Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:25 pm on 27 November 2018.
Leader of the house, may I ask for a statement from the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Sport on the results of the latest school sport survey? According to the survey, the gap between children from the most and the least deprived areas taking part in sport has widened in the last three years. The number of children taking part in sport outside school three or more times a week has remained unchanged since 2015, and the gender disparity between boys and girls remains the same. Enjoyment of sports, both in and out of school, has fallen, and as the chief executive of Sport Wales said, in her words,
'Without it, there is no hope of them having a positive lifelong relationship with sport.'
Please can we have a statement from the Minister on what can be done to encourage more pupils to take part in sports in Wales, please?