Minister, after you published the Welsh Government's violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence strategy 2022-26 on 24 May, Welsh Women's Aid stated that they

'support the Government's ambition but need to witness substance in the actions and accountability in the delivery of this strategy that match it, alongside a sustainably funded sector that that's equipped to deliver it.'

What update can you provide in response to their statement that we now await clarity and detail in the blueprint about how true collaboration and accountability across the sectors and society will work? In other words, what specific actions will you take to establish and monitor this via the blueprint governance structure?

How do you respond to their statement that this strategy

'must be the foundation on which a sustainable funding model is fully realised', where the evidence they've received

'spoke to the wide-reaching detriments of short term, insecure funding for staff and survivors alike'?

How do you respond to their statement that they're

'disappointed to see a lack of commitment and energy given to seeking a Welsh solution for migrant survivors who have no recourse to public funds'?

How do you respond to their insistence that

'the want outlined within the strategy to better understand the issues and barriers facing some minoritised groups...translates into meaningful action, funding, and person-centered, trauma-informed support within the delivery'?

And, although they welcome Welsh Government's commitment to centering survivors' voices, how do you respond to their statement that

'To ensure that these voices are not siloed, or expertise undervalued, is vital'?

Your strategy refers to the UK Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and to the creation of the office of the domestic abuse commissioner, and states that whilst the commissioner does not have a jurisdiction over devolved matters, Welsh public authorities will work collaboratively with the commissioner to further the shared agenda to drive improvement. How will you both ensure and monitor this?

Questioning the First Minister earlier today, I referred to the Welsh Government's defeat of my amendments to the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Bill in 2014, calling for the national strategy to include provision of at least one perpetrator programme, noting that Choose to Change Cymru was then the only current Respect-accredited programme in Wales. Although the then Minister did not accept the need to include reference to perpetrator programmes, he committed the Welsh Government then to gather further evidence on taking forward pre-custodial perpetrator programmes.

After I asked the First Minister earlier what action his Government has taken regarding this, seven years after the Act came into effect, he referred to the third of the six objectives in the renewed five-year national strategy. The strategy does state that the third priority the sub-groups created by the Minister-led national partnership board will initially address is tackling perpetration, and that you intend to build on the work already done in this area by increasing your collective focus on these individuals. Please therefore specify what work has already been done in this area in the six years since the previous First Minister told me these are issues that are being taken forward by the ministerial advisory group, and, of course, by the strategy.

Your strategy states that you will take this approach within the criminal justice system, through policing, prison and probation. So, what related action has the Welsh Government previously taken within the criminal justice system, and how will you engage, for example, with North Wales Police’s domestic abuse perpetrator programme, ADAPT? Further, how will your actions meet the need for pre-custodial perpetrator programmes across Wales?

During the passage of the Act, the three opposition parties worked together to secure concessions from the Welsh Government, including to involve stakeholders from the violence against women sector in developing healthy relationships education within the curriculum, to be followed by all schools. We had each visited schools with Hafan Cymru’s Spectrum project to educate pupils and train teachers about healthy relationships. Now that healthy relationships education is rolling out in schools, how will you ensure that the interactive approach taken by the Spectrum project is prioritised over a 'teacher tells' approach that won’t reach those that need it most?

Finally, in your statement you acknowledge that men can be victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence, but add that even where this is true, the majority of perpetrators are male. And of course, that’s true. But, ONS figures state that a third of victims of domestic abuse are men and, critically, boys. Will the Welsh Government therefore ensure that these victims and survivors can access tailored specialist support in a safe space in their own areas, and if yes, how?