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NDM6695 - Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) – Period poverty and stigma
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Meeting: 02/05/2018 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 7)
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) – Period poverty and stigma
NDM6695
Jane
Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
Jenny
Rathbone (Cardiff Central)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes the research by Plan International UK on Period Poverty and Stigma, which
estimates that 1 in 10 girls in the UK has been unable to afford sanitary wear.
2.
Welcomes the action by Welsh organisations including Periods in Poverty, Wings
Cymru, The Red Box Project, Trussell Trust, and others to tackle this issue.
3.
Notes the final report from Rhondda Cynon Taff Council Scrutiny Working Group
established to deal with free sanitary provisions in schools.
4.
Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a)
consider current and emerging research on the potential impact of period
poverty and stigma, on learning;
b)
consider calls to improve education on the subject and to provide free access
to sanitary items in education institutions; and
c)
identify ways to make sanitary products available for Welsh food banks.
Plan
International UK – 1 in 10 girls have been unable to afford sanitary wear
Rhondda
Cynon Taff Council – Final report of Scrutiny Working Group dealing with free
sanitary provisions in schools
Supporters:
David
Rees (Aberavon)
Dawn
Bowden (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
Jack
Sargeant (Alyn and Deeside)
Jayne
Bryant (Newport West)
John
Griffiths (Newport East)
Julie
Morgan (Cardiff North)
Leanne
Wood (Rhondda)
Mick
Antoniw (Pontypridd)
Mike
Hedges (Swansea East)
Sian
Gwenllian (Arfon)
Simon
Thomas (Mid and West Wales)
Vikki
Howells (Cynon Valley)
Minutes:
The item started at 15.11
NDM6695
Jane Hutt (Vale of
Glamorgan)
Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff
Central)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes the research by Plan International UK on Period Poverty and Stigma, which
estimates that 1 in 10 girls in the UK has been unable to afford sanitary wear.
2.
Welcomes the action by Welsh organisations including Periods in Poverty, Wings
Cymru, The Red Box Project, Trussell Trust, and others to tackle this issue.
3.
Notes the final report from Rhondda Cynon Taff Council Scrutiny Working Group
established to deal with free sanitary provisions in schools.
4.
Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a)
consider current and emerging research on the potential impact of period
poverty and stigma, on learning;
b)
consider calls to improve education on the subject and to provide free access
to sanitary items in education institutions; and
c)
identify ways to make sanitary products available for Welsh food banks.
The
motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.