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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
Thank you for the question.
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
The figures will become clear in the forthcoming draft budget. You will be able to scrutinise that, the committees will be able to scrutinise that, and, of course, questions can be asked here of Ministers around their spending plans. You're asking about…
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
Perhaps you can write to the EHRC to get clarity.
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
You can. You can use your second question to do that.
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
I think there's a fundamental misunderstanding here. The Equality and Human Rights Commission's code of practice for services, public functions and associations, which came into force on 5 August, means that we have to comply with our legal duties as a…
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
Thank you for the question.
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
I can absolutely give you that guarantee. Obviously, we do see a lot of families taking up the Flying Start offer, but, because it's limited geographically, there are many families, especially, we know, and there are more children in poverty who live outside…
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
Thank you, and I recognise as well the campaigning that the Member has done on the availability and cost of childcare and the effect of that not only on families in poverty, but also in terms of gender inequality that affects women mostly. You mentioned the…
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
I'm extremely grateful for that question. I think you've put your finger on it there, Mike. We have received letters from constituents—and this comes from all areas—and many Members of the Chamber have also emphasised that very point, welcoming the…
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
Thank you for the question. Funded childcare must be flexible for families and deliverable for providers. We are working with local authorities and registered providers to expand provision sustainably. Moving towards 20 hours a week will enable longer, more…
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
Thank you very much for that supplementary question, specifically about Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd, which is a constituency, of course, that I share. But, as I said, we as a Government are determined that the support that we can provide does reach those who are…
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
Diolch yn fawr. I do recognise the specific way that poverty and deprivation can affect rural areas in particular. So, one of the things that I did was make sure that, when I announced funding for local authorities that provides support for wider poverty…
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
We are supporting households across Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd through targeted measures, including cost-of-living support, access to the Warm Homes programme, free school meals expansion, childcare, and funding for local authority and community-based schemes that…
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Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
Thank you for the question.
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Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality: Update on Early Years Childcare and Play
Thank you very much to the Member for the question, and thank you very much for the support and for the campaigning work that you and others in this Chamber have done on this crucial policy area. I'm pleased that you share our ambition for the children of…
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Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality: Update on Early Years Childcare and Play
Thank you for the question. I think I just answered the question in that we absolutely recognise the need for better benchmarking; we simply haven't got that in place. It exists in parts, but it isn't satisfactory and isn't measuring what we think we need it…
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Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality: Update on Early Years Childcare and Play
I absolutely agree that childcare costs across Wales are prohibitively high. One of the reasons for this policy is understanding that it will be a mitigation against the high cost of living for families. It will put money back in people's pockets, and…
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Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality: Update on Early Years Childcare and Play
Thank you very much for the question.
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Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality: Update on Early Years Childcare and Play
This statement is specifically on the childcare expansion, but I accept, of course, that these things are linked. Play is within my portfolio; I'm not speaking about that today, but I would encourage you to ask me questions about that when I am here to answer…
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Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality: Update on Early Years Childcare and Play
Diolch yn fawr. I really do welcome the support. I'm really excited about this policy, and we saw that excitement on the doors, didn't we? Because I think you can compare it. When we deliver this, it will be up there with the most—well, the most—generous…
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Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality: Update on Early Years Childcare and Play
In the first point, really, you were querying about the midpoint, and I think I've tried to explain. I think we said in our manifesto it was going to be around £400 million additional, so what we're seeing as the midpoint—that was modelled on a midpoint as…
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Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality: Update on Early Years Childcare and Play
Thank you for those questions.
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Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality: Update on Early Years Childcare and Play
Diolch yn fawr for the questions. As regards Flying Start, as I've said, this isn't about—and I've said in previous statements, and I hope I've outlined it here again today—just adding hours; absolutely not. This is about taking a system-wide approach to…
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Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality: Update on Early Years Childcare and Play
It does baffle me, you know. You said that this was very much welcomed on the doorstep. Well, we've seen the result of that, haven't we? We know that for years and years anti-poverty researchers and people who are trying to promote equality in Wales and in…
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Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality: Update on Early Years Childcare and Play
Thank you for those questions.
