Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) (Wales) Act 2020 Expert Stakeholder Group meeting: 27 November 2020

1. Out of Court Disposals Briefing

2. Update on the Act:

• General
• Implementation programme
• Communications and feedback on the TV adverts

3. Update on Act activity from Stakeholders

4. Next steps and close

• Welsh Government (WG) to distribute the link to the Explanatory Memorandum – Information on out of court disposals can be found on page 75-76
• Group members to notify Welsh Government if they want to be involved in the Operations, Guidance and Training task and finish group.
• WG to share the Royal Foundation Early Years Report – Executive Summary/Full report
• WG to distribute the high level implementation workplan
• NSPCC to share the insight briefing on physical abuse
• NSPCC to share the Children & Young People Now article
• WG to share the Talk With Me speech and language delivery plan
• Group members to share any contacts for introductory presentations in mid/west/north Wales
• WG to share the Nursery World article
• WG parenting policy lead to contact Save the Children to discuss feedback on practitioners’ requirements regarding Parenting. Give it Time
• The Group were content with the creative concepts for the two television adverts.