Siân Gwenllian: ...retain GPs. We do need a long-term plan in order to train doctors, including GPs, in Wales. We need a national solution to expand the provision in Cardiff and Swansea and to create a new medical school in north Wales as part of a pan-Wales plan. Doctors stay on to work where they have trained—there’s a great deal of evidence to back that statement. The idea of having a north Wales...
Mike Hedges: ...it, it’s not a thin booklet, and that’s just one area of local government. Local authority services affect everybody and everyone every day: roads, pavements, refuse collection, litter removal, education and social services daily affect the lives of the people living in an area. Social services departments in Wales are under more financial pressure than any other service area in the...
Julie Morgan: ...that we have a debate that is based on facts, and we know that the figures that are given, and the tone of the debate, are just grossly exaggerated. According to figures from Cardiff University School of Social Sciences, the percentage of non-UK-born nationals in Wales is just 5.8 per cent, and the percentage of migrants of working age in Wales is 8 per cent of the population. That...
Motion NDM6034 Elin Jones The National Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 16.1 establishes a Children, Young People and Education Committee to examine legislation and hold the Welsh Government to account by scrutinising its expenditure, administration and policy matters, encompassing (but not restricted to): the education, health and well-being of the children and young...
...Assembly for Wales, in accordance with Standing Order 17.2A, agrees that the political groups from which the chairs of committees are elected will be as follows: (i) Children, Young People and Education Committee—Labour; (ii) Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee—UKIP; (iii) Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee—Labour; (iv) Culture, Welsh Language and...
Jayne Bryant: ...until they have reached crisis point. Early intervention and support is crucial. The pioneering gambling risk and harm pilot, carried out by Newport Citizens Advice Bureau, has highlighted that the education of young people is key to reducing the impact of gambling-related harm. What plans does the Welsh Government have to ensure that gambling has the same educational attention as other...
Carwyn Jones: ...need to find a way of talking to one another again. We may have voted different ways, but we remain neighbours, friends and family. The challenges we faced yesterday on the NHS, on the economy and education we still face today, and we must rise to those challenges and deliver for the Welsh people. There is much work to be done, but above all else, my aim will be the best deal for the...
Jane Hutt: ...be aware that the statement on phase 1 implementation of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 was issued as a written statement yesterday. Similarly, the oral statements on school governing bodies, flood and coastal erosion risk management, and the road and street works strategy will be issued as written statements, and the debate on renaming the Assembly has been...
Carwyn Jones: ...to provide a new legal framework for supporting children and young people, from birth to the age of 25, with additional learning needs. We consulted on a draft additional learning needs and education tribunal Bill last year. We’ve listened to the feedback from stakeholders, and we’ve carefully considered the responses. The introduction of the Bill will be the next step in reforming the...
8. 8. & 9. Statement: Launch of the Consultation on Phase 1 Implementation of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act and Statement: School Governing Bodies
Steffan Lewis: ...of those in the armed forces? Finally, this year—and a couple of years now—we’re marking the centenary of the first world war, but what plans does the Welsh Government have to continue with education in terms of keeping up awareness of the events of 100 years ago beyond the official period of centenary, also looking towards education in conflict resolution? Diolch yn fawr.
Elin Jones: ...set out in Standing Order 17. I will then continue to call for nominations for the remaining committees. I start, therefore, and I invite nominations for the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee, which has been allocated a Labour Chair. Are there any nominations?
Gwelliant 3—Paul Davies Add as new point at end of motion: Calls on the Welsh Government to formally respond to the concerns raised in the manifesto of the Cabinet Secretary for Education’s party that Welsh Ministers have been able to breach the Ministerial Code with impunity.
...to explore ways to strengthen the Ministerial Code and the way it operates. 3. Calls on the Welsh Government to formally respond to the concerns raised in the manifesto of the Cabinet Secretary for Education’s party that Welsh Ministers have been able to breach the Ministerial Code with impunity.
Siân Gwenllian: ...and I share your view in condemning those occurrences. But could you go further than just making a statement in the Chamber today? Are you able to consider running a campaign to raise awareness and educate people about the contribution that people from the different countries of Europe and the world make to Wales?
David Melding: ...we actually move and look at outcomes, and I suppose that when we look at outcomes, the effective joint working of the various agencies is key, because we’re looking at health, we’re looking at education, we’re looking at housing, we’re looking at skills—all these things inter-relate, either directly, for looked-after children, or when they leave care, for care leavers. But...
Siân Gwenllian: .... We must move forward in order to bring young people into politics. Obviously, it would make it easier for them to vote, by introducing online voting, for example, and introducing political education in schools would also be important. But, turning to this subject, then, in 2012 only 39 per cent of people voted, and in this year’s National Assembly election, just over 45 per cent voted....
David Melding: ...have via public transport.’ And better air quality monitoring is also required, especially in Wales’s 36 air quality management areas and in particular, I think, monitoring of air quality near schools. The impact on young people of air pollution is particularly acute. We must ensure that the Welsh Government delivers effectively on its own national air quality strategy, and that is...
Elin Jones: ...secret ballots for committee Chairs. Therefore I will share with you the results. All the results will be published following this session. First of all, therefore, the Children, Young People and Education Committee: Julie Morgan 25 votes, Lynne Neagle 31 votes, and one abstention. I therefore declare that Lynne Neagle is elected Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee....
9. 8. Short Debate: Twenty-first Century Schools — More than a Building Programme
