I’m grateful to the Member for her comments. Can I just say—? In terms of taking forward the strategy, it’s my clear intention to ensure that we have a long-term strategy for the future of the Welsh language, not one that merely looks towards the next year, two years, three years or even five years. I want to look at a strategy that is going to take us over the next 20 years. The ambition to create a million Welsh speakers in Wales by 2050 is a very, very ambitious statement and vision to have, but I believe that we need a vision of a change in how we do things. What we could do—and, if we followed the advice of some people, what we would be doing—is simply managing the decline of the language, and doing so in a way that makes us feel warm and comfortable here in this Chamber. That is not my intention. My intention is to contribute towards, and to lead, a national conversation about how we can restore the Welsh language in communities across the country, how we can ensure that Wales is a bilingual nation in reality and not simply on paper or in speeches, and that people have the opportunity to learn through the medium of welsh both from early years right through to higher education, and that that will be seen as a part of our overall provision, and not something that is separate from it.

On the point that was made in terms of teaching, the education Secretary spoke earlier about a self-improving education system that ensures that all teaching will reach the sort of standard and quality that we all want to see, whether it’s the Welsh language or any other subject.

But, let me say this: we need to ensure—and this is a fundamental point that I want to make in response to questions this afternoon—if we are to create a bilingual nation, it is something that the whole nation needs to do together. A politician can’t impose that, but politicians can lead that, and what I’m anxious that we do is that we ensure that certainly people have the opportunity to learn Welsh and to receive a Welsh language education in every part of the country, but then that people have the confidence and the wish to use that language at all times, as well.