<p>Contact Sports</p>

Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport – in the Senedd at 3:03 pm on 4 October 2017.

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Photo of Mr Simon Thomas Mr Simon Thomas Plaid Cymru 3:03, 4 October 2017

(Translated)

I’m pleased that the Minister has just mentioned other sports, because although rugby has been given a great deal of coverage, it’s true to say that all sorts of team sports have some element of risk and contact. Of course, we must safeguard children and young people who participate in those sports. So, in that context, what tools and mechanisms does the Welsh Government have in order to weigh up the risk inherent in certain contact sports but also the wider benefits that come from encouraging the next generation of children and young people to think in terms of keeping fit and active and being involved in sport as a wider benefit for the whole of society?