Children's Rights

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:05 pm on 23 October 2018.

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Photo of Siân Gwenllian Siân Gwenllian Plaid Cymru 2:05, 23 October 2018

(Translated)

Under the Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure 2011, the Welsh Ministers do have to give due regard to specific provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in carrying out its functions, but the legislation doesn’t provide a means of operating when rights under the convention are not adhered to. If Wales leave the European Union, many legal safeguards for the rights of children and young people will be lost. Will your Government therefore consider incorporating the rights of children under the convention into Welsh law in full, in order to ensure that there will be a means available when rights are not adhered to?