Ms Joan Swift:

Among the most recent research is the review of the national physical activity plan. As the Deputy knows, it is recommended that children and teenagers get 60 minutes of physical activity a week. The plan began in 2016. The 2019 review found that only 17% of primary school children were reaching the target and only 10% were reaching the target at second level. When we break this down further, boys were getting more exercise than girls. We also know that men get more exercise than women. Gender does come into it in terms of safe spaces. This includes safe speeds.

While I have the floor I would like to mention high-vis material. Some of the UK local police forces are quite vocal on social media making the point that, unless people are looking, they will not see someone. They show photographs of a police car with high-vis or, as we have seen all too often here, railway bridges plastered with high-vis material and nonetheless people drive into them. I support Deputy Hourigan in the sense it is not that we do not want our children to be safe and to be seen but is the onus on the child? We do not know whether high-vis materials make a difference or whether there are other measures that might make a bigger difference.