Diolch, Claire. As you've said, safeguarding is indeed one of the most profound requirements and responsibilities of any Government, and indeed of any Senedd too, in terms of the responsibilities that each of us have to represent those people who have put their trust in us. It is something that we as a Government take incredibly seriously, and I'm really gratified to hear again that I hope that there will be cross-party agreement on the need to get these things right.
As you've alluded to here as well, people have to feel empowered to feel that they will be listened to if they report, and also, as you alluded to there, if a child has not themselves disclosed something, but someone suspects, that's why, again, we're going to be looking in the future at how to strengthen that mandatory reporting, so that where there are gaps, where there's a possible chance where something could be lost, we are making sure that we close those gaps in the net. So, absolutely, I agree.
And you said too that the policy is only effective in terms of how it works in practice, and, indeed, children do face increasing risks. Safeguarding risks are now cutting across different organisations, different geographical divides, different service boundaries. Child sexual exploitation, criminal exploitation, online harms, modern slavery, complex adult safeguarding concerns—these have become so complicated, we need this stronger national leadership and co-ordinated action. This programme sets to look at that overarching structure, and it is going to develop, and I hope very much that the Senedd will continue to scrutinise how it does develop, and where Members have ideas, and where you can point us to people with further expertise who should be involved—this is something that is going to evolve over the course of the Senedd term, of course.
And, yes, we have to be looking, of course, into how this is translated into workforce training, and I think that's a really important point. I'm really grateful to you for bringing some of the human voices into this debate, and as you have asked—. Well, in terms of making sure that we are acting as quickly as possible, that is why this is a phased programme approach, so that we can bring activities together where the practical improvements that can happen immediately can happen as quickly as possible, at the same time as establishing a structured route for those more complicated reforms, so that we're not waiting for one thing to happen before we are moving on with that.
And absolutely, in terms of clear co-ordination and avoiding duplication, that is one of the main reasons why we're going to be introducing things like the central intelligence hub, and, of course, the ministerial oversight board, to make sure that we have that trosolwg—. What is 'trosolwg' in English? That oversight. I think it is literally 'oversight'. And in terms of some of the practical improvements that could be brought about by this, having that stronger evidence base to make sure that we're setting the right priorities and we're targeting improvements in the right place, and that we can spot those risks emerging. Because sometimes something might be seen as, 'Oh, this is only happening in this one area.' We need to have the oversight to see that. Actually, this is not just collecting data; it's about making sure that we are improving people's lives and improving services before something awful happens.
In terms of who will oversee that work, that will sit underneath the national office, so that it doesn't sit in isolation. It will report to the ministerial assurance board. Now, a lot of this data is obviously going to be in the public domain already, but it's bringing that together. I think that the points you make about foster families and the wider workforce do deserve consideration, certainly, with that. No-one would want any unintended consequences to come about, so I wonder if you would be willing to write to me with some of those particular concerns, so that we could look into that in greater depth. I'd really appreciate that. Thank you, Claire.
And of course, in terms of the review of the current effectiveness, that was what Jan Pickles's review had been looking at, and whilst we've committed, of course, to taking forward all of those recommendations, as I've said, this doesn't stand frozen in time. We have to keep learning. We have to keep seeing where there are gaps that need to be filled, where those risks keep evolving. So, this is something that—. I'm really proud that we are setting down this framework, but a framework is only going to exist if all of those components within it keep it erected in the air, afloat, depending on what the metaphor is. But, no, thank you, Claire. Diolch yn fawr iawn.