Tackling Disadvantage

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:28 pm on 14 December 2021.

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Photo of Huw Irranca-Davies Huw Irranca-Davies Labour 2:28, 14 December 2021

Thank you, First Minister. I recognise that swimming against the tide, but there is so much more we can do with a Welsh Government programme as well that actively invests in these communities. I know that places like Caerau, great communities like Caerau in my constituency, were the first to see Flying Start investment. We had the investment in childcare for working families in places like the Nantyffyllon institute, the miners' institute, and pandemic support for school meals in the holidays, the Caerau Primary School investment, and so much more. But can I ask this Government for an assurance that as the years go by, we will sustain that level of investment in these people and these places that not only need it, but deserve it, so that everybody has the same opportunity in every part of Wales? They are valued places, valued people, and if we need to focus the investment there, then that should be the case.