<p>The Swansea Area Education Consortium </p>

Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 2:48 pm on 11 January 2017.

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Photo of Kirsty Williams Kirsty Williams Liberal Democrat 2:48, 11 January 2017

Thank you for that. As my colleague said earlier, we will be looking at the adequacy of the WESPS that have come forward. This Government has ambitious plans for expanding Welsh-medium education and ensuring the quality of that education is the best that it can be. It’s simply not just about being there, Dai; it’s about ensuring that it is good quality when it is there. We shouldn’t accept second best if we have decided to educate our children through the medium of Welsh. We also have to ensure that there is adequate provision for those parents who want to make that choice, and we have a job of work to do to encourage more parents to see the benefits of positively choosing a bilingual or a Welsh-medium education for their children. So, there is much to be done, both at local authority level and Welsh Government level, for the ambitious plans that we have for Welsh-medium education for our children.