Ann Jones: Thank you. Can I call on the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Kirsty Williams?
Ann Jones: We now move on to the next item on the agenda, which is the debate on the Children, Young People and Education Committee's report on teachers' professional learning and education. I call on Lynne Neagle as Chair of the committee to move the motion. Lynne.
Ann Jones: Item 8 on the agenda this afternoon is a debate on the Estyn annual report, and I call on the Cabinet Secretary for Education to move the motion—Kirsty Williams.
Ann Jones: Item 5: a statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education on high achievement—supporting our more able and talented learners. I call on the Cabinet Secretary for Education to make the statement. Kirsty Williams.
Ann Jones: We move on to item 7 on our agenda this afternoon, which is a debate on the Children, Young People and Education Committee's report on perinatal mental health in Wales. I call on the Chair of the committee to move that motion. Lynne Neagle.
Ann Jones: Item 5 on the agenda this afternoon is a statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education on securing the right to a suitable education for all children. I invite Kirsty Williams, the Cabinet Secretary for Education, to make that statement.
Ann Jones: Before we move to the debate on Stage 3 of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Bill, I now propose to suspend the proceedings for 15 minutes. The bell will be rung five minutes before we reconvene, and I would encourage Members to return to the Chamber promptly, please. Thank you.
Ann Jones: Item 5 on the agenda is a statement by the Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language on the rapid review of the Welsh in education strategic plans for 2017 to 2020, and I call on the Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language, Alun Davies, to make the statement.
Ann Jones: Thank you, Llywydd. The Assembly term has come to an end and the school term has finished as well. Sixty years ago, Rhyl became the home of the first bilingual school and that then led to a growth in Welsh education throughout Wales. So, congratulations to Ysgol Glan Clwyd. I am very pleased to be Assembly Member for the Vale of Clwyd, the birthplace of bilingual education.
Ann Jones: Item 5 on our agenda is a statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education on post-compulsory education and training consultation. I call on Kirsty Williams to introduce the statement.
Ann Jones: Item 5 on the agenda is a statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education: Assessment for Learning—A Distinct Welsh Approach. I call on the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Kirsty Williams.
Ann Jones: We now move to the Plaid Cymru debate, a medical school in Bangor, and I call for a vote on the motion tabled in the name of Rhun ap Iorwerth. Again, if the proposal is not agreed, we vote on the amendment tabled to the motion. Open the vote. Close the vote. For the motion 14, no abstentions, 33 against. Therefore the motion is not agreed.
Ann Jones: We now move to item 7, which is a Plaid Cymru debate on a medical school in Bangor, and I call on Sian Gwenllian to move the motion. Sian.
Ann Jones: Thank you. I now call the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Kirsty Williams.
Ann Jones: Item 4 on our agenda is the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education on educational leadership, and I call on Kirsty Williams to introduce the statement.
Ann Jones: Thank you very much. I call on the Cabinet Secretary for Education to reply to the debate. Kirsty Williams.
Ann Jones: Thank you very much. I now call on the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Kirsty Williams.
Ann Jones: Therefore, we move to item 5 on the agenda, which is a debate on the Children, Young People and Education Committee’s inquiry into the education improvement grant: Gypsy, Roma and Traveller, and minority ethnic children. I call on Lynne Neagle to move the motion.
Ann Jones: We move on to item 7, which is the United Kingdom Independence Party’s debate on Welsh-medium schools. I call on Neil Hamilton to move to motion. Neil.
Ann Jones: Item 5 on our agenda this afternoon is the debate on Children, Young People and Education Committee’s report on the inquiry into statutory advocacy provision, and I call on Lynne Neagle to move the motion. Lynne.
