NDM8165 Plaid Cymru Debate - Child poverty

NDM8165 Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Regrets that child poverty rates in Wales are the highest in the UK.

2. Recognises that the current cost of living crisis is exacerbating recent trends which have seen child poverty rates increase in Wales, despite the Welsh Government’s pledge to eradicate child poverty by 2020.

3. Notes that the Welsh Government does not currently possess a strategy on tackling child poverty, despite repeated calls from the Children’s Commissioner for Wales and other child poverty action groups for specific and urgent focus and action in this area.

4. Calls on the Welsh Government to develop a child poverty strategy, underpinned by statutory targets, as a matter of urgency.