Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:35 pm on 15 June 2022.
Thank you very much. I can only speak for what our policy is here, and our policy here is not to adopt the WAVE Trust's proposals. I have met with the WAVE Trust, I had a lengthy meeting with the WAVE Trust, I have discussed with them in detail why we don't support their proposals. I think they understood why, because we are ambitious, and we don't think we can write off 30 per cent of our children. And in terms of ACEs, I'm sure you're aware of the large amount of money that the Welsh Government puts in to ACEs, in order to try to prevent adverse childhood experiences. That has been one of the key ground stones of our policies. And we've also been putting in a lot more money in terms of grass-roots community resources, where adverse childhood experiences can be prevented by the support of a community. So, our work on ACEs has moved, and, really, we're one of the leading countries in terms of work on ACEs. So, I think, really, continuing to go on about wanting to sign up to the WAVE Trust—what we want to do is improve things here for children in Wales. I'm happy to listen to the WAVE Trust, I've met them, I know what they say, and we are continuing to try to do our best for the children in Wales.