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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you, Minister. One in three children in Wales is living in poverty, and almost four in 10 homes do not have enough money to buy anything beyond the essentials. And anti-poverty groups say that these levels of poverty will deteriorate as the…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
3. What assessment has the Minister made of the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on children? OQ57787
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you for that answer, Minister, and it's good to hear that progress is being made on our response to the UK sponsorship scheme, because that scheme for Ukrainian refugees is wholly inadequate. The system is too slow, it's inconsistent, and has kept Welsh…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Minister, 3 million refugees have now left Ukraine. The UK is requiring those refugees to apply for visas, and the UK Government has been resistant to the elimination of visa rules, although this contradicts our international…
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Debate: The General Principles of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill
And, finally, over recent weeks, the Minister will be aware that there have been many policy proposals from Westminster, which included a proposal to limit qualification for student funding in a way that would impact access to opportunities for tertiary…
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Debate: The General Principles of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill
Trade unions have made calls for a strategic duty on social partnership and fair work to be added to the Bill, given that it would line up with all the aims of the Bill. They made it clear to us in committee that it was important for specific reference to be…
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Debate: The General Principles of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill
I'm pleased to contribute to the debate on behalf of Plaid Cymru and also as a member of the Children, Young People, and Education Committee, and I'm pleased to note that Plaid Cymru and stakeholders are generally supportive of this Bill, although everyone…
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Peer-on-peer sexual harassment among learners—evidence session 5
Thank you very much. Thank you, Chair.
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Peer-on-peer sexual harassment among learners—evidence session 5
Okay. I have a specific question to you: can the NSPCC clarify the reference to statistics in your paper stating there were more than 300 offences in Wales between April 2020 and March last year that involved sexual communications with children, including…
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Peer-on-peer sexual harassment among learners—evidence session 5
Cecile, do you have something to add on that?
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Peer-on-peer sexual harassment among learners—evidence session 5
Thank you. You've mentioned a little there about the types of harassment, and obviously, it's very wide ranging, but what do you think, from what you know from the information that you have, is the most common nature of sexual harassment among peers? And…
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Peer-on-peer sexual harassment among learners—evidence session 5
Thank you. Clearly, it's not a new problem then, and both of you have suggested perhaps that it is something that's on the increase or more apparent. In terms of the level of severity, has there been any change in that, as far as you know? And also, do you…
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Peer-on-peer sexual harassment among learners—evidence session 5
Thank you, Chair, and good afternoon to you. I have a couple of questions regarding attempting to get a picture of the scale of this problem of peer-on-peer sexual harassment, and also the nature of the problem. So, could I ask you, were you surprised by the…
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Peer-on-peer sexual harassment among learners—evidence session 4
Diolch.
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Peer-on-peer sexual harassment among learners—evidence session 4
In terms of what we've heard from you this morning, it appears to me that there is a problem, that this is an issue within colleges. Would you welcome a similar review by Estyn of the situation in colleges, similar to the one that the Welsh Government asked…
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Peer-on-peer sexual harassment among learners—evidence session 4
To what extent do you understand that sexual harassment is taking place outside of the college day, namely online? So, what difference does that make, if any, to the responsibility and capacity of colleges to deal with these incidents?
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Peer-on-peer sexual harassment among learners—evidence session 4
Sorry? Can you hear me? Yes. Sorry.
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Peer-on-peer sexual harassment among learners—evidence session 4
Yes. So, in terms of online—[Interruption.]
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Peer-on-peer sexual harassment among learners—evidence session 4
Thank you. Both of you suggest, therefore, that the problem exists and that it's increasing in terms of the number of incidents. But, what about the level of severity? Do you think that that is increasing? Also, in its report, Estyn said that it feels that…
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Peer-on-peer sexual harassment among learners—evidence session 4
Thank you. Jamie, did you want to add anything, or shall I move on to the next question?
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Peer-on-peer sexual harassment among learners—evidence session 4
No problem. So, just an initial question—you haven't missed anything. So, a question to both of you. I asked what your perspective is and your understanding is of the scale of the problem in terms of sexual harassment between learners in colleges, and what…
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Peer-on-peer sexual harassment among learners—evidence session 4
Yes. Have you got interpretation, Maxine?
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Peer-on-peer sexual harassment among learners—evidence session 4
Hi Maxine, can you hear me?
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Peer-on-peer sexual harassment among learners—evidence session 4
Thank you, Chair. What is your perspective and your understanding of the nature of sexual harassment and the scale of the problem between learners in colleges? And I'd also be interested in knowing what is considered as sexual harassment by you. Oh, I see…
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Peer-on-peer sexual harassment among learners—evidence session 3
Can I just ask a question on that? You talk a great deal in your paper about bullying statistics and the difficulties, in a way, of trying to draw down from those figures, or disaggregate those figures, and how they're recorded in terms of understanding…
