You were right, in writing that letter, that some of the plans lacked ambition. What I have tried to do this afternoon is try to respond to that in a positive way, and not by overreacting, if you like, but to respond in a way that affirms our ambition and our vision for the future, and to ensure that we achieve our ambition through joint working. I very much hope that we will be able to do that.

This process will continue and the strategy will come as part—well, this process will be part of the strategy, of course. When we publish the strategy in the summer, you will see that there are several elements to the strategy. The WESPs have to be an important component of the education strategy, and the education strategy will fit into a wider framework and strategy, if you like. So, there will be a strategy that is more holistic for the future, but these education plans will be a crucial part of it.

I very much hope that we can publish plans that will have the ambition that you say that you want to see, and I agree that we do need to see that ambition, and that will then be an important part of the strategy for the future. And I very much hope, as we collaborate, that we can share best practice and ensure that we learn lessons as well. There has been some mention made about how we can measure demand for Welsh-medium education. That’s an example, perhaps, of where councils can collaborate to learn from each other to ensure that we don’t just share the same ambition, but that we share different ways of achieving that ambition. My emphasis this afternoon is on ensuring that the process over the next few months is a positive process, where we collaborate to reach the aim that we all agree we want to reach.