COVID-19: Safety Rules in Schools, Colleges and Universities

Part of 4. Topical Questions – in the Senedd at 4:04 pm on 30 June 2021.

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Photo of Jeremy Miles Jeremy Miles Labour 4:04, 30 June 2021

(Translated)

Thank you for that question. May I reassure Siân Gwenllian that there is clear national guidance in this area? The framework will be a national framework that will highlight a range of interventions relevant to risk. Local circumstances will be pertinent to that, and I'm sure she would recognise that. Advice will be available at a local level as well as at a national level in order to ensure that interventions are not excessive in terms of the risk. I certainly share the aim of seeing as little impact as possible on learners given the risk levels, and the reality of the situation is that that will vary across Wales. So, the national plan that will be announced will support schools in responding to that risk in a way that is consistent, and is based on guidance and advice. 

In terms of vaccination, we don't yet know what the JCVI will advise, and we will have to await that advice before I can respond to her question as to what exactly we will do, but I will give her an assurance that we do have plans in place, whatever the advice issued by the JCVI is.