Kirsty Williams: Presiding Officer, I recognise that a proportion of young people with ALN will go on to receive work-based learning after they leave school or further education. We must ensure that these young people continue to receive appropriate support for their needs. And we will ensure that the appropriate connections are made between the new ALN system and work-based learning providers. Exploring the...
Kirsty Williams: I would urge Members, Presiding Officer, to support amendments 38 and 43. We have been clear all along that the additional learning needs system is intended to apply to young people who are still in school or receiving further education. This system is not intended to apply to young people in higher education. These amendments will make the Bill fully consistent with that policy. They will...
Kirsty Williams: Thank you very much indeed, Presiding Officer. I want to make it absolutely clear that this is not about dismissing support for students with ALN who are studying an HE course. I do recognise that, increasingly, FEIs are providing higher education courses, and as we move forward with our reforms, the likelihood is that there will be continuing blurring of the lines between further education...
Kirsty Williams: Thank you very much, Presiding Officer. These amendments further strengthen and clarify the existing duty in the Bill on local authorities to keep additional learning provision under review. Amendment 39 requires local authorities, as part of their wider duties, to consider the sufficiency of their arrangements for meeting the additional learning needs of children and young people in their...
Kirsty Williams: Presiding Officer, I would just like to note the comments made by the Members in respect of amendments 39 and 40 and welcome their support for them.
Kirsty Williams: I move.
Kirsty Williams: Presiding Officer, I fully support the intention of improving Welsh language provision on the ground and ensuring that the Bill does all possible to drive progress in this respect, and I hope that the steps the Government have taken to strengthen the Welsh language aspects of this Bill demonstrate the importance I and the Government place on the language in the new system. However, these...
Kirsty Williams: Presiding Officer, I'm afraid I cannot support amendments 17 and 18, which seek to compel local authorities to refer parents to independent advocacy services. The Bill provides that independent advocacy services must be available for children, young people and case friends. It is right that the child or young person themselves—or a case friend on behalf of a child who lacks...
Kirsty Williams: I move.
Kirsty Williams: Moved.
Kirsty Williams: Thank you, Presiding Officer. As you say, this is the last group of amendments and the last amendment that we will discuss this afternoon. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank both Darren Millar and Llyr Gruffydd for their contribution to the debate this afternoon. I think we've been able to make real progress and have added value to the legislation by the engagement that we've had...
Kirsty Williams: Move.
Kirsty Williams: I move.
Kirsty Williams: I move.
Kirsty Williams: Moved.
Kirsty Williams: Moved.
Kirsty Williams: I move.
Kirsty Williams: Moved.
Kirsty Williams: Moved.
Kirsty Williams: Moved.
