Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:05 pm on 28 March 2017.
It is something that we’re considering actively, and something we discussed at length before the election last year. There is no greater advocate for mindfulness than the Cabinet Secretary for economy. I confess, when he raised it with me initially I wasn’t entirely sure what it was. I’m fully educated and informed now, I can promise you.
But, yes, I think it is hugely important that we consider new approaches to helping young people to deal with pressures that didn’t exist when I was that age. The pressures of social media—when you went home, that was it; you weren’t followed around the place online with the bullying that can sometimes lead to and the pressures to conform that can sometimes lead to. So, new approaches have to be used in order to deal with new problems.