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Cost of living pressures and the Young Person's Guarantee - Panel 2
Okay. Thanks, Luke. Jason, would you like to add something to that?
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Cost of living pressures and the Young Person's Guarantee - Panel 2
Before I bring Jason in, if he's got something to add, I think, Luke, you just wanted to ask a specific question on this issue.
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Cost of living pressures and the Young Person's Guarantee - Panel 2
Lisa.
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Cost of living pressures and the Young Person's Guarantee - Panel 2
And you say that it's different to last year; are you saying therefore that it's improved since last year?
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Cost of living pressures and the Young Person's Guarantee - Panel 2
Thank you very much indeed for those introductions, and perhaps I can just kick off this session by asking a question. From the perspective of your organisations, is there evidence that the rising cost of living is impacting young people's choices when they…
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And Jason McLellan.
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Cost of living pressures and the Young Person's Guarantee - Panel 2
And Barry Walters.
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Cost of living pressures and the Young Person's Guarantee - Panel 2
Welcome back to the Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee at the Senedd. We'll move on now to item 4 on the agenda, the second of today's sessions on cost -of-living pressures and the young person's guarantee, which follow up the evidence taken on 24…
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Cost of living pressures and the Young Person's Guarantee - Panel 1
We'll now take a short break to prepare for the next session.
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Diolch, Luke. I'm afraid time has beaten us, so thank you very much indeed for being with us this morning. Your evidence has been very useful to us as a committee and, obviously, us scrutinising Welsh Government policies in this area as well. So, thank you…
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Thanks, Sam. I'm very conscious that we are a few minutes over time, so I'll just bring in Luke very, very quickly, just to ask very brief questions. Luke.
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Diolch, Hefin. I'll now bring in Sam Kurtz. Sam.
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Yes.
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Yes, sure.
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Cost of living pressures and the Young Person's Guarantee - Panel 1
Okay. Thank you. I'll now bring in Hefin David. Hefin.
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And what are your views on the latest Jobs Growth Wales+ data from April to June 2023, which actually shows that 41 per cent of young people were still seeking work or unemployed after leaving their programme? Is it therefore realistic to say the programme is…
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Thank you, Vikki. Just to build, really, on what Vikki was asking you there, you mentioned Jobs Growth Wales+, and you've talked about some of the barriers, obviously, facing young people, like limited transport. Can you tell us, in your view, what are the…
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Back to you, Vikki.
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Before Vikki asks the next question, I know Hefin would like to come in on this specific point.
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Thank you, Buffy. I'll now bring in Vikki Howells.
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Cost of living pressures and the Young Person's Guarantee - Panel 1
Anyone else on this? No. Luke, you'd just like to come in very quickly on this.
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Cost of living pressures and the Young Person's Guarantee - Panel 1
Okay. Diolch, Luke. I'll now bring in Buffy Williams.
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Cost of living pressures and the Young Person's Guarantee - Panel 1
Luke Fletcher, you'd like to come in on this. Luke.
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Yes. Anyone else on this?
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Cost of living pressures and the Young Person's Guarantee - Panel 1
Well, thank you very much indeed for those introductions. Perhaps I can just kick off this session by asking you: is the rising cost of living impacting young people's choices when they leave school, and if yes, in what ways? Who would like to start on that?…
