Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 2:18 pm on 8 February 2017.
Thank you very much, and I look forward to seeing your statement on these extremely disappointing plans. You’ve also announced your desire to reform the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 and to present a White Paper before the summer in order to promote public discussion on the provision of a new Bill. It wasn’t clear to me what exactly the remit of the new Bill will be. For example, will the Bill encompass Welsh education and other strategic areas, or will it only appertain to Welsh language standards? And what exactly will the status of the Welsh language strategy be during the consultation on the White Paper? My concern is that the process of legislating, rather than working within the system that we have already, will truly slow down the progress towards 1 million speakers by 2050.