Could I thank Dafydd Elis-Thomas for his comments? I will, indeed, give due consideration to the most appropriate legislative formats that we can pursue. I think there is merit in looking at a draft Bill, and I will want to give this institution—to pay it all due respect and give every opportunity for colleagues across the Chamber to play a part in developing the policy further. Can I also agree with you about the ongoing commitment of David Allen to the sector? I’m very grateful to him for the leadership that he has provided and his willingness to continue in that role. That will be a very important thing.

With regard to tertiary systems, I’m sure the Member will have heard me answer questions before. I don’t see it as my job to dictate to local communities an education system that best suits their area. There are some parts of Wales where a tertiary education system has flourished and serves its students very well; there are other parts of Wales where a more traditional sixth form is a system that, again, serves the local population very well. What’s important to me is not the nature of the provision, except that that provision is high quality, it meets the needs and aspirations of our young people, and it delivers for them, whether that is in a tertiary system or in a sixth form. And one of the things that we will consider is where best sixth forms can sit within this system.

And, as I announced, I’ll be looking at ways in which we can better monitor outcomes of post-compulsory education in a way that, perhaps, we have taken our eye off the ball, for instance, with A-levels. In the past, we have never set ourselves stringent targets for A-level performance. Maybe it was because we felt that it was a minority sport and those children, well, they will get on anyway, and we don’t need to worry about it. But students studying at that level now, it’s not a minority sport—the majority of our young people go on to study post compulsory, and we need to make sure that we are paying as much attention to performance in that area as we’re doing in the compulsory sector.