Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 2:14 pm on 28 September 2016.
Thank you, Bethan. It’s remiss of me—I wasn’t aware of the existence of Lindsay’s work, but I know that Lindsay approached all his work during his time in this Assembly with great enthusiasm and assiduousness, and so I’d be very pleased to see it. Perhaps you will be good enough to facilitate getting that research to me, because I’d be very pleased to look at it. As well as meeting with Hannah Blythyn and Jeremy Miles, I’m due to meet with Stonewall Cymru, meeting with Show Racism the Red Card—we’re working with them—meeting with the adviser to the Welsh Government on domestic violence; we’re meeting with as many experts as we can to be able to draw on their knowledge and expertise, so that we can pool that knowledge and good practice to ensure that bullying in all its forms, whether it is reflective of somebody’s sexuality, their race, their religion—that we can support schools and individuals, so that children going to Welsh schools feel safe and secure. If we can’t do that for them, we can’t expect them to learn. So our first thing must be to ensure that our environments are safe and secure.