, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Papers to note
All right. Lovely, thanks.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Papers to note
Okay. So, is it—? Sorry, is there a specific piece of work coming up on elective home education that the committee's doing?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Papers to note
It's just on paper to note 5, talking about elective home education. I'm somebody who was home educated through choice for a number of years, so I'm just interested to know where the committee—just for personal interest—is looking to take some of this work…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Papers to note
Can I just ask a question, Chair?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Diolch yn fawr.
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Good afternoon, Minister. I'd like to ask for a Welsh Government statement on maximising the potential of Wrexham's newly announced city status. I'm sure, Minister, you were as delighted as I was to hear the announcement that Wrexham will now be a city…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
The Member for Arfon raised a really important point, because we know that around 10 per cent of our population here in Wales is dyslexic. And I know, personally, that if it is not dealt with or supported properly at a young age, it can cause some…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Minister, I certainly welcome your continued commitment to work closely with local authorities, particularly in this area of climate and nature emergency. As previously stated, I believe local authorities can play a crucial part in supporting and delivering…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers—evidence session 1
Can I just have one really short question, just to help me out a little bit? I'm happy to accept that I'm just being a bit thick with this here, but in my mind one of the advantages and ideas around creating authorised sites is to reduce unauthorised sites…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers—evidence session 1
Yes, a couple of bits, if I may, Chair. Good morning, everybody, and thank you for your time and evidence with us so far. It's been really appreciated. Just coming back to what seems to be a dissatisfaction with the role of local authorities in provision of…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: The National Music Service: Delivering the National Plan for Music Education
Can I join Members in welcoming today's statement on the launch of the Welsh Government's National Music Service? I declare that my sister-in-law is a peripatetic music teacher in north Wales. But, Minister, you referred a couple of times to your visits…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Papers to note
Right. Thanks.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Papers to note
The additional pieces of evidence, from the three letters, or three items of evidence—will they be part of the consideration for the draft report that's going ahead?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 9—Minister for Climate Change
Yes. And I know, Chair, that other Members want to speak, so I'm not going to ask a question, just a quick point. I just do worry, sometimes, that we're overcomplicating things and I suppose it's getting the balance right between putting measures in place…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 9—Minister for Climate Change
Okay. My point is, really, even if every single one of those second homes was brought into primary home use, that's fewer homes than the 20,000 low-carbon that you want to build. So, I'm just trying to get a balance right between where the focus and attention…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 9—Minister for Climate Change
Thanks, Chair, and morning, Minister. I really welcomed your frank assessment of things right at the opening of this morning's session. There are huge challenges ahead of us. And whilst I accept that some of that has been exacerbated by inflation and post…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian refugees: Briefing from Housing Justice Cymru
I agree. Thanks.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian refugees: Briefing from Housing Justice Cymru
Just a brief one. You've mentioned volunteers quite a few times. I appreciate, perhaps, where your main role would lie with all this, but are you detecting an unwillingness for Government at whatever level, whether it's local government or national…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian refugees: Briefing from Housing Justice Cymru
Okay, thank you.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian refugees: Briefing from Housing Justice Cymru
Absolutely. All right—
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian refugees: Briefing from Housing Justice Cymru
You said that that should happen. Do you know if it is happening?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian refugees: Briefing from Housing Justice Cymru
Okay. Thanks. Just to go a little bit further, Chair, if I may, also in your paper that you provided to the committee you talk about recommending 'close monitoring of how the safety checks associated with this scheme are undertaken.' As you said a moment ago…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian refugees: Briefing from Housing Justice Cymru
Just to come back to this training piece, whilst we're not trying to create lots of professional hosts, as it were, I guess some very basic understanding of some of the experiences that people may have coming into their home, that sort of training and…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian refugees: Briefing from Housing Justice Cymru
With the risk of breakdown and trying to reduce that, I'd expect part of the measure could be to provide basic support and training for those host families. Is that provision in Wales at the moment?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Housing Ukrainian refugees: Briefing from Housing Justice Cymru
Thanks, Chair. Good morning, Bonnie, and thank you for your evidence this morning. I was really encouraged to hear about the work you mentioned, about the success you see generally where volunteers are involved. I guess a lot of that is also to do with your…
