Thank you, Julie. I’m grateful to both you and Steffan for recognising the importance of school trips and foreign visits as a part of an exciting curriculum that we can offer children and young people in Wales. They are an important part of education. Schools and local authorities that organise school trips should be aware of their duties under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, to ensure that sensible risk management procedures are in place for planning and organising activities.

But, in view of the concerns raised, I will indeed, Julie, ask my officials to remind schools and local authorities of the need to refer to up-to-date advice on foreign trips from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office when planning trips abroad. And my officials will also draw their attention to the comprehensive all-Wales guidance on educational visits, written by the Outdoor Education Advisers’ Panel for Wales and the Health and Safety Executive. That guidance also contains links to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office advice, but that is the definitive advice.