Janet Finch-Saunders: Diolch, Llywydd. As with amendment 15, amendment 29 highlights the actions that Welsh Government must take in order to prevent the Bill from causing unintended consequences—this time providing a duty to provide reviews of determinations and appeals to the first-tier tribunal. Again, my colleague Suzy Davies AM will highlight what importance this has from a constitutional perspective and the...
Janet Finch-Saunders: I believe that my colleague Suzy Davies has made the relevant points, and I therefore ask that we move to the vote.
Janet Finch-Saunders: Diolch, Llywydd. I speak to amendments 30, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E and 35. Although these seem a bit like diving into a pick-and-mix of review amendments, all of them are very important, and the main point we wish to raise is that nowhere in the Minister's amendment 2 does it say 'independent', or 'to lay before the National Assembly for Wales'. At the very least, we would have expected that any...
Janet Finch-Saunders: I move my amendment.
Janet Finch-Saunders: Move.
Janet Finch-Saunders: I move.
Janet Finch-Saunders: I move.
Janet Finch-Saunders: I move.
Janet Finch-Saunders: I move.
Janet Finch-Saunders: Thank you. Diolch, Llywydd. Amendment 31 places a duty on Welsh Government to promote awareness of the childcare offer and eligibility in Wales. The dual-stream nature of the offer is evident, split into the foundation phase, nursery, early years education, administered by local authorities for at least 10 hours per week, and the childcare offered—
Janet Finch-Saunders: I'm on the wrong one. I do apologise. Next one. No. 13, yes, I was on the right one. Right. In evidence to the committee, the WLGA stated that local authorities remained responsible for administering systems for early years education, meaning parents would have to apply separately to their local authority and HMRC to access the full 30 hours. However, it has been noted by childcare...
Janet Finch-Saunders: I would like to proceed to the vote.
Janet Finch-Saunders: I move.
Janet Finch-Saunders: I move.
Janet Finch-Saunders: Diolch, Llywydd. We are retaining amendment 34, as the Minister's responses on workforce planning throughout Stages 1 and 2 have simply not been satisfactory enough. This amendment ensures Ministers are under a duty to examine the capacity of the childcare workforce so enough childcare is available for parents to take up the offer. It is essential that capacity is scrutinised as evidence has...
Janet Finch-Saunders: I'd like to proceed to the vote, Llywydd.
Janet Finch-Saunders: I move.
Janet Finch-Saunders: Diolch, Llywydd. Amendment 36 has been retabled on a matter of principle. At Stage 2, my colleague Suzy Davies AM was very clear to the Minister that there should be a power for the Assembly to halt the actions of the Welsh Government momentarily if we believe that it has acted outside of its powers. Section 12(3)(b) of the Bill allows the Welsh Government to make a number of provisions in...
Janet Finch-Saunders: It's time for my final speech now. We'll move to the vote, but, before I do so, I'd like to thank you, Llywydd, and the Minister, and all colleagues for your patience and graciousness during our amendments. We've tabled these with the best of intentions because we firmly believe that we want our children across Wales to be able to access this offer and, more importantly, we want to see our...
Janet Finch-Saunders: 3. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the role of the Planning Inspectorate in Wales? OAQ53067
