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5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

Back to you, Sarah.

5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

Yes. Amanda would like to come in here.

5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

I think that's you, Darren, isn't it?

5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

Okay. You could write to us, perhaps, if you're able to, when you've had a chance to look at your notes.

5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

Darren.

5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

Thank you.

5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

Amanda Turner's indicating here.

5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

Great, and I can see Amanda nodding, so that's great. Sarah Murphy wanted to come in.

5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

Thank you, Eleri. Does Emma or Amanda want to add anything regarding north Wales or south Wales? Very briefly, though, because we do need to move on. Emma.

5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

Okay.

5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

Okay. Very briefly, because we do need to move on: for the three of you, the NHS in England often have dedicated speech and language therapists working in custody suites at police stations, is this something that's been considered in Wales? Eleri, do you want…

5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

Eleri Thomas.

5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

Can I call Emma Wools in first, because I think I may have missed her? And then I'll go to you, Eleri. Emma.

5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

Okay. Thank you, Amanda. Jane Dodds, you wanted to come in, then we'll go to Eleri.

5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

So, the safeguard is that the station officer has to be involved if there's a young person under 25; it's not just the officer who's made the arrest. Or how does that work?

5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

Okay, you've already identified that people over the age of 18 don't need an appropriate adult to be present. That's not an obligation. What safeguards are there if you're interviewing somebody in that 18 to 25 age group who has a reading age and a language…

5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

Okay, fine. So, this is not really a specialist service, in that 60 to 90 per cent of the young people who come into contact with youth justice are people who have speech, language and communication difficulties. So, could I just ask you, Amanda Blakeman, as…

5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

Thank you very much for that, Alison. Jane, I'm about to move on to what happens when young people are taken into custody. Did you want to come in on anything?

5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

Okay. That's very helpful. Thank you, Darren. Alison Davies wanted to add.

5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

Unfortunately, I think we're losing Darren at the moment. Are you still able to hear us?

5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

Thank you, Darren. What specifically Dr Williams and Adam Edwards, this morning, said was that there's no substitute, really, for having a speech and language therapist in the team in the room, and yet 10 local authorities don't have any contract with speech…

5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

Very good. I just wanted to pick up—. Reflecting on the evidence we heard this morning from the speech and language therapists, and from some of the specialist people in the health service, there's clearly good practice going on in Neath Port Talbot, but the…

5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

Amanda.

5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

Jane Dodds wanted to come in.

5 Rhagfyr 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Profiadau o’r system cyfiawnder troseddol: pobl ifanc ag anghenion lleferydd, iaith a chyfathrebu—panel dau

Alison Davies is indicating.