is the Welsh Government supporting small and micro businesses in North Wales? OQ59546
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Celebrating Volunteers
I first became a formal volunteer over 30 years ago, and I'm very pleased to have this opportunity to celebrate volunteers ahead of Volunteers Week, held on 1 to 7 June each year. Volunteers Week is a chance to recognise the fantastic contribution that…
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Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Public Order Act—Implications for Wales
The UK Public Order Act, which was first, as we heard, laid before the UK Parliament on 11 May 2022, and received Royal Assent on 2 May this year, seeks to protect both the public and businesses from disruption caused by a minority of protestors. The ordinary…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Cost of Living
The Labour UK Government's March 2010 UK budget statement recognised that the scale of the deficit meant the UK didn't have enough money, with Chancellor Alistair Darling admitting on tv that Labour's planned cuts in public spending would be deeper and…
