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?
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....
Elin Jones: I have selected two amendments to the motion. If amendment 1 is agreed, amendment 2 will be deselected. [Interruption.] I think I’m having a competition here with the Cabinet Secretary for Education. I call on Mark Isherwood to move amendment 1 tabled in the name of Paul Davies.
Elin Jones: The next item on our agenda is a statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education on the initial teacher education change programme. I call on the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Kirsty Williams.
Elin Jones: The next item on the agenda is the United Kingdom Independence Party debate on grammar schools. I call on Michelle Brown to move the motion.
Elin Jones: I call on the Cabinet Secretary for Education to contribute to the debate. Kirsty Williams.
Elin Jones: I now move to a vote on the UKIP debate on grammar schools, and I call for a vote on the motion tabled in the name of Neil Hamilton. Open the vote. Close the vote. For 6, no abstentions, 41 against. The motion is therefore not agreed.
Elin Jones: We now move to our next item, which is the short debate. I therefore call Vikki Howells to speak on the topic that she has chosen on unlocking children’s natural potential and the role of outdoor education in the learning process. If Members who are leaving the Chamber—. The Assembly is still in session. Os caf ofyn i Aelodau’r Cynulliad os ydynt yn gadael i wneud hynny’n dawel ac yn...
Elin Jones: The next item on our agenda is a statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education on the Diamond review of higher education and student finance in Wales, and I call on the Cabinet Secretary, Kirsty Williams.
Elin Jones: The first item on our agenda this afternoon is questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education, and the first question is from Steffan Lewis.
Elin Jones: Therefore, we move to questions from the party spokespeople to the Cabinet Secretary for Education, and, first this week, the Welsh Conservatives’ spokesperson, Darren Millar.
Elin Jones: I should have said ‘the Cabinet Secretary for Education’s’, rather than ‘next door’. Simon Thomas, ymddiheuriadau, ond a yw hi’n bosib ichi ailadrodd y cwestiwn?
Elin Jones: ...The decisions we take here affect their future, and so their voice must be heard by us as an integral part of our discussions. We have a proud record in this respect. The Assembly’s outreach and education teams are leading the way in parliamentary engagement, and we have a long-established relationship with the children and young people of Wales. During the last Assembly, the Commission...
Elin Jones: The first item this afternoon is questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education, and the first question, Paul Davies.
Elin Jones: The next item on our agenda is the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education on the national strategy for small and rural schools. I call on the Cabinet Secretary to make her statement—Kirsty Williams.
Elin Jones: We now move to a statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education on the Diamond review of higher education and student finance arrangements. I call on the Cabinet Secretary, Kirsty Williams.
Elin Jones: The first item, therefore, on the agenda are questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education, and the first question, [OAQ(5)0050(EDU)], was withdrawn. The second question, therefore—Neil Hamilton.
Elin Jones: The next item is a statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education on the PISA results. I call on the Cabinet Secretary, Kirsty Williams.
Elin Jones: The next item of business this afternoon is a statement by the Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language on the Additional Learning Needs and Educational Tribunal (Wales) Bill, and I call on the Minister to make his statement—Alun Davies.
Elin Jones: I call on the Cabinet Secretary for Education to move amendment 2 tabled in the name of Jane Hutt.