3. 3. Statement: National Strategy for Small and Rural Schools

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:10 pm on 15 November 2016.

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Photo of Kirsty Williams Kirsty Williams Liberal Democrat 3:10, 15 November 2016

Mark, I thought I had made it quite clear in my answer to Michelle Brown that I’m not prepared to reopen cases that have been already discharged. Mark, I can only be responsible for the situation I find myself in now. This is not about shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted. This is a genuine opportunity to recognise the particular challenges of delivering education in a rural area and the barriers that may make it more difficult for that education to achieve absolute excellence, and I am determined to do that. I am sorry that you feel that this policy—. Unlike your education spokesperson, who sees that there is merit in what I am doing, I am sorry that you have not been able to share in that enthusiasm.