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P-06-1430 Support deaf children by making a financial commitment to restoring Teacher of the Deaf numbers

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Meeting: 28/04/2025 - Petitions Committee (Item 3)

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Minutes:

Members discussed the petition and agreed to thank the petitioner and close the petition. But in doing so they agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Education to ask for confirmation that those from the community and voluntary sector with the appropriate expertise will be included in developing the strategic education workforce plan. The letter to be copied to the Children, Young People and Education Committee which has the scrutiny remit.


Meeting: 04/11/2024 - Petitions Committee (Item 2)

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Minutes:

The Committee met with petitioners prior to the meeting and thanked them for sharing their experiences. Members relayed petitioners’ concern that deaf children receive support as early as possible and that Teacher of the Deaf (TOD) training be made available in Wales as well as England.

The Committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Education to ask her to reflect on and reconsider the Welsh Government’s rejection of recommendation 32 of the Children, Young People and Education Committee’s ‘Access to Education’ report. The Chair agreed that she would speak during the debate on the report to highlight the petition. Members agreed to keep the petition open as they believed further work can be done on the issue.