I think we all sympathise with people who are put in that position, and that’s why I’ve sought to emphasise, throughout the debate and the conversation we’ve been having on the additional learning needs Bill, that the Bill is part of a wider transformation programme, and it is the programme that is absolutely key to the success of the Bill. That means a workforce planning programme that is able to recognise where the pressures are, and the Member’s outlined a significant pressure that I don’t think is alone in Merthyr, as it happens—I think it’s the case elsewhere as well.

We are working with the WLGA to ensure that we understand and we can map the pressures that exist within the system at the moment, and of course we’re funding the ALN transformation programme. That’s absolutely key, because if we are to succeed in the future, and if both the Bill itself, the primary legislation and the code and everything that goes along with it, and all of our ambitions and visions for the future, are to be delivered, then they will be delivered by professionals working with children in the classroom or other settings. That means we need to invest in the people and the workforce of the future, to ensure all of these specialisms are available to children when and where they need them, and that they’re available in both English and in Welsh.