Thank you and thank you for your comments. I am clearly willing to consider the matters that the Member has raised. The Minister will also understand that there is an appeals process against decisions made by the commissioner, and there is a Welsh language tribunal that has been establish to listen to any appeals against the standards. If the process that we have in place isn’t clear, then every Member will have the opportunity to suggest changes when we come to discussing amending the Measure. I am entirely certain in my mind that I would want to see any kind of new Bill reflecting the vision and the strategy that we have.

I want the vision for the Welsh language to come first. That’s why I will be speaking to people across the nation first of all; speaking to people, sharing experiences, sharing ideas, sharing a vision for the future of the Welsh language—it’s a language for all of us—and the basis of that creating a strategy, and on the basis of the strategy, legislating. I don’t want to legislate straight away, because I want the experience gained from the discussions across Wales to enrich the kind of discussions that we have here, and then that we legislate when we know exactly how we want to amend the Measure, and also where we want to reach through legislation ultimately. Clearly I will be very happy to have that discussion at that time.

May I return to one of the main topics that Suzy Davies raised, namely the situation in the world of education? My officials are in discussion at present with local authorities across Wales with regard to the Welsh-medium education plans. I’m clear in my mind that I want to see plans that are going to lead to major growth in the provision of Welsh-medium education, and I want to see how local authorities are going to do that over the coming years. When I come to look at those plans, I will look at them and will consider how they increase the numbers of children who receive their education through the medium of Welsh. That’s how I will be looking at those, and hopefully agree on plans with local authorities, because through giving an opportunity to people to learn through the medium of Welsh, we’ll help to create more speakers in future, and in doing that I do think that we want to promote the language not just with the small businesses that the Member has mentioned, but also every part of society and the community. I want us as a national society and community to decide that we want to see our nation being a bilingual nation, and that’s not a matter for politicians alone.