<p>Welsh-medium Education</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:36 pm on 2 November 2016.

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Photo of Mr Simon Thomas Mr Simon Thomas Plaid Cymru 1:36, 2 November 2016

(Translated)

I thank the Minister for that response, and I would agree with every word. It’s impossible to attain that target that we all want to see achieved without there being a significant increase in Welsh-medium education. But, to date, there’s been no link between the targets within the Welsh in education strategic plans at a local authority level and the national targets set by Government for growth in Welsh-medium education. Is it the Minister’s aspiration and desire to actually marry those two things and have one national target that would then be shared and disseminated at a local level? And what is he doing in the difficult yet important debates taking place now in communities that face the turning of English-medium education into Welsh-medium education, where that step forward, of course, will benefit both Welsh-medium and English-medium education in those communities?