Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:11 pm on 7 December 2021.
Can I thank Jack Sargeant for that very important statement preceding his question? And just to say, you are playing such an important role, Jack Sargeant, today in asking the question and revealing the challenges that you face by speaking up, by not being a bystander, by being a White Ribbon ambassador. So, you are a role model. All our male colleagues can be role models in this, and I hope you will all sign up to be White Ribbon ambassadors. You're a role model as a young man, you're widely respected and admired by your peers, so that's hugely powerful and important.
I just wanted to also thank the Minister for Education and Welsh Language who recently took initiatives to tackle online misogyny. You may be aware that in partnership with the Football Association of Wales, he launched a campaign, including a very powerful film featuring Welsh football players discussing real life examples of online abuse. Education is the key, isn't it, to the change? But I was very proud, and I'm sure colleagues will be, when we saw Gwent Police cadets, young cadets, at the vigil that Joyce Watson organised a few weeks ago, alongside firefighters, the public services, people who want to be White Ribbon ambassadors. We can make that change if we can heed Jack Sargeant's call tonight, I would say, to get everyone on board for the White Ribbon campaign. We will certainly be calling for it, not just in the public sector, but in the private and third sectors as well.