Julie James: ...will be used to limit the use of a term, which allows the contract holder to be excluded from the property for specific periods, for example, to contracts for student accommodation let by higher education institutions. And finally, the Bill also makes a number of miscellaneous amendments to the 2016 Act. These include removing the subjective element of the test that establishes whether a...
Julie James: ...our Welsh-speaking communities and make sure that they aren't currently inundated with large numbers of people who wouldn't be able to learn the language in an appropriate timescale for the local school and so on. So, large numbers of considerations are expected to be applied by local planning authorities in Wales when they are looking at this. I'm very happy to work with groups of AMs and...
Julie James: ...conducting a number of stakeholder meetings is that, if you set out a flat plan of Wales, you ought to be able to say, 'Well, here are the trunk roads, here are the hospitals, here are the existing schools, here is where the housing is, here's where the new school should be', and so on, and then when the council is negotiating with the house builder about their contribution to local...
Julie James: So, the Bill does two things. It removes from the restriction a whole group of local authority employees who don't have any part in the political process—so, school employees and so on. It keeps a salary cap for those employed in the centre of the local authority and obviously for those who are involved in the political process in advising committees and statutory office holders, and so on....
Julie James: ...brings. So, for example, since 2012 more than £475 million has been made available through the pupil development grant to support children and young people to reach their full potential. The school holiday enrichment programme has provided opportunities for children aged seven to 11 years from disadvantaged areas to be more active and, more importantly, as Mike points out, to eat...
Julie James: ...level, without the gender pay gap, you continue to have those problems. Let's be clear, we know, across the world, what is the most effective way of getting people out of poverty, and that's to educate and pay women properly. And so the Government needs to step up to that plate. With the welfare reforms that we've had from the UK Government, of course we've moved money from the purse, as...
Julie James: ...re looking at for that. We have written out to all HEIs asking them to give us back information for all of their students, not just the ones that are in student accommodation supplied by the higher education institute, and we're also continuing to work with local authorities to keep our information up to date so that we can understand exactly where we are with that. We have been doing this...
Julie James: We've written out to all higher education institutions in Wales. I've written to all local authorities, so Kirsty Williams has written to all HEIs. I was pleased to see the response from Cardiff, but we have asked all of the vice-chancellors across Wales to provide us with similar information. We have been doing quite a lot of work before the Bolton fire, you will be reassured to know, where...
Julie James: ...joint committee for any service they wish. Welsh Ministers will only be able to create a corporate joint committee in a limited number of functional areas that are set out in the Bill: improving education, strategic planning for the development and use of land and the function of preparing a strategic development plan, transport, and economic development. The aim is to reduce complexity...
Julie James: ...their foster carers until they turn 18, if that's what they and their foster carers want and it's in their best interests, or up until the age of 21, if they're completing an agreed programme of education or training. So, if you've got anything specific in mind, I'm very happy to talk to you about those specifics, but, in general, we have a range of provision that is supported by our...
Julie James: ...of this scheme, and, of course, Mike, you're absolutely right about the security of tenure, and the particular need for families with children to be able to keep their children in the same school. And to give them the social support that they need in order to be able to do that is one of the prime reasons that we want to bring this scheme forward.
Julie James: ...or poor-quality housing can, of course, cause or exacerbate anxiousness and ill health, and limit the ability of renters to engage with their local community or for their children to settle in education. Preventing and resolving homelessness in all its forms is a key priority for this Government. The numbers of households presenting as at risk, or already homeless, in Wales has been...
Julie James: ...the Chamber, and we know that it provides not only quality homes, but the support needed to ensure people can sustain their tenancies and thrive. It positively impacts on health, mental health and education. But we know from the latest housing need figures that we are not building enough social homes. Community-led housing can, and should be part, therefore, of the solution. We know the...
Julie James: ...the partnership council meetings; I meet with her very frequently. Anglesey, last year, suffered from a range of less-favourable movements in indicators, such as population projections, secondary school pupil numbers, primary free school meals and children in out-of-work families, and those indicators fluctuate. So, obviously, the distribution works differently according to a range of...
Julie James: ...at the homelessness ministerial task and finish group, which includes expertise from the third sector, as well as senior public service officials from health, social services, public health, education and criminal justice agencies. The statement will be supported by an annual action plan, setting out the measures that will be taken across Government, working with partners, to address...
Julie James: ...partners in the public sector, working closely with third sector partners, are doing to prepare. Local authorities across Wales have responsibility for planning to ensure essential services such as education and social care can respond to all Brexit scenarios. They, and third sector partners, are key to providing a local response to the damaging impact of a 'no deal' Brexit on our...
Julie James: ...the vote to prisoners and young people in custody is going to be meaningful, we also need to do a lot of work on the softer issues identified in the committee's report, such as voter awareness and education, accessibility to information and media and practical support to help prisoners and young people in custody to register their vote. I have always made clear that the Welsh Government...
Julie James: ...an estate. And that cannot be emphasised enough. That’s why the NDF is important as well, because that requires the infrastructure to have been planned out in advance, so that we know where the schools and the GPs are, we know where the work is, we know where the public transport routes are, and we know that there are cycle paths and walks to school and all that sort of stuff. So, we're...
Julie James: ...least six months—and, if you're a new tenant, longer than that, because you can't do it in the first six months—to find a new home, because I totally accept the point you made about children's schooling and care arrangements and all the rest of it. So, what we're trying to do is give people security, but also enough time to plan if they do find themselves in those circumstances. Then...
Julie James: ...intends to sell the property or live in it themselves, contract holders will have much more time to make the necessary arrangements for themselves or their dependants, such as their child’s school or for those they care for, and to find a property more suited to their needs. It would also give those who are able to do so more time to save, and those who are less able more time to engage...
