Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:09 pm on 16 July 2019.
I declare an interest as a Cardiff councillor. I'd like a Government statement on private companies running children's care homes in Wales. They will not allow councillors, or indeed parents, access to those homes to visit. This has happened in one case in particular that I'm dealing with where a child has alleged abuse in care continuously—continuously—and neither councillors or parents are allowed to visit the home. There was an issue where the child was taken to hospital, and the only information given to the parents, who have parental responsibility, was that blood was involved. Nothing else—no further information was given. These private companies are making a fortune off these children, and this child is in the care of Cardiff Council, and I simply want to know how these private companies can get away with behaving like that and not allowing visits and not giving basic information about the condition of children in their care.