P-04-432 : Stop the Army Recruiting in Schools

Petition wording:

We call on the National Assembly to urge the Welsh Government to recommend that the armed forces should not go into schools to recruit.

Britain is the only country in the European Union that allows a military presence in its schools.  Britain is the only country of the 27 European Union countries to recruit 16-year-old children to the armed forces.  The armed forces target their recruitment in schools in the most deprived areas of Wales.

Petition raised by:  The Fellowship of Reconciliation

Date petition first considered by Committee:  6 November 2012

Number of signatures:  374  Associated petition collected approximately 700 signatures