Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:37 pm on 28 February 2017.
Cabinet Secretary, whilst I welcome the continued commitment to the Library of Wales series, are you aware of the report that was published last week that talked about the reading trends and reading ability of pupils across the UK? In that particular report, it demonstrated that Wales had seen a slump in reading ages, so that, actually, in terms of the situation against chronological age, pupils in secondary schools are a full year behind, on average, than their actual chronological ages. And I wonder what action the Welsh Government is going to take to address this particular problem, in terms of addressing these reading ages in our secondary schools.