Crime and Violence in Schools

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:37 pm on 31 January 2018.

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Photo of Nick Ramsay Nick Ramsay Conservative 1:37, 31 January 2018

Cabinet Secretary, last week, I visited Monmouth Comprehensive's brand new school building, which is still to be finished admittedly, in the town of Monmouth, and that building is a fantastic, creative space that's designed to be open, transparent and to reduce the chances of physical violence happening in that space as much as is possible. But, of course, buildings are only half the story, and we know that violence takes many forms, particularly psychological violence, and in terms of schools and their pupils, cyber bullying. Can you update us on the Welsh Government's polices to tackle all forms of bullying, but specifically cyber bullying, which seems to be on the increase in certain areas?