11 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 1
Diolch.
11 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 1
Just one other thing you clearly work closely with the Minister for Economy on is research and innovation—and we touched on that in the questions that I asked earlier—but there have been calls from stakeholders for significant increases in the funding for…
11 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 1
Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
11 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 1
Thank you. If I could move now to policy areas, including degree apprenticeships and research and innovation, which sit under another Minister’s portfolio, but are of course partly funded from within the education and Welsh language main expenditure group…
11 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 1
Thank you. In terms of the student support grants, there has been a reduction of £11 million in the budget expenditure line. So, to what extent is this due to historic underspend versus the need to reprioritise funding?
11 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 1
Thank you. Your paper confirms an ongoing allocation for HEFCW of £2 million for student mental health support. However, HEFCW’s own evidence to our inquiry on mental health support in higher education said that this funding was having to stretch to meet…
11 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 1
Thank you, Chair, and I should have declared an interest that my husband works in higher education at Swansea University. You state, Minister, that the core funding for higher education remains in line with the previous year's indicative budgets, but…
11 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 1
Thank you, Chair. I just wanted to ask more specifically on the funding you mentioned. I wanted to ask if you're confident that there will be sufficient investment in initial teacher training and sabbatical programmes in order to secure growth in the…
10 January 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Diversity in Democracy—Survey Results
Thirty-six per cent of the councillors elected in the elections in 2022 were women—an increase of 8 per cent since 2017, but far from being where we should be in terms of equality, of course. Although two councils are equal in terms of gender balance, the…
10 January 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Cost of Living
Turning now to the UK Government's energy bill support scheme, I share your concern, Minister, that BEIS's latest statistics suggest 33 per cent of the vouchers provided up until December haven't yet been redeemed. This is very concerning, because these…
10 January 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Cost of Living
Thank you for the statement, Minister. I am pleased with the emphasis that you placed on the ability or lack of ability of different groups to cope with the cost-of-living crisis and increased prices. Women, of course, are one of those groups: 46 per cent is…
10 January 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: NHS Winter Pressures
A constituent of mine fell and broke her ankle recently, and she lives near a large A&E unit in Morriston Hospital and a minor injuries unit in Neath Port Talbot hospital. She went to MIU, thinking that the waiting times would be less. That's something that…
10 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Brif Weinidog. A constituent of mine from Morriston has been suffering with knee problems for 15 years, and has been waiting for five years, almost to the day, for two partial knee replacements, being in constant pain the whole time, and having had to…
10 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
5. What is the Welsh Government doing to shorten waiting times in the health service in South Wales West? OQ58932
18 October 2022 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Taith—Delivering Wales's innovative international learning exchange programme
Thank you for your statement, Minister. One of Taith’s stated aims, as you mentioned, is to improve access to international opportunities and the mobility it offers to all learners and students, including those with disabilities, additional learning needs…
17 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gender-based violence and abuse: evidence session with national advisers for violence against women, gender-based violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence
Thank you. Yes, I was mentioning the units that are supposed to look at the data, in truth—to look at the need, as you mentioned earlier. You also mentioned, Yasmin—and I think Jo also mentioned—the need for a greater focus or maybe you're concerned that…
17 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gender-based violence and abuse: evidence session with national advisers for violence against women, gender-based violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence
Thank you. On that, I'm sure you're aware of the organisation of the units of equality and evidence, and race and disability. Have you had any input in terms of their key responsibilities?
17 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gender-based violence and abuse: evidence session with national advisers for violence against women, gender-based violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence
Thank you. Jo, do you want to come in there?
17 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gender-based violence and abuse: evidence session with national advisers for violence against women, gender-based violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence
Thank you, Chair, and good afternoon. I want to ask a couple of questions on the theme of intersectionality. We know, don't we, that some specific groups of women are impacted disproportionately by domestic violence, sexual abuse and so forth. I just wanted…
13 October 2022 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with local government representatives
Thank you.
13 October 2022 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with local government representatives
Thank you. Clearly, you note therefore that there is variation for different reasons. Clearly, some of them relate to geography, political will, perhaps, resources, and so forth. Therefore, in general, what do you feel are the areas of concern for you in…
13 October 2022 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with local government representatives
Thank you, Chair. Good afternoon. I wanted to ask at the beginning if local authorities agree with the statement made by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language that plans to grow Welsh-medium education over the next 10 years are as ambitious as they…
13 October 2022 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision
Okay, thanks.
13 October 2022 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision
Thank you. Did somebody else want to come in? Angharad.
13 October 2022 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision
One other question then, more general in a way, regarding the nature of the WESPs. We've seen them in their new form, and as you've mentioned Dafydd, a number have welcomed the fact that there's been some sort of step change, or that it's in the process of…
