Community Safety

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Social Justice – in the Senedd at 2:02 pm on 1 March 2023.

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Photo of Jane Hutt Jane Hutt Labour 2:02, 1 March 2023

Thank you very much, Joel James, for raising this. Incel ideologies are having a corrosive impact on our young people and our male population, where the ideologies that have led to the horrors that you've described, Joel James, need to be addressed. I think this is where Rhys ab Owen's question is important, because it is, 'How are we going to develop these relationships?', which I believe goes back to school, education and the curriculum, and particularly our relationships and sexuality education theme that's going to be part of our rolling out of the curriculum. But I'm glad you've raised this issue, because this is where we do again work in terms of violence prevention. I think our schools programme is very important, which we fund with the police. We're funding not only our police community support officers, but also, with our police and crime commissioner funding support as well, we're funding a schools programme where police come in and talk with schools. They're very much linking to our curriculum as well. So, I agree. Thank you for raising this. This is where we need to work together to make sure that we have safer communities and our education has that impact in our schools.