The Welsh Liberal Democrats recognise that politics and politicians have a bad reputation. Trust in politics needs to be restored, and our 2016 manifesto contained various proposals to go some way to restoring this. One of these was to publicise meetings between Government Ministers and lobbying groups.
A list of meetings Kirsty has had in her role as Cabinet Secretary for Education between June 2016 and December 2016 can be seen below.
From January 2017 ministerial meetings have been publicised on the Welsh Government website, and can be found here.
June
2nd June -Professor Graham Donaldson
16th June - Professor Ian Diamond
23rd June - Professor Colin Riordan, Mr Rob Humphreys, Professor John Hughes, Professor Tony Chapman, Professor Julie Lydon, Professor Maria Hinfelaar, Professor Medwin Hughes, Professor John Grattan, Amanda Wilkinson, Lisa Newberry
23rd June - Chris Llewelyn, WLGA
23rd June - David Allen & Dr David Blaney, HEFCW
24th June - Meeting between Tom Woodward (Special Advisor to Kirsty Williams) and Tom Griffin, University of South Wales. Kirsty Williams not present.
28th June - Phone call with Amanda Wilkinson & Prof Colin Riordan
29th June - Beth Button, NUS Wales President
29th June - Meilyr Rowlands, Estyn Chief Inspector
29th June - Robert Hill
July
13th July - Cllr Ali Thomas & Chris Llewellyn WLGA
19th July - Meeting between Tom Woodward (Special Advisor to Kirsty Williams) and Ruth Marks, WCVA. Kirsty Williams not present.
22nd July - Meeting between Tom Woodward and Elgan Morgan (South Wales Chamber of Commerce). Kirsty Williams not present.
22nd July - Meeting between Tom Woodward and Fflur Elin, NUS Wales President. Kirsty Williams not present.
28th July - Meeting with ATL Cymru
28th July - Chris Keates, NASUWT
28th July - Toni Schiavone & Colin Nosworthy & Catrin Dafydd, Cymdeithas yr Iaith
29th July - David Evans & Owen Hathway & Neil Foden & Angela Jardine & Beth Davies, NUT Cymru
29th July - Meeting with Chairs of Universities Wales
29th July - Tina Donnelly, RCN
August
9th Aug - Teach First (Special Advisor only, Cabinet Secretary not present)
15th Aug - NAHT
16th Aug - Lleu Williams (Special Advisor, Cabinet Secretary not present)
22nd Aug - Citizens Wales
22nd Aug - Lesley Kirkpatrick, CEO of Techniquest
22nd Aug - Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General
24th Aug - Sir Adrian Webb
24th Aug - GMB and UCU
26th Aug - Olivia Jones, Universities Wales (Special Advisor only, Cabinet Secretary not present)
September
1st Sept – Nick Batchelar & Cllr Sarah Merry
5th Sept - Aliya Mohammed, Chief Executive, Race Equality First
5th Sept - NUS Wales President, Fflur Elin
5th Sept - Rhian Bowen-Davies, National Adviser for Violence Against Women
5th Sept – Laura McAllister (discussion on Women in STEM subjects)
7th Sept – Members of OECD
8th Sept – Mel Ainscow (Special Advisor only)
13th Sept – Russell Deacon, Gorwel (Special Advisor only)
15th Sept – Oliva Jones, Universities Wales (Special Advisor only)
22nd Sept - Professor Steve Martin, Director PPIW (SM) & Dan Bristow, PPIW (DB)
22nd Sept - Dr Chris Llewelyn, Councillor Ali Thomas OBE (WLGA)
22nd Sept - Hayden Llewellyn, Chief Executive of EWC & Angela Jardine, Chairperson of EWC
22nd Sept - Dr David Blaney, Chief Executive and David Allen, Chair (HEFCW)
22nd Sept - Estyn Chief Inspector, Meilyr Rowlands
28th Sept – Tim Ramsay (Just Like Us) (Special Advisor only)
October
3rd Oct - Future First (Special Advisor only)
5th Oct - Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol
5th Oct - UCU
6th Oct -EAS Directors & Headteachers
6th Oct - Stonewall Cymru
6th Oct - British Lung Foundation
6th Oct - Diocesan Directors of Education
6th Oct - Arts Council Wales Chair
11th Oct - Future Generations Commissioner
12th Oct - Terrence Higgins Trust
13th Oct - Ann Keane
13th Oct - Cardiff Metropolitan University
13th Oct - University of South Wales
18th Oct - Sutton Trust/Education Endowment Foundation
18th Oct - UCAC
18th Oct - Welsh Language Commissioner
19th Oct - British Medical Association
19th Oct - Chwarae Teg
19th Oct - Accord Coalition for Inclusive Education
20th Oct - Tom Griffin, University of South Wales (Special Advisor only)
November
1st Nov - Deborah Streatfield, My Big Career (Special Advisor only)
2nd Nov - German Industry UK regarding Vocational Education in Schools
7th Nov - Owen Hathway, NUT (Special Advisor only)
8th Nov - Emotional Leaning Foundation
9th Nov - Stephanie Price, Director Duke of Edinburgh-Wales
10th Nov - NAHT Cymru
11th Nov - WLGA Cabinet Members
11th Nov - Coleg Cambria
16th Nov- Sports Wales
23rd Nov - Children’s Commissioner for Wales
23rd Nov - HEFCW
25th Nov - ASCL Members
29th Nov - Positif Politics anniversary (Special Advisor only)
December
7th Dec - Estyn Chief Inspector
8th Dec - Dr Evelien Bracke
8th Dec - Deborah McMillian, Chair of ADEW
8th Dec - Chair of Governors, University of South Wales
15th Dec - Gill Lewis, Chair Public Services Staff Commission
15th Dec - Gareth Thomas, Gwynedd Cabinet Minister for Education
21st Dec - Rosie Raison, RCN (Special Advisor only)
