The Active Recreation Sector

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Economy – in the Senedd at 1:46 pm on 1 December 2021.

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Photo of Dawn Bowden Dawn Bowden Labour 1:46, 1 December 2021

Can I thank the Member for that question? And I think he is absolutely right: this is not something that is the responsibility or within the confines of one single portfolio. I've had conversations with my colleague the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being and with the Minister for health about how we can work across portfolio to deliver some of those health and well-being objectives, including some budgetary issues. Obviously, within my portfolio, we have lots of areas, whether it's arts, culture or sport, that can help deliver those kinds of activities. We don't necessarily have all the budget that goes with that, if it is specifically around a mental health and well-being objective, but we have a very clear objective within our programme for government about delivering social prescribing, and the areas within my portfolio really are there to enable that support to be given into the health sectors as well. So, it is absolutely something that we're considering on a regular basis.