Cost-of-living Crisis

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:08 pm on 27 September 2022.

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Photo of Vikki Howells Vikki Howells Labour 2:08, 27 September 2022

Diolch, Trefnydd. Child poverty is an issue of great concern to me, and today I sponsored an event held by the National Education Union and the Child Poverty Action Group, who've been working together to highlight the impact of poverty on education. The Welsh Government's roll-out of free school meals to all primary pupils is welcomed by families across the Cynon valley and across Wales, as is the provision of free school meals during school holidays until February of next year, and the additional resource provided by the pupil development access grant. But with three in 10 pupils in Wales living in poverty, and these figures only set to rise with the cost-of-living crisis, and with the key levers to tackle poverty being non devolved, what would be your message to the UK Tory Government about the impact of their policy-making decisions on the next generation?