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NDM8795 Welsh Conservatives Debate - Speech and language therapists
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Meeting: 22/01/2025 - Plenary (Item 7)
Welsh Conservatives Debate - Speech and language therapists
NDM8795 Paul
Davies (Preseli Pembrokeshire)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes the Royal College of Speech and
Language Therapists' 80th anniversary this month.
2. Recognises the crucial role that speech
and language therapists carry out in providing treatment, support and care for
people with additional communication needs.
3. Regrets that in Wales there are fewer
speech and language therapists per head of the population, than in any other
part of the UK.
4. Understands that according to the Youth
Justice Board, 71 per cent of sentenced children have speech, language or
communication needs.
5. Supports calls from the Royal College of
Speech and Language Therapists to increase the number of speech and language
therapists in Wales and improve workforce planning for the profession.
6. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) establish a clear, sustainable funding
model for speech and language therapists within youth justice teams across
Wales; and
b) work with the UK Government to mandate the
presence of a speech and language therapist in all youth justice teams as a
statutory requirement.
The following amendment was tabled:
Amendment 1 Jane
Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
Delete all after point 2 and replace with:
Notes:
a) the Welsh Government’s decision to
continue to fund and commission speech and language therapist education in
Wales, including a new bilingual programme in Wrexham; and
b) the number of speech and language
therapist education places in Wales has increased since 2023.
Calls on the Welsh Government to work with the UK Government to increase access to speech and language therapy in youth justice teams.
Minutes:
The item started at 17.15
Voting on the
motion and amendment under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A vote was
taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM8795 Paul Davies (Preseli
Pembrokeshire)
To propose
that the Senedd:
1. Notes the
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists' 80th anniversary this month.
2. Recognises
the crucial role that speech and language therapists carry out in providing
treatment, support and care for people with additional communication needs.
3. Regrets
that in Wales there are fewer speech and language therapists per head of the
population, than in any other part of the UK.
4. Understands
that according to the Youth Justice Board, 71 per cent of sentenced
children have speech, language or communication needs.
5. Supports
calls from the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists to increase the
number of speech and language therapists in Wales and improve workforce
planning for the profession.
6. Calls on
the Welsh Government to:
a) establish a
clear, sustainable funding model for speech and language therapists within
youth justice teams across Wales; and
b) work with
the UK Government to mandate the presence of a speech and language therapist in
all youth justice teams as a statutory requirement.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
22 |
0 |
24 |
46 |
The motion
without amendment was not agreed.
The following
amendment was tabled:
Amendment 1 Jane
Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
Delete all after point 2 and
replace with:
Notes:
a) the Welsh Government’s
decision to continue to fund and commission speech and language therapist
education in Wales, including a new bilingual programme in Wrexham; and
b) the number of speech and
language therapist education places in Wales has increased since 2023.
Calls on the Welsh Government
to work with the UK Government to increase access to speech and language
therapy in youth justice teams.
A vote was taken on amendment
1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
24 |
0 |
22 |
46 |
Amendment 1
was agreed.
A vote was
taken on the motion as amended:
To propose
that the Senedd:
1. Notes the
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists' 80th anniversary this month.
2. Recognises
the crucial role that speech and language therapists carry out in providing
treatment, support and care for people with additional communication needs.
3. Notes:
a) the Welsh Government’s
decision to continue to fund and commission speech and language therapist
education in Wales, including a new bilingual programme in Wrexham; and
b) the number of speech and
language therapist education places in Wales has increased since 2023.
4. Calls on the Welsh
Government to work with the UK Government to increase access to speech and
language therapy in youth justice teams.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
24 |
10 |
12 |
46 |
The motion as amended was agreed.