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NDM7050 Welsh Conservatives debate - Young Adult Carers
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Meeting: 15/05/2019 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 8)
Welsh Conservatives debate - Young Adult Carers
NDM7050 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
1. Notes that there are more than 21,000 young
adult carers in Wales aged 14-25 who provide assistance and support for
families and friends.
2. Is deeply concerned that young adult
carers have significantly lower educational attainment than their peers and
that they are three times more likely to be not in education, employment or
training (NEET).
3. Calls on the Welsh Government to
urgently address the support needs of young adult carers, as well as barriers
to education, training and employment they face, including:
a) early identification of young carers to
help them with accessible support and reduce the likelihood of young people
disengaging from education;
b) bringing forward national introduction
of the young carers’ ID card alongside a duty for local authorities to
implement the card;
c) increasing awareness of local
authorities of their duties under the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act
2014 to promote the wellbeing of carers who need support; and
d) helping young carers to access post-16
education, including through the introduction of a concessionary travel scheme.
Social
Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014
The following
amendments have been tabled
Amendment 1 - Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
In point 3b, delete “alongside a duty for local
authorities to implement the card” and replace with “and working with local
authorities to implement the card”
Amendment 2 - Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Insert as new sub-point at end of point 3:
'ensuring that respite care provision
improves so that young carers can have a break.'
Minutes:
Voting
on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A
vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM7050 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes that there are more than 21,000 young adult carers in Wales aged 14-25
who provide assistance and support for families and friends.
2.
Is deeply concerned that young adult carers have significantly lower
educational attainment than their peers and that they are three times more
likely to be not in education, employment or training (NEET).
3.
Calls on the Welsh Government to urgently address the support needs of young
adult carers, as well as barriers to education, training and employment they
face, including:
a)
early identification of young carers to help them with accessible support and reduce
the likelihood of young people disengaging from education;
b)
bringing forward national introduction of the young carers’ ID card alongside a
duty for local authorities to implement the card;
c)
increasing awareness of local authorities of their duties under the Social
Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014 to promote the wellbeing of carers who
need support; and
d)
helping young carers to access post-16 education, including through the
introduction of a concessionary travel scheme.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
14 |
0 |
30 |
44 |
The
motion without amendment was not agreed.
The
following amendments were tabled:
Amendment
1 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)
In
point 3b, delete “alongside a duty for local authorities to implement the card”
and replace with “and working with local authorities to implement the card”
A
vote was taken on amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
26 |
0 |
18 |
44 |
Amendment
1 was agreed.
Amendment
2 - Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys
Môn)
Insert
as new sub-point at end of point 3:
'ensuring
that respite care provision improves so that young carers can have a break.'
A
vote was taken on amendment 2:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
44 |
0 |
0 |
44 |
Amendment
2 was agreed.
A
vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM7050 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes that there are more than 21,000 young adult carers in Wales aged 14-25
who provide assistance and support for families and friends.
2.
Is deeply concerned that young adult carers have significantly lower
educational attainment than their peers and that they are three times more
likely to be not in education, employment or training (NEET).
3.
Calls on the Welsh Government to urgently address the support needs of young
adult carers, as well as barriers to education, training and employment they
face, including:
a)
early identification of young carers to help them with accessible support and
reduce the likelihood of young people disengaging from education;
b)
bringing forward national introduction of the young carers’ ID card and working
with local authorities to implement the card;
c)
increasing awareness of local authorities of their duties under the Social
Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014 to promote the wellbeing of carers who
need support;
d)
helping young carers to access post-16 education, including through the
introduction of a concessionary travel scheme; and
e)
ensuring that respite care provision improves so that young carers can have a
break.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
40 |
4 |
0 |
44 |
The
motion as amended was agreed.