6. Debate: The Children's Commissioner for Wales' Annual Report

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:13 pm on 10 December 2019.

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Photo of Julie Morgan Julie Morgan Labour 5:13, 10 December 2019

Well, the commissioner is calling for every child with special needs to have transport, and we don't think it's necessarily necessary for every child because some children will be able to walk. So, if you take it in that sort of technical way, we are rejecting it for those reasons, but we do acknowledge that there are issues, particularly post 16, and that's what we're going to look at. 

And then, finally, I think, to come to Neil McEvoy's point about parental alienation, I want to reassure him that this is an area that is being considered very carefully by the Government. It's taken into account in—. Certainly, I've had numerous discussions about it with CAFCASS, and so it's certainly not something that is being ignored. I think it's very important to recognise that what this report is about is a specific list of things. It isn't about everything that the children's commissioner is interested in, because the different reports each year cover different issues. And so, I know that the children's commissioner is very concerned—