Cefnogi teuluoedd Cymru Supporting Wales Families Karen Cornish, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Cefnogi teuluoedd Cymru Supporting Wales’ Families Karen Cornish, Dirprwy Gyfarwyddwr / Deputy Director, yr Is-adran Plant a Theuluoedd / Children & Families Division Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government

#BilPlantCymru Welsh Government Support for Parents #ChildrenWalesBill • A long tradition of supporting parents through a range of programmes and campaigns including • ‘ Parenting. Give it Time’ • Healthy Child Wales • Flying Start • Families First • Education Begins at Home • The Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment)(Wales) Bill - part of wider package of measures

#BilPlantCymru #ChildrenWalesBill

#BilPlantCymru Scope of the Bill #ChildrenWalesBill • Availability of the defence - restricted under section 58 of the Children Act 2004 • Applies in respect of both the criminal and civil law. • If enacted the defence will no longer be available within Wales to parents or those acting in loco parentis, as a defence to a charge of common assault and battery. • Does not create a new criminal offence. • Remove a loophole which exists for unregulated settings not covered by the earlier changes to the law for regulated settings – e.g. schools, childcare settings.

#BilPlantCymru Bill Process #ChildrenWalesBill  Bill Introduced – 25 March 2019  Stage 1 scrutiny undertaken by the Children, Young people and Education (CYPE) Committee, Finance Committee and Constitutional and Legislative Affairs (CLA) Committee  Stage 1 general principles debate in the Senedd – 17 September 2019  Stage 2 – Amendment stage by CYPE Committee – 24 October 2019  Stage 3 – 2 nd amendment stage in the Senedd – 21 January 2020  Stage 4 – final vote – 28 January 2020  Royal Assent – TBC, anticipated March 2020

#BilPlantCymru Implementation #ChildrenWalesBill

#BilPlantCymru Awareness Raising #ChildrenWalesBill • Bill places a duty on Welsh Ministers to provide information and increase awareness about the change in the law. • Significant awareness raising between Royal Assent and commencement, to achieve the highest possible awareness levels before the law comes into force. • Sustained campaign for around four years after commencement, to maintain a high level of awareness and consolidate messages about positive alternatives to physical punishment.

#BilPlantCymru Ongoing support for parents #ChildrenWalesBill • Ongoing support provided through • Parenting. Give it Time • Healthy Child Wales • Flying Start • Families First • Speech, Language and Communication • Parenting Expert Action Group • Inter-parental relationships

Diolch Thank you Any questions? #BilPlantCymru #ChildrenWalesBill