, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
Thank you. Given that these primarily English schools are being required to provide 10 per cent Welsh language education, and that can include the teaching of Welsh as a subject, how much of an increase does that actually entail, and what kind of proportion…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
I understand that.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 6
Thank you very much. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for coming in. Following on, I guess, from the point that Vaughan was making, focusing on the English language or English-medium sector, the Bill mentions, in schools in that sector, all pupils becoming…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Tata Steel
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary, for your statement. Let's not understate the significance of this moment. Yesterday, for the final time, the last batch of steel was made from a blast furnace, marking the end of a method of steel making in the town that dates…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Can I also ask for a statement from the Welsh Government on energy bills? Today, we've seen them increase by around 10 per cent here in Wales, and that's in spite of the fact that Keir Starmer told us when he was leader of the opposition that, 'the Labour…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
In the interest of time, I've got loads more, but I'll leave it there, because I know you've got to get on.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
It's like you predicted my next question, because I was just about to ask you about workforce. I wonder whether others feel that the education workforce is in place to deliver the increased amount of Welsh language provision envisaged. I'm guessing that you…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 5
Diolch, Buffy. You've touched on a lot of the ground I was going to ask, so, in the interest of time, I'll skip over a few of the questions I had planned. Can we talk about the exemptions? We'll start there, in terms of the provisions in the Bill for…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
That's all right. I'll abbreviate my questions as well. Can I move on to the workforce? Does the Bill, in your view, do enough in terms of ensuring the necessary education workforce is in place to deliver the increased amount of Welsh language education…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
Thank you very much. Can I stick though—? Because there's been a little bit of discussion about the 10 per cent in the primarily English sector. Can I get your general views on that minimum level of provision and how that would work, and what your views are…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4
I expected as much from Cefin. Can I ask what your views are on the language categories that will be applied to schools under the Bill? Do you believe that it's a step forward from the current arrangements set out in the non-statutory guidance?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Thank you very much.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Interesting. Thank you. And one question to end on: does the Bill, in your view, do enough in terms of ensuring the necessary education workforce is in place to deliver the increased amount of Welsh language education provision envisaged? If not, how could…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Thank you. In your evidence, you mentioned that there are potential unintended consequences in relation to placing the same language attainments of B1 or B2 for both dual and primarily English schools, partly Welsh schools. Can you just elaborate on that?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Thank you. Just one last one on this 10 per cent exemption, obviously, you mentioned the lack of—sorry, I'm paraphrasing what you said—the lack of clarity around where this might need to be used. So, would you support the Bill listing specific circumstances…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Yes.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Diolch. I'm just going to change the order of my questions, I think, just to stay on this 10 per cent. I'm just wondering what your views are on these primarily English schools' ability to apply for these temporary exemptions to that 10 per cent Welsh…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Thank you. The Bill sets a minimum amount of Welsh language education provision that must be provided in primarily English language, partly Welsh schools, but no such minimum amount for dual language or primarily Welsh language schools. Are you concerned at…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Thank you very much. Good morning. What are your views on the language categories that will be applied to schools under the Bill? Do you believe this is a step forward from the current arrangements set out in non-statutory guidance?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
Diolch. Y cwestiwn olaf wrthyf fi: a yw'r Bil, yn eich barn chi, yn gwneud digon o ran sicrhau bod y gweithlu addysg angenrheidiol yn ei le i gyflawni'r cynnydd yn y ddarpariaeth addysg Gymraeg a ragwelir? Os nad ydyw, sut gellid ei gryfhau?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
Diolch. Pa mor effeithiol ydych chi'n rhagweld y bydd y cynlluniau cyflwyno addysg Gymraeg ysgolion yn gweithio yn ymarferol? Ac, a oes gennych chi farn ar y ddarpariaeth ar gyfer yr ysgolion prif iaith Saesneg, rhannol Gymraeg, i allu gwneud cais am…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
Thank you. You've spoken a little bit about this already, but I'll ask the question anyway. The Bill sets a minimum amount of Welsh language education provision, 10 per cent, that must be provided in primarily English language, partly Welsh schools, but…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
You noted in your written evidence that you had some concerns in terms of the level of detail in the Bill regarding the language categories that will be applied to schools. Can you expand on this, and explain whether you see it as a step forward or a step…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2
Thank you, Chair. Good morning, Efa.
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, I hear you saying that you understand people in Caerau's frustration at what you call the poor workmanship that got us to this state, but do you understand people in Caerau's frustration about how we got to this state? So, the contract for…
