7. Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Mental health and community resilience

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:25 pm on 23 November 2022.

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Photo of Mark Isherwood Mark Isherwood Conservative 4:25, 23 November 2022

Sorry, you referred to Men's Sheds. One of the sheds, which was named earlier, I've visited a number of times, and it turns out that a lot of the men there have been through the prison system or in the care system, and they've all been labelled with mental health conditions, but, some years ago, I was invited as a guest to the opening of their autism shed, because it turned out that a significant proportion of these people were neurodiverse. So, do you agree that that emphasises the need for early intervention, assessment and support so that people don't find themselves on that road to hell, where so many of them find themselves because of conditions they were born with?