NDM8165 - Opposition Debate

Tabled on 07/12/2022 | For debate on 14/12/2022

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Regrets that child poverty rates in Wales are the highest in the UK.

2. Recognises that the current cost-of-living crisis is exacerbating recent trends which have seen child poverty rates increase in Wales, despite the Welsh Government’s pledge to eradicate child poverty by 2020.

3. Notes that the Welsh Government does not currently possess a strategy on tackling child poverty, despite repeated calls from the Children’s Commissioner for Wales and other child poverty action groups for specific and urgent focus and action in this area.

4. Calls on the Welsh Government to develop a child poverty strategy, underpinned by statutory targets, as a matter of urgency.

Amendments

NDM8165 - 1 | Tabled on 09/12/2022

Insert as new point 3 and renumber accordingly:

Welcomes the action being taken by the UK Government to help alleviate cost-of-living pressures faced by households in Wales.

 

NDM8165 - 2 | Tabled on 09/12/2022

Delete all and replace with:

To propose that the Senedd:

Notes the significant investment of the Welsh Government in tackling child poverty and that in line with its current Child Poverty Strategy, the Welsh Government will this month publish its update report and will be publishing a refreshed strategy in 2023.