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Mohammad Asghar: ...that one in six teachers would like to reduce their hours and urge secondary school leaders to do more to accommodate teachers who want to work part-time or flexibly. Minister, can I ask what representations you have received on this matter and what guidance you have issued to schools with regard to part-time and flexible working, the lack of which is an important factor in some teachers...
Mohammad Asghar: ...to charge for withdrawals in the first three months of this year. Minister, do you agree that charging for cash withdrawals will have an adverse effect on financial inclusion and will you make representations to those companies that provide cash machines, stressing the importance of free transactions to communities such as Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney?
Mohammad Asghar: ...to apprenticeships presents a considerable challenge. Less than 2 per cent of those on apprenticeship programmes are disabled people. How will the Minister tackle gender prejudice and the under-representation of disabled people in the apprenticeship system? Ethnic minority representation on apprenticeship programmes remains static, at around 3 per cent of the total. How will the Minister...
Mohammad Asghar: ...access to schools to broaden the range of advice young people receive about their future careers. I am confident that this will go some way to tackling the worrying gender imbalance and under-representation of disabled people that we currently see in apprenticeships in Wales. Deputy Presiding Officer, Wales needs to face the challenges and grab the opportunities presented by the modern...
Mohammad Asghar: ...100,000 apprenticeships in this term. However, the 'Is Wales Fairer?' report found that, in apprenticeships, strong gender segregation remains, ethnic minorities are under-represented and the representation of disabled people is particularly low. What is the acting First Minister—your Government—doing to tackle gender segregation and to boost the employment prospects of ethnic...
Mohammad Asghar: ...to broaden the range of advice that young people receive about their future prospects. By doing so, I am confident that this will go some way to tackling the worrying gender imbalance and under-representation of disabled people that we currently see in apprenticeships in Wales. Having encouraged young people to take up an apprenticeship, we must now look at the level of support we provide...
Mohammad Asghar: ...in Newport were placed at risk of redundancies in November of last year. Can I ask the First Minister if the Welsh Government was aware of these redundancies last November, and, if so, what representations were made to the company at that time to remind them of the condition attached to the award of grant funding from this Assembly?
