I must also say that I'm disappointed that just 30 minutes has been tabled for this really important item this evening now, and also disappointed that that draft guidance was only published late last night. It does make it difficult to properly scrutinise a really important area of work. That aside, whilst much of the intention of the code presented today may be good, I do share Members' concerns with the lack of acknowledgement and the lack of a clearly identified role of parents in their responsibility in educating and supporting their children.

First and foremost, it's a parent's responsibility to ensure that their children are educated in the way that they see is best and most appropriate for their child and it's important to remember that parents are ultimately responsible for their child's education and well-being, and it's parents who know their children best, and the role of Government is to support parents in undertaking this amazing privilege and this great responsibility. So, with this in mind, it's deeply concerning that, under this code, parents won't have a choice in this very personal and very important area of learning—right from the young age of three years old, the state will have that intervention, with no choice of parents there.

And indeed, I've had a number of teachers actually contact me regarding their concerns at this shift from a traditional parent-led model of education to now much more responsibility and pressure being put on them as teachers. So, aside from that parental choice, I've also had teachers getting in touch to express their concern about the lack of protection afforded to girls and women in this code, and I'd like to quote from one teacher who wrote to me on this matter, and they said:

'The Welsh Government are promoting an ideology in our schools which is not supported by strong evidence. Teachers should be supported in helping to make sure that our pupils are given age-appropriate and scientifically accurate relationship and sex education. We should also be supporting the Equality Act 2010, where sex is a protected characteristic and the provision of single-sex services, spaces and protections are permitted to ensure women's safety, privacy and dignity.'

That's a quote there from a teacher who wrote to me on this issue. And I think this teacher highlights a really important point, which I hope the Minister will take time to reflect on and bring back a better version of what's in front of us here today.

So, in light of this, and my significant concern in relation to the general direction of travel in pushing aside parent-centric education, I'll be voting against this rushed and ill-thought-out code, which will take responsibility away from parents and put more pressure on our teachers. Diolch yn fawr iawn.