Jeremy Miles: On Monday, I announced plans about the roll-out of the co-operation agreement commitment to deliver universal primary free school meals. From September, children in reception classes will be the first to start receiving a free meal as part of these plans.
Jeremy Miles: Yes.
Jeremy Miles: Yes.
Jeremy Miles: Can I thank Sioned Williams for her supportive remarks in relation to the amendments? I think matters have rather moved on since Laura Anne Jones first expressed the concerns that she has repeated in this debate today, and the concept of rationalisation, to which you referred in the question, has already been entirely removed from the legislation. So, I think that sets a hare running that...
Jeremy Miles: Yes.
Jeremy Miles: Yes.
Jeremy Miles: Yes.
Jeremy Miles: Yes.
Jeremy Miles: Yes.
Jeremy Miles: Diolch, Llywydd. All the amendments in this group are concerned with consequential changes to existing legislation that are needed due to establishment of the commission and the introduction of the register of tertiary education providers. Amendment 70 makes consequential amendments to section 8(4) of the Employment and Training Act 1973 to adjust the scope of education providers falling...
Jeremy Miles: Yes.
Jeremy Miles: Yes.
Jeremy Miles: Yes.
Jeremy Miles: I want to reiterate the importance that I place on adult learning, on lifelong learning, and making sure that Wales is a nation of second chances where it's never too late to learn, and the provisions in this Bill, which already capture adult community learning, are critical to achieving this. So, whilst I understand the intention behind the amendments in this group, I can't support them as...
Jeremy Miles: Yes.
Jeremy Miles: Diolch, Llywydd. Amendment 65 inserts a new section into the Bill, putting beyond doubt that any duty or power in or under the Bill that requires or enables the disclosure or use of information does not operate in contravention of any existing data protection legislation. The amendment doesn't change the effect of the legislation. As I have stated previously, all data used or disclosed under...
Jeremy Miles: Yes, certainly.
Jeremy Miles: It's that kind of concern that was recognised at Stage 2, when the amendments were brought forward to provide the additional protections, which the Bill, as it comes to Stage 3, already contains. As I was saying, the Order can only be made without the consent of the corporation itself where that consent has been unreasonably withheld or delayed. A decision by Welsh Ministers that consent...
Jeremy Miles: I cannot support amendments 103 and 104. The retention of a backstop power to dissolve a higher education corporation is, in fact, necessary to ensure that, in very exceptional circumstances, and subject to safeguards and protections, arrangements can be made to smoothly and at appropriate speed dissolve a HEC and ensure arrangements can be made for the transfer of learners, property, rights...
Jeremy Miles: Diolch, Llywydd—
