Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General and Brexit Minister – in the Senedd at 2:54 pm on 16 January 2019.
Counsel General, during a debate on the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee's report into its post-legislative scrutiny work on the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015, a number of Members spoke out saying that healthy relationships should be part of the curriculum, with the now Deputy Minister for social services saying,
'that it’s absolutely key that we tackle attitudes to healthy relationships early on in a child’s education…And the sooner we try to provide this on healthy relationships, the better.'
And I think the same observations can be made on hate crime in all its forms. Do you think, then, that legislation might be necessary to ensure a place for this on the curriculum, or do you think that guidance and a simple policy will be sufficient to make absolutely certain we get this?