Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:50 pm on 26 January 2021.
Organisations working in this field in Wales have called for you to publish the findings of the child poverty review, and it's regrettable they're only now being made public as a result of a freedom of information request. They are, however, very revealing. Not only are they contrary to your own Government's policy, they're in line with what we in Plaid Cymru and others have been advocating. The report highlights, and I quote, that 'many of those in need' are not eligible currently for free school meals, and its central finding, as it goes on to say, is that:
'The most common suggestion was the need to expand eligibility for FSM to a wider range of children and young people.'
First Minister, why do you keep on resisting this recommendation?