{"id":15392,"date":"2025-12-19T14:42:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T14:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technocamps.com\/?p=15392"},"modified":"2025-12-19T14:48:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T14:48:57","slug":"update-betis-petition-to-the-welsh-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technocamps.com\/en\/2025\/12\/19\/update-betis-petition-to-the-welsh-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Beti\u2019s Petition to the Welsh Government"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My petition to the Welsh Government to continue funding Technocamps was discussed by the Petitions Committee on the 8th December 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In advance of the Petitions Committee meeting, the Cabinet Secretary for Education was invited to comment on the petition, and I was then invited to provide my reflections on the Cabinet Secretary\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two letters sent to the Petition Committee from the Cabinet Secretary for Education<\/a> and from myself <\/a>can be read in full:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cabinet Secretary for Education Letter<\/a>
My Response Letter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, the Petitions Committee did not spend any time discussing the merits of the petition, but left it for discussion at a future meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kind regards,
Beti Williams MBE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My petition to the Welsh Government to continue funding Technocamps was discussed by the Petitions Committee on the 8th December 2025. In advance of the Petitions Committee meeting, the Cabinet Secretary for Education was invited to comment on the petition, and I was then invited to provide my reflections on the Cabinet Secretary\u2019s comments. 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