Decision details
Debate on a Petitions Committee Report - Stop the Army Recruiting in Schools
Decision Maker: Plenary - Fourth Assembly, Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly
Status: For consideration
Is Key decision?: Yes
Purpose:
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
Decision:
The item started at 16.06
NDM5828 William Powell (Mid
and West Wales)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the report of the Petitions Committee on the petition, 'Stop the
army recruiting in schools', which was laid in the Table Office on 19 June
2015.
The Welsh Government's response to the report was laid in the Table
Office on 23 September 2015.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Publication date: 30/09/2015
Date of decision: 30/09/2015
Decided at meeting: 30/09/2015 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly