Kirsty Williams: Move.
Kirsty Williams: I move.
Kirsty Williams: Move.
Kirsty Williams: I move.
Kirsty Williams: Thank you, Presiding Officer. Perhaps I could begin with Darren's amendment 54, which attempts, as we've heard, to make information about transport arrangements a required element of all IDPs. The amendment represents a disproportionate approach, giving transport prominence in IDPs over other types of support that children and young people with ALN might need. The aim of the amendment is...
Kirsty Williams: Thank you, Presiding Officer. Government amendments 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35 and 47 all relate to local authority decision on whether it is necessary to prepare or maintain an IDP. These are the decisions in section 12 on whether it is necessary to prepare and maintain a plan for a young person who is not in a school or further education institution in Wales; section 29 on whether it is no...
Kirsty Williams: Could I assure Darren that, in approaching the legislation before me, I have certainly not taken the attitude of simply dismissing things out of hand because they've been tabled by opposition Members? I'm very grateful for the engagement by opposition Members throughout the course of this process, and, as we've seen by many of the votes here this afternoon, we've been able to arrive at a...
Kirsty Williams: Thank you, Presiding Officer. As the former Minister said, at Stage 2, this amendment is well-intended in its aims to address the children’s commissioner’s concerns, which Darren has just helpfully reiterated, but it is, nevertheless, misconceived. The approach currently taken in the Bill is, I believe, the right one. The decision to define a looked-after child for the purposes of this...
Kirsty Williams: I'm afraid I cannot support amendments 11, 19, 20 and 21. Generally speaking, in relation to Darren Millar's amendments 11, 19 and 20, they seek to undermine the position that we have reached in terms of the remit of the tribunal when it comes to the NHS. The Government has been very clear on its position here. We have listened very carefully to the views of the Children, Young People and...
Kirsty Williams: As the Minister said during Stage 2, we have sought to re-engineer the relationship between health and education through the provision of the Bill because of testimony that has been brought forward and the experience that Assembly Members will have had here on behalf of their constituents. The next stage will be delivering this on the ground, and that's where the activities of the wider...
Kirsty Williams: I move.
Kirsty Williams: I move.
Kirsty Williams: I move.
Kirsty Williams: I move.
Kirsty Williams: I move.
Kirsty Williams: Move.
Kirsty Williams: I fully support these amendments. And, may I say, Presiding Officer, they're an excellent example of the valuable scrutiny undertaken in this place, including the expertise of its subject committees, and how this scrutiny serves to improve the legislation of this National Assembly for Wales? As we have heard, the amendments relate to an issue raised by Darren Millar during Stage 2 committee....
Kirsty Williams: The amendments in this group all relate to the issue of charging for those things provided under this Bill. Let me start by saying that I agree with the principle behind Llyr Gruffydd's amendments 59 and 60. Local authorities should not be able to charge for advocacy services. Government amendments 36, 37 and 41 tighten up the Bill in this respect, and do so beyond just advocacy services....
Kirsty Williams: No further comments, but to thank Llyr for his work in this area. Thank you.
Kirsty Williams: I move.
