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P-04-628 To improve access to Education and services in British Sign Language
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Meeting: 17/07/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)
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- Transcript for 17/07/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd
6 Report - P-04-628 To improve access to Education and services in British Sign Language
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 3 , View reasons restricted (6/1)
Minutes:
Members
agreed the Report and also agreed to lay it during the summer recess to enable
it to be debated during the autumn term.
Meeting: 15/05/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)
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6 Consideration of Summary - P-04-628 To improve access to Education and services in British Sign Language
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
The
Committee considered the summary of the evidence and agreed to produce a report
on the petition.
Meeting: 21/11/2017 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
3 P-04-628 To improve access to Education and services in British Sign Language
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 26 KB View as HTML (3/1) 10 KB
- 07.11.17 Correspondence - Welsh Local Government Association to the Chair, item 3 PDF 87 KB
- 15.11.17 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Committee, item 3 PDF 545 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence from the WLGA together with further
comments from the petitioners and agreed to:
- write to the British Association of
Teachers of the Deaf (BATOD) Cymru to seek their views on the issues
raised by the petition, in particular the teaching of, and through, BSL in
schools; and
- draw together an outline of the evidence
received so that Members can decide whether to produce a report on the
Committee’s consideration of the petition.
Meeting: 07/11/2017 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
3 P-04-628 To improve access to Education and services in British Sign Language
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
The
Committee discussed the lack of a response from the Welsh Local Government
Association to the Committee’s correspondence, and agreed to write a further
letter to the WLGA expressing their disappointment and to ask for an urgent
response to the letter dated 3 August.
Following
the meeting, a response from the WLGA has been received.
Meeting: 27/06/2017 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)
5 Evidence session - P-04-628 To improve access to Education and services in British Sign Language
Alun
Davies AM, Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language
Ruth
Conway, Welsh Government
Claire
Rowlands, Welsh Government
Supporting documents:
- Cover Sheet, item 5 PDF 26 KB View as HTML (5/1) 10 KB
- Research Brief , View reasons restricted (5/2)
Minutes:
The
Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language answered questions from the
Committee.
Meeting: 23/05/2017 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)
4 Evidence session - P-04-628 To improve access to Education and services in British Sign Language
Cathie Robins-Talbot
Helen Robins-Talbot
Luke Collins- Hayes
Zoe Pallenson
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 27 , View reasons restricted (4/1)
Minutes:
Cathie
Robins-Talbot, Helen Robins-Talbot, Luke Collins-Hayes and Zoe Pallenson from
Deffo! answered questions from the Committee.
Meeting: 21/03/2017 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
3 P-04-628 To improve access to Education and services in British Sign Language
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 26 KB View as HTML (3/1) 10 KB
- 22.02.17 Correspondence - Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language to the Chair, item 3 PDF 212 KB
- 17.02.17 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Chair, item 3 PDF 474 KB
Minutes:
Mike
Hedges declared the following relevant interest under Standing Order 17.24A:
His
sister is profoundly deaf and he has had some involvement with the petitioners
but not in relation to this specific petition.
The
Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to ask the
petitioners, the WLGA and the Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language
to come in to give evidence to the Committee at a future meeting.
Meeting: 13/12/2016 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
3 P-04-628 To improve access to Education and services in British Sign Language
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Minutes:
Mike
Hedges declared the following relevant interest under Standing Order 17.24A:
He
has met with the petitioners as the constituency Assembly Member for Swansea
East.
The
Committee considered the petition and agreed to write to the Minister for
Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language to request an update on the issues raised
by the petition following his recent meeting with the petitioners.
Meeting: 08/12/2015 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
3 P-04-628 To Improve Access to Education and Services in British Sign Language
Supporting documents:
- Cover Sheet, item 3 PDF 17 KB View as HTML (3/1) 10 KB
- 24.11.2015 Correspondence - Minister for Education and Skills to the Chair, item 3 PDF 177 KB
- 2.12.2015 Correspondence - Petitioner to Committee, item 3 PDF 355 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to ask the
petitioners to consider accepting the offer of a meeting with officials in the
first instance and to feed back to the Committee to allow Members to consider
how best to take matters forward.
Meeting: 22/09/2015 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
3 P-04-628 To improve access to Education and services in British Sign Language
Supporting documents:
- Coversheet, item 3 PDF 17 KB View as HTML (3/1) 10 KB
- 14.07.2015 Correspondence - Minister for Education and Skills to the Chair, item 3 PDF 187 KB
- Correspondence - Petitioner to Committee, item 3 PDF 825 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to ask the Minister
for his comments on the petitioners’ latest correspondence and for an assurance
that DEFFO will be contacted by staff supporting the Donaldson review.
Meeting: 16/09/2015 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)
4 Letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee - P-04-628 to Improve Access to Education and Services in British Sign Language
CYPE(4)-21-15
- Paper to note 4
Supporting documents:
Meeting: 02/06/2015 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
3 P-04-628 To Improve Access to Education and Services in British Sign Language
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 17 KB View as HTML (3/1) 10 KB
- 06.05.2015 Correspondence - Minister for Education and Skills to the Chair, item 3 PDF 189 KB
- Legal note , View reasons restricted (3/3)
- 21.05.2015 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Chair, item 3 PDF 366 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to write to:
- the Minister seeking his comments on the
legal advice the Committee has received; and
- on the petitioners’ correspondence,
specifically asking that:
o
DEFFO’s
views are considered alongside other responses to the consultation that closed
on 8 May; and
o
DEFFO
will be included in the next stage of the consultation;
o
For
the Minister’s view on DEFFO’s contention that the needs of those seeking or
needing BSL training are often unmet or unidentified due to BSL sometimes being
a choice rather than an immediate or medical need.
- highlight the petition to the Chair of
the Children, Young People and Education Committee, and ask that DEFFO are
included in the Committee’s consultation on the forthcoming Bill on
special educational needs; and
- suggest to the petitioners that they may
want to engage with the review Professor Donaldson is currently
undertaking and that they may also want to highlight the petition to
Assembly Members as they may be interested in taking the issue forward as
part of Private Members Bills.
Meeting: 24/03/2015 - Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
3 P-04-628 To improve access to Education and services in British Sign Language
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 17 KB View as HTML (3/1) 10 KB
- 06.03.2015 Correspondence - Minister for Education and Skills to the Chair, item 3 PDF 191 KB
- 16.03.2015 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Chair, item 3 PDF 574 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence on the petition and agreed to
- seek a legal brief on the point raised
in the Minister’s letter where he said that the ‘National Assembly for
Wales does not have the power to legislate about any language other than
Welsh.’; and
- write to the Minister seeking his views
on the petitioner’s response.