Questions Without Notice from the Party Leaders

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:51 pm on 29 January 2019.

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Photo of Paul Davies Paul Davies Conservative 1:51, 29 January 2019

I agree with you, First Minister; we all have a responsibility. Now, the figures released by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust demonstrate just how far we need to go to ensure that, as a society, we have a solid understanding of what happened during the Holocaust. We are all bound by responsibility to ensure that happens. Research from the Antisemitism Policy Trust found that online searches looking for information on the Holocaust being a hoax rise about 30 per cent every year on Holocaust Memorial Day, and anti-Semitic searches in Wales are higher than in any other part of the United Kingdom. We've also seen the number of racially motivated hate crimes increase here in Wales as well. I'm sure you'll agree with me that awareness and education are the best means of addressing this. Therefore, are you confident that learning about the Holocaust and the consequences of religious or ethnic genocide are given enough emphasis in Wales's new curriculum?