, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Who'd like to come in on this one? Mari.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Hang on; hang on a minute, Altaf, because Sioned's waiting patiently to come in.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Hang on a minute, Altaf, because I think Ally wants to add.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Who'd like to come in? Chris Birt.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Thank you very much. Altaf Hussain.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Shall we bring Mari in first, because she was hoping to come in?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Ally.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Thank you. Sioned Williams. Would you like to come in now?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Very good.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
So, do you want to pick up on the rights of the child? You've already spoken about this to some extent, the importance of talking to children who don't normally get considered. Is there anything you want to add to that, because others may wish to?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
—and then you could pick up on that question.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Ally, you wanted to come in. There was something you wanted to add to the previous contribution—
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Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Thank you very much. That would be excellent. Ken.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Ally I think just wanted to come in briefly.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Ken.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Ally.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Thank you. Who'd like to follow next? Chris. Sorry. Chris and then Ally. Yes.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
If you'd just like to indicate with your hand. Mari. Mari Rege.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Okay. Well, I'm sure we'd all like to read that once you publish it. I'd be grateful if you could send it to us. Thank you. I'd now like to call Ken Skates to pick up with his questions.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Thank you for those comments. So, Ally Dunhill, you're covering the whole of Europe. Is there anything briefly that you could identify that has worked well in terms of child poverty reduction strategies, and how good are the—? I think there are 26 members of…
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Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Obviously, if you eat well, you can cope well, so are there specific things in Scotland that address those issues? It's clearly very worrying if people feel they can't start weaning their children because they can't afford proper food. That's an alarm bell.
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Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Thank you. Chris Birt, what about in Scotland? Are your breastfeeding rates higher than the UK average, or how much attention is paid to this? Because it's not just about health; it's also about the attachment process.
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Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Just before I move on to the other two contributors, it all starts at birth, doesn't it, or before birth, and obviously breastfeeding is one of the really strong indicators for lifelong health. What are your breastfeeding rates, and what is available to…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Very good. You've all given really concrete examples of things that you can point to that are working well in particular regions, or not making assumptions about children having to contact us. If I can stick with you, Professor Rege, in the first instance…
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Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s Draft Child Poverty Strategy: evidence session 1
Very good. Mari Rege, would you like to speak?
