<p>Incorporating Welsh Language Training with Vocational Qualifications </p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 2:05 pm on 28 September 2016.

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Photo of Suzy Davies Suzy Davies Conservative 2:05, 28 September 2016

(Translated)

Thank you for that response, and I’m very pleased to hear that, but, recently, I contacted the company Ynni Cymru, which has received quite significant financial backing from Welsh Government to help support new business in Wales, and that would actually include useful vocational qualifications. The company doesn’t have any Welsh language policy or any understanding of your ambition as a Government to improve bilingualism in the workplace, and, when I enquired about it, they said, ‘Oh, we’ve got somebody somewhere who can speak Welsh.’ They completely missed the point.

We would expect such a company to at least advise new companies that they should bear in mind that the Government is looking at Welsh in the workplace, and to encourage them to consider how they can provide that. With regard to the Welsh language, may I ask what your expectations are of any organisation that is supported by Welsh Government money that offers vocational training or business support?