, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
I'd like to ask to what extent firefighters, control room staff and their unions have been part of the next steps in the process. How confident are you that the views of these members of staff are being heard by the Welsh Government?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
Thank you. In terms of the point you made about the commissioners, you say now that you're looking to collaborate as an union and that you have processes in order to allow the views of women, ethnic minorities and people with protected characteristics to be…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
Thank you. You said as a union that the Deputy Minister had highlighted a range of issues that are unconnected with the original report. You said that these require a separate discussion, and that they should not be conflated with issues of equality. Could…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
Did you hear my question?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
Thank you, Chair. You have once again this morning expressed concern about the appointment of the commissioners, so I won't ask you to repeat that, but I'd like to ask you what your opinion is on how we could address these concerns.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
The first question: based on your understanding, was the review of culture and cultural issues within the service part of the role of the chief inspector? He told us that he didn't consider that to be a part of his role. What was your understanding?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of Fire and Rescue Services: panel 1
Thank you, Chair. I just wanted to ask one quick question about the chief fire adviser and inspector and the call that you've made as a union for an all-Wales review. The chief inspector told us last week that the cultural aspects were not things that he…
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: LGBTQ+ History Month
I'm glad to be able to say that my home town of Pontardawe will be having its first ever Pride this June, and I look forward to taking part in that. The theme of this year's LGBTQ+ History Month is 'Under the scope', and as well as paying tribute to the work…
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: LGBTQ+ History Month
We must speak with one voice in standing for hope and against hatred.
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: LGBTQ+ History Month
Plaid Cymru is proud of the work that has been done through the co-operation agreement and the LGBTQ+ action plan in endeavouring to ensure that all members of Wales's LGBTQ+ community are supported and their contribution to this nation celebrated as we stand…
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: LGBTQ+ History Month
Thank you for the statement, Deputy Minister.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 2
Okay.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 2
And if I could just ask whether anyone has a view on qualifications—the differences in regulation and the differences in qualifications in terms of the different kinds of provision? If the aim is to create one unified provision, from the perspective of the…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 2
But we do need to bear in mind, as Sarah Coates mentioned, that it doesn't remove provision from elsewhere and that it is additional, rather than it being—. That you need to see the whole landscape of what's available as provision in any given area, rather…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 2
Thank you. I was going to ask about the community-focused school model, because it is something that we hear a great deal about from Government as a solution to try and integrate these things. So, you mentioned specifically one aspect there in terms of…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 2
Thank you, Chair. I just wanted to ask a few questions on integrating existing provision. Clearly, I almost don’t need to ask the question; we’ve already heard that care provision is not particularly integrated at the moment, so how can we enhance the…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 1
Just a question for Dr Dallimore. You mentioned universality and that ambition of creating one system that would be open to all, and how that could benefit children from a disadvantaged background, that all children would be mixed. We've received evidence in…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 1
Yes, a very quick question.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 1
Dr Dallimore, would you like to express a view on this?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 1
One thing—I liked what you said about football, and one thing that's just happened, one new focus from the Government, is the community-focused schools. So, do you have any view as to how community-focused schools could play a greater part in terms of this…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 1
Thank you. We've already touched on how early years education is integrated. What should the Welsh Government do to enhance that integration? Because we have discussed and identified that it is piecemeal, as has already been said, in terms of how it's funded…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Childcare follow-up inquiry: evidence session 1
Thank you. Before moving on to some questions on integrating provision, I would just like to ask one further question on the workforce, because a number of you have mentioned the challenges that exist in terms of recruitment, in terms of securing the right…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of fire and rescue services: evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership and Chief Fire Adviser
And are you looking at what's happening in England? How is the review process different to what's happened in England?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of fire and rescue services: evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership and Chief Fire Adviser
Could I just ask, given the possible problems that could exist in other authorities in terms of the need to restore public confidence and workforce confidence, and, also, we've seen similar cases in England, as has already been mentioned, why aren't you in…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Governance of fire and rescue services: evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership and Chief Fire Adviser
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