Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:32 pm on 22 March 2017.
It’s really hard for us to think here that, in 2017, young girls across the UK, and possibly in Wales, are actually missing school because they can’t afford the sanitary protection that they need. And it is quite clear that this is an issue of poverty. So, I ask you, Cabinet Secretary—or Minister—if it’s possible for you to assess the prospect of working with schools, through charitable organisations, to provide those free sanitary wares that girls need in order to be able to take their rightful place in the classroom, and they don’t find themselves in a position of disadvantage to their educational attainment.