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We need to look at public procurement as well as behaviour change by individuals and businesses to make them more conscious of where they procure their products so that they consider that actively.
Our challenge is that we do not understand how the change will influence parental behaviour. We know that 20,000 children will become newly eligible, but we do not think that all parents with children in that age bracket will choose to defer.
The first phase will look at active travel and locking in the good behaviours that have resulted from Covid, and the second phase will look at the investment opportunities.
However, we all know the correlation between adverse childhood experiences and consequential offending behaviour, and it is an issue in the existing Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.
How do we know that what we are delivering is actually having an impact on the knowledge and behaviours of, and the outcomes for, children and young people?
I ask for concise questions and answers from now on. Minister, you mentioned behaviour change earlier. RPP2 recognises and discusses the importance of understanding and influencing behaviour.
Dr Pam Gosal highlighted the issue of deaf survivors of domestic abuse, and she cited the evidence from committee that deaf women often assume that domestic abuse is normal behaviour, which is absolutely shocking.