Human Rights

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:38 pm on 26 November 2019.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 1:38, 26 November 2019

Llywydd, I'm aware of the debate about it, of course; it's not a concluded debate. I don't think myself we have got to a point where there is a sufficient consensus in the different communities that would have an interest in this to conclude that we have reached the moment where characteristics could be broadened to include neurodivergent individuals. But it's a debate that is very different today than it was only a couple of years ago—more information emerges, more people add their voices to that debate. I think it's absolutely right that we should have that discussion. As I say, my own understanding of the current state of discussion is that there is not yet a consensus around that issue that would put it on a par with the other protected characteristics that we already have in legislation.