Janet Finch-Saunders: ...be properly used without the sufficient number of Welsh-language teachers in Wales? It's not just the lack of teachers to utilise the materials that concerns me. It's crucial that, with cuts to the education budget now announced by your Government, you ensure this company delivers on its stated mission and proves itself to be a good use of Welsh Government funding and efforts. We always...
Janet Finch-Saunders: ...well as a long-term plan to turn around these embarrassing gaps in attainment between the poor in Wales and the more affluent? The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has highlighted over the years that the educational performance of children from poorer backgrounds compared to their peers from more prosperous backgrounds provides clear evidence of the impact of poverty on achievement. So,...
Janet Finch-Saunders: ...attacks on sheep. I know that, recently, Dan Jones from the Great Orme in Llandudno and other farmers have approached me about the horrific sights and scenes that you see. There needs to be more education, really, for dog owners. There needs to be more education. I know that, in the days when we had dog wardens, they would go in and liaise with pupils so that they could go home and say,...
Janet Finch-Saunders: ...leaving communities across Wales feeling very isolated. That public transport crisis has already hit us in Aberconwy, and we, my constituents, have been left without the means to get to work, schools, university, the doctor, to buy food, et cetera, et cetera, and at very short notice. And, I've got to be honest, I don't like pointing fingers, but I do lay this blame at your table, Lee...
Janet Finch-Saunders: ...fixed-penalty notices could unfairly target those on the lower incomes. There was also some uncertainty as to what vehicles would be regarded as ‘idling’, with respondents questioning whether a school or mainstream bus would count as ‘idling’ in a designated stop. So, I suppose that we’re asking for clarification on these vehicles, as well as additional vehicles—for example,...
Janet Finch-Saunders: ...Change. Over two weeks ago, the T19 between Llandudno and Blaenau Ffestiniog was terminated. Employees have been left unable to access work, students are relying on private transport to get to school and residents are struggling to reach medical appointments. This morning, along with my colleague Mabon ap Gwynfor, we were in a very good meeting with bus operators, Welsh Government...
Janet Finch-Saunders: ..., who actually want to keep this service in place. So severe is the situation now that students and pupils are having to rely on private transport to get from the Blaenau Ffestiniog area to a school in Llanrwst and the college in Llandrillo, and staff cannot get to work. Solutions should have been in place before this service ended. For example, the Fflecsi service could be extended up the...
Janet Finch-Saunders: ...agree: there has to be a more co-ordinated and joined-up approach to data management. This will not just benefit decarbonisation, but it will help in other sectors such as our health service, education and other departments. I note, in particular, part (c), which aims to support the development of a green data sector in Wales. This seems to be a marvellous opportunity to provide a boost...
Janet Finch-Saunders: .... This means that Wales is the only Government across the whole of UK not to have published anything on net zero skills. So, will you commit, Minister, to the publication of a coherent plan for education and skills training so that these highly paid green jobs can actually become a reality? Finally, I recently held a meeting with the Crown Estate. They are fully focused on delivery. They...
Janet Finch-Saunders: ...Welsh Government and the parliamentary resources therein on making the best of the powers that we do have? In other words, sorting out our failing health service, sorting out the low standards in education—
Janet Finch-Saunders: ...actions required as a result of this Bill. Many of us here in the Senedd know that, quite often, when laws are passed here, the implications that are passed down to local authorities to enforce, educate—. Often, no extra resources are provided. When I speak to council leaders or their finance chiefs, it is a fact that they are sometimes concerned about laws that are made here, because of...
Janet Finch-Saunders: ..., again. However, knowing the number of prosecutions, I believe, can help to see whether enforcement has been successful. You know I've raised concerns about local authorities and their ability to educate and play an advocacy role. However, there will be times where prosecutions are required, and it's only by knowing the numbers—. All of us can put FOIs in and find out how many...
Janet Finch-Saunders: ...for cotton buds used as a relevant device for medical purposes or by a health professional for medical purposes. Amendment 33 would add an exemption for cotton buds supplied for diagnostic, educational or research purposes from the Bill. Amendment 35 would amend the existing definition of a 'health professional' in this Bill. The amendment would bring the definition of a 'health...
Janet Finch-Saunders: ...of the essence in making sure that we keep our children safe. The updated UK guidance on scarlet fever outbreaks says antibiotics can be used to help stop new cases of strep A in settings such as schools, but that a decision should be taken by local outbreak control teams on a case-by-case basis. I think it's really important that we have a joined-up approach across all parts of the UK so...
Janet Finch-Saunders: ...uncertainty about the status of the bridge is causing them now, as Rhun has quite adequately pointed out, a massive drop in revenue. So, this closure will affect people commuting to work and school and will be a blow for hauliers and families alike, with places in Aberconwy feeling now cut off from their neighbouring communities. Another aspect has been about the other bridge, because I...
Janet Finch-Saunders: Good afternoon, Trefnydd. I would like a statement from the Minister for education on the fact that some primary schools now are in urgent need of support to extend their kitchens and employ more staff to manage the free school meal policy. Indeed, in a response to a written question, the Minister for education advised me, and I quote, 'further work will take place during October to...
Janet Finch-Saunders: ...anybody then to think they can be creative? It's gone. But again, where were they when they were given mandate after mandate to solve the issues we all witness today? A failing health system, an education system with very poor standards, very bad public—[Interruption.] Oh, come on.
Janet Finch-Saunders: ...their own ability to get on with the job. A change in the wind with Welsh Labour has meant that, for the past 22 years, this state has failed the people of Wales. It has failed to provide adequate education, to take forward new thinkers and pioneers. It has failed to mount a healthcare system that looks after people from day one, and it has failed to build the basic foundations of a state...
Janet Finch-Saunders: ...the train services between north and south Wales, where overcrowding has become the norm, they'll realise the discontent that will face you in 2026. We tend to think because you fail in health, in education and lots of other things of the devolved powers that you have, but it could be something like this—the fact that you cannot get to grips with any reliable transport service in Wales....
Janet Finch-Saunders: Gosh, right. [Laughter.] We have at least 100 consultants across Wales—of shortages. There has been no increase to the advertised 309 medical school places at Cardiff University. I could go on—
