Yes, of course I accept that. I support the Government’s policy. All I’m saying is that in the implementation of that policy we should be sensitive to local opinion, in particular the opinion of those who are more intimately affected by educational decisions. What is happening in Llangennech is the opposite. Simon Thomas, in the course of his speech, referred to the school governors being in support of this proposal, but the school governors had a parents evening last year at which 70 people were present, and 68 voted against the proposals and two voted in favour of them. The chairman of the school governors, Tim Davies, who chaired the meeting, was asked as the parents’ advocate whether he would take the result of that meeting to Carmarthenshire County Council and support it, and he said ‘no’. He was asked a second time, and he replied confirming even if the vote was unanimous he would still say ‘no’ as he personally wants the school to change to Welsh medium. That is not representing the interests of the parents that he’s supposed to represent as the chairman.

Now, of course I understand the frustration of Plaid Cymru and those who want to see Welsh as a living language and a preponderant language in Wales—I’m sure we all found Dai Lloyd’s philippic very moving, and I agreed with the broad sentiments that he expressed about the past and the present. We all in this Chamber want to see the Welsh language succeed as the national language of Wales, and impugning people’s motives and hurling abuse at them is not the way to achieve that objective. I’m sorry—I realise it’s not PC to say anything that is remotely complimentary, or even neutral, about UKIP in progressive circles, but I have not sought to introduce any incendiary notes into this debate, still less in Llangennech. The reason I got involved in Llangennech was because the parents got in touch with me and asked me to visit the school with them, and that’s how I got involved in this in the first place. They are constituents of mine, as they’re constituents of his, and constituents of Simon Thomas and others in this Chamber. The attitude of Plaid Cymru, as represented by the leader of Plaid Cymru, that somehow we’re an illegitimate party in this Assembly is part of the problem.The blinkered, provincial prejudice that she displays in this debate is—