P-05-757 Remove the obligation on Schools to hold acts of religious worship –

Correspondence from Petitioners to Chair, 13.06.18

Dear Mr Rowlands,

We would like to thank you and your fellow committee members for your continued support in seeking clarification from the Cabinet Secretary for Education about her response to our petition. 

We are disappointed that it is taking such a long time to find out about Ms Williams' intentions. It is now more than a year since we organised our petition and we find it difficult to understand why things are moving so slowly.

From our point of view, this is a simple matter of human rights, and there should be no room for ambiguity.

In her latest email, Ms Williams refers to the need to "achieve the correct balance between the competing interests in this area". In our view, there should be no compromise over human rights, and the Welsh Government should honour its commitments in this important area. 

We would ask you once more to request that Ms Williams reaches an early conclusion in this matter and reveals what she intends to do. It would be unfortunate if this issue remains unresolved until after the summer recess.

Thank you once again. 

Yours sincerely,

Rhiannon Shipton and Lily Mcallister-Sutton