Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:54 pm on 8 November 2016.
Thank you for that response. I’m sure you’ll be aware that the children’s commissioner has called on the Government to introduce statutory guidance to make it a requirement for parents to register the fact that they are home schooling their children. She has made it clear recently in the Children, Young People and Education Committee that she would be willing to use her statutory powers in order to encourage the Government to move in that direction. Would you therefore agree with the commissioner, myself and many others that every day of delay runs the risk that another individual—and unfortunately we do have to say ‘another’ individual—is let down by this Government, because they run the risk of disappearing under the radar?