<p>Foreign Educational Trips</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:31 pm on 28 September 2016.

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Photo of Kirsty Williams Kirsty Williams Liberal Democrat 1:31, 28 September 2016

Thank you, Steffan. Can I take this opportunity to offer my condolences to Glyn’s family for the tragic loss that they have suffered? I know that they are moved out of a sense of altruism to ensure that regulations are as good as they can be, so that no family should have to go through what they have been through.

I am aware that the First Minister’s office continues to look at some of the issues around the handling of this specific case, and the previous education Minister did ask Estyn to carry out a thematic review into issues around how further education colleges conduct themselves and conduct trips. At that time, Estyn believed that there were no systematic failures, but, obviously, things had gone wrong in this particular case. As I said, at that time, there was a belief that no further action needed to be taken. Predominantly, this is health and safety legislation, which is not devolved. But, if the Member has specific examples of how he feels that current guidance is not as strong as it could be, and it is within the powers of the Welsh Government and the National Assembly to change that, I and my officials would be happy to look at specific proposals that he could bring forward.