Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:34 pm on 15 June 2022.

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Photo of Gareth Davies Gareth Davies Conservative 2:34, 15 June 2022

Thank you for that answer, Deputy Minister. I think the aspiration is what we need. Of course we want to protect 100 per cent of children in Wales, but going to 70 per cent and adopting a policy that's accepted in other UK nations would be step in the right direction, and I strongly recommend that the Welsh Government do reconsider this. Many of your colleagues, here and at Westminster, support obtaining a 70 per cent reduction to the levels of children who currently undergo ACEs by 2030, which, by the way, is the absolute minimum that the trust are calling for, rather than the maximum. In fact, a majority of your colleagues in the Labour Party support the target. Every Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament stood on a manifesto that committed them to 70/30. Why the disparity between the different parts of your party? You're split on devolution, you're split on the media, you're split on the constitution, ACEs—the list goes on, Deputy Minister, and we can't sit idly by and accept this. Will you therefore agree to a meeting with me, the WAVE Trust and one of their Welsh ambassadors, a survivor of adverse childhood experiences themselves and someone who can share their lived experience?