, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Data justice: the use of personal data in the Welsh NHS: evidence session 1
Thank you. What can we do to ensure that that happens, therefore? What should the Government be doing to ensure that it does operate within those five aims of safeguarding? And I like to ask also whether there are any specific areas of concern around…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Data justice: the use of personal data in the Welsh NHS: evidence session 1
Yes, thank you. I wanted to ask questions specifically about e-prescribing, because systems such as e-prescribing could operate across primary, community and secondary care. It has been seen in Germany for a long while, since 2009, and in England since 2019…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Just to say, for the third panel giving evidence, my husband is employed by Swansea University.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Yes, just on the third panel, my husband—
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Bus emergency scheme
In the Swansea valley where I live, there are no trains—none. The same is true for the neighbouring Dulais valley, the Neath valley and the Afan valley. And although there are some great cycle paths, the geography and terrain of these valleys make active…
, Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Prepayment meters and energy advice services
I welcome this debate. While fully supporting the motion's contention that it is a national scandal that 600,000 people were forced onto prepayment meters because they could not afford their energy bills, I would point out that, while the distribution and…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Our National Mission
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd, and thank you for your statement, Minister. In your statement, you make a great deal of reference to the central role of reforms in the post-16 sector to the national vision for education, and we in Plaid Cymru were pleased that the…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Papers to note
I’d like to just draw attention to paper 2.5, the correspondence from the Minister for Social Justice regarding the next iteration of the Warm Homes programme. I don’t think that sending the answer from the Minister for Climate Change to a written question…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Diolch. The recently published Welsh Government innovation strategy recognises how crucial universities are in driving research and development, but the University and College Union have warned that excessive workloads are impacting all levels of staff, with…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
5. What is the Welsh Government doing to promote social partnership in the higher education sector in South Wales West? OQ59263
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd, and I'd like to declare an interest, as my husband is a professor in Swansea University and is a member of the University and College Union.
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
So, you can't tell us as to when we can expect an announcement in terms of the candidate for chief executive. Because this delay is a concern, given the crucial role that one would expect a chief executive to play in shaping and developing a body that adheres…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. Following the passing of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act last year, the process of establishing the commission for tertiary education and research has already commenced. The names of the chair and vice…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform—evidence session 14
It comes from the place where it exists, but we heard very powerful evidence where people were saying that it feels like a tick box; it's not working, they're not having that contact. Perhaps they have a leaflet or something. And the evidence we received was…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform—evidence session 14
Thank you. One final question from myself regarding advocacy. We've heard time and again that independent advocacy makes such a difference and is fundamental to good outcomes for care-experienced children. But despite the legal right to have an active offer…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform—evidence session 14
I think Alistair wanted to come in.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform—evidence session 14
Great. Thank you. We are aware of comments made by a judge sitting in north Wales, and as Members we've also heard concerns, about the increasing use of deprivation of liberty orders because there are no suitable secure placements for some children in Wales…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform—evidence session 14
Thank you. Nearly all the professionals we've heard from told us that placements is the priority area for change, and the evidence is very strong from children and young people that we've heard from with regard to this—many of whom are still in care or very…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform—evidence session 14
So it is possible that the proposed timescales will be adapted as a result of what you've seen in the consultation.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform—evidence session 14
Thank you, Chair. I just want to talk a little bit about placements. Whilst stakeholders applaud the principle of the Welsh Government's plans to eliminate profit from children's care, we have heard concerns about the planned timescales and possible…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform—evidence session 14
Thank you. Do you have data? Do you collect data on the number of parents who have experience of care? Would it be valuable to have that picture across Wales, if you're involved in this work now?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform—evidence session 14
Yes. It's good to hear you praise the Unity project and also Barnardo's projects, because clearly we have seen with our own eyes the value of these projects and the difference they can make, but the Unity project—the NYAS Unity project—for example, drew our…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform—evidence session 13
Just to follow up really quickly on what Jan was saying about that picture that you've described of stability and the outcomes of that in terms of the rates, how can we therefore ensure that that is something that's consistent across Wales? We've seen in the…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform—evidence session 13
Okay. Thank you, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform—evidence session 13
And therefore you don't recognise that picture in your local authorities? It doesn't relate to the number of young people that a personal adviser has to support.
