That's it for today.

Senedd Live will be back tomorrow morning when we'll be broadcasting the Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee.

UKIP's Gareth Bennett says "we have a number of regulations in Wales that attempt to tackle the problems of a lack of equality.

"The question is how effective are they in practice and how effective can they be made to be?"

He concludes, "sometimes the assembly legislates in a broadly appropriate manner, but somehow in a short period there is a lack of effective enforcement."

Plaid Cymru's Sian Gwenllian says the report is timely given that President Trump has imposed a temporary US travel ban on people from seven mainly Muslim countries.

 "It is striking that there has been little progress in a number of indicators in the report," she says.

Conservative Mark Isherwood calls on the Welsh Government to "clarify the progress made in relation to the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, Part 2 Code of Practice, external, which requires local authorities to work in partnership with people to co-produce the solutions to meet their personal well-being outcomes."

He also calls on the Welsh Government to "implement effective action plans relating to progress in promoting equality in Wales, with measurable objectives and outcomes created for all future reports."

Finally today members are having a debate on The Annual Report on Equality 2015-2016, external, including the Welsh Ministers' Interim Report on Equality 2016. 

The Welsh Government proposes that the assembly: 

1. Recognises the progress made in partnership with other public bodies and the third sector to promote greater equality in Wales, as demonstrated in the Annual Report on Equality 2015-2016 and Welsh Ministers' Interim Report on Equality 2016, and 

2. Reaffirms the Assembly's commitment to making Wales a fairer, more equal nation. 

AMs approve that the draft The Welsh Language Standards (No.6) Regulations 2017 is made in accordance with the draft laid, external.

Bethan Jenkins, Chair of the Culture, Welsh language and Communications Committee says on behalf of the committee that "the revised Regulations address most, although not all, of the main concerns raised in relation to the No.3 Regulations".

The committee agrees that "subject to the Minister keeping the operation of the revised Regulations under review and his assurance to bring forward amending regulations if it becomes clear that there is a need to do so, the Committee recommends that the Assembly approves the Regulations".

The Welsh Language Standards (No. 6) 2017 Regulations, external are meant to take the place of the Welsh Language Standards (No.3) Regulations 2016, external that were rejected by the fourth Assembly last year.

On 15 March 2016, there were 26 members for, 26 against with the Deputy Presiding Officer using his casting vote against.

These Regulations specify standards in relation to the conduct of 27 bodies in the education sector.

Members approve that the draft Education Workforce Council (Registration Fees) Regulations 2017 is made in accordance with the draft laid, external in the Table Office. 

UKIP's Michelle Brown says the Hazelkorn report is "excellent", but asks "why hasn't the Welsh Government come up with these ideas already", as the report covers "basic requirements of government".

Conservative Paul Davies says there has been "a raft of strategic policy documents generated by successive Welsh Governments but those strategies have failed to deliver significant outcomes for learners."

He welcomes the Hazelkorn Review and says "it is important we grasp this opportunity".

Llyr Gruffydd says that Plaid Cymru "supports the general thrust" of the education secretary's statement and is committed to equity between academic and vocational education, and to "eliminate much of the wasteful competition that has emerged in post-16 education."

A new strategic authority to oversee skills, funding for research and the higher and further education sectors in Wales is to be created, Education Secretary Kirsty Williams announces.

She tells AMs, “Professor Hazelkorn concluded that the current system does not focus sufficiently on learners and does not fully achieve value for money. Her report emphasised the need for post-compulsory education and training to operate as a single sector.

“I have given these proposals careful consideration and the model she puts forward builds on what is tried and tested in successful education systems, and I want Wales to enjoy those same advantages."

Professor Ellen Hazelkorn - a higher education expert at the Dublin Institute of Technology - recommends that education policy and institutions should be more focused on Wales' social and economic goals.

The body which distributes public money to universities should be scrapped and replaced with a new organisation, the report has recommended.

It says a new Tertiary Education Authority should replace the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (Hefcw).

Beyond funding, it would shape a vision of universities, further education colleges and training to 2030.

At the moment, funding for further education and training comes directly from ministers while Hefcw distributes money from the Welsh Government to universities.

Prof Hazelkorn said colleges and universities needed to take a long-term vision to 2030 and beyond and be ready to respond.

Members are now listening to a statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Kirsty Williams on the Hazelkorn Review of Welsh Education, external.

Professor Hazelkorn examined current oversight and regulation arrangements for post-compulsory education and training in Wales.

Commissioning the review in July 2015, external, Education Minister Huw Lewis said there were different arrangements for overseeing post-compulsory education and some were more effective than others.

Mark Drakeford says that "everybody who works for a local authority has some leadership responsibility, and the first question they should ask when they come across a problem is not 'who should I report this problem to' but 'what contribution can I make?' "

UKIP's Gareth Bennett says his party "broadly supports the intention to reduce the bureaucracy of local government", and adds that the white paper is "a reasonable basis on which to begin negotiations with the 22 local authorities". 

Janet Finch-Saunders, the Welsh Conservative spokesperson on local government, accuses the minister of "appeasing Plaid Cymru" with electoral reform.

She says the Welsh Government’s priority should be the delivery of efficient, well-run services, and fair levels of council tax.