David Lloyd: ...through this century, then you truly have to reform these plans and strategies because, at the end of the day, there’s virtually no vision here in enhancing the capacity of Welsh-medium primary schools in these areas. I would urge you most urgently, Minister, to review and change that.
David Lloyd: ...whole buildings. That’s not going to assist us in actually making law accessible. There are a few questions, of course. We do make Welsh law now. There are a number of pieces of legislation in education and health in Wales that are significantly different now since devolution. Of course, they don’t fall easily into the ‘England and Wales’ definition that you mentioned. So, we have...
David Lloyd: ...levels and blood pressure. We just need to disseminate that information so that people can make alternative choices. In the time remaining to me, I just want to emphasise, as well as all of this education that’s needed, the importance of legislation in this field. As Rhun has already mentioned, we have been sharing the information on the bad and disastrous effects of smoking for many...
David Lloyd: ...been given a Welsh upbringing, to such an extent that I wasn’t able to speak English until I was seven and I didn’t know what the concept of a second language was. I had to learn English to be educated. I welcome and admire the Government’s courage in aiming for 1 million Welsh speakers and I’m with you 100 per cent. Of course, we’ve been here before: it was 1900 and there were 1...
David Lloyd: Will the Minister make a statement on Welsh medium education provision in South Wales West?
David Lloyd: Will the Minister make a statement on Welsh medium education provision in South Wales West?
David Lloyd: ...don’t get to grips with these things. I would like to know, as Adam has already asked, what exactly is the rationale, at present, behind exiling social construction projects such as constructing schools, building hospitals and homes? Why can’t we do that ourselves under the NICW remit? Under our particular NICW, I would like to think that we could be able to do that, and I would hope...
David Lloyd: Thank you for that response, First Minister. Naturally, we all understand the complexities of the funding formula, but can I ask you what you’re doing to secure adequate funding for smaller schools?
David Lloyd: 3. Will the First Minister make a statement on schools funding levels in South Wales West? OAQ(5)203(FM)
David Lloyd: ...and be far more innovative in our thinking in terms of how we deal with the need to improve our infrastructure. In drawing my comments to a close, we’ve had a debate tabled by UKIP on grammar schools, which exist in England and not in Wales, and we are today discussing HS2, which is an England-only infrastructure project, not a Welsh project. What next? What will be the next topic chosen...
David Lloyd: ...Government and all of us will be contributing to this target of a million Welsh speakers by halfway through this century—of course, partially, the majority of the work will be undertaken in the education sector—and thinking of our scrutiny work as a committee, then we will have to look at how we’re going to achieve that outcome. So, we will also have to work with the education...
David Lloyd: ...2013, can I ask how active travel is considered in the discussions that will take place on the rail franchise? And, specifically, when you mention that more children should be walking or cycling to school, of course, safety issues are given as one reason why people don’t actually choose to walk or cycle to school. So how are you actually getting to grips with parents’ doubts over...
David Lloyd: ...with that. And, of course, using the public sector is a very easy way to alleviate that. At present, in the public sector—in our local government, for example, where they want to provide food for schools and hospitals and so on, the level of procurement there is over 50 per cent for the private sector. So, the public sector is doing its bit in helping the private sector, but we need to...
David Lloyd: ...of occasions, and, basically, they can’t be seen at all. This is crucially important point: in many areas, there is simply no service available, or that individual is just referred back into the education system, as we’ve already heard, and when they need to see someone who works in psychiatry that simply isn’t acceptable. In terms of looking at this whole issue of mental health,...
David Lloyd: ...when it appeared quite poor, but it was great to see the boys turning things round and succeeding in winning in the end. But I want to talk in the time that I have about the importance of physical education. Fitness, that is: fitness, and the need for everybody to keep fit, even though this can be difficult for a number of us. But we can always walk to places, for example, rather than...
