Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children – in the Senedd at 2:58 pm on 5 April 2017.
Carl Sargeant
Labour
2:58,
5 April 2017
I agree with the Member. Part of my team and some members of the Government support mechanisms have been on a trip to the States only last week to look at interventions that are looking at adverse childhood experiences. I know that other colleagues have been across the world as well, looking at interventions that are very positive for our young people. We shouldn’t be shy of adopting those policies. I only wish there was something closer to home, in England, that could have positive effects here in Wales.
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