[Continues.]—of rational debate in this Chamber, ignore that comment.

All I’m saying is that if Plaid Cymru were to see where the best interests of the policy that they claim to support lies, they would try to be emollient and understanding about the fears of the parents. They may be wholly unmerited. I agree absolutely with what Simon Thomas said about the merits of bilingualism. I have in the course of my educational career studied French, German and Russian; nobody needs to convince me of the merits of being able to speak more than one language. My regret is that when I was in school I had to make a choice between Welsh and German, and I opted for German because that was the ethic of the time. It was before we had a Government with as vision such as we have today. It was a different world 50 or 60 years ago, and so I am delighted that the Welsh Government has adopted the policy that it has, and I’ve brought my party along with it. I would have thought that Plaid Cymru would wish to welcome that and not seek to undermine the policy by attacking and abusing us, because what we’re trying to do here is achieve a common objective. The debate today is directed to the one single issue of public opinion and its massive importance in achieving the Welsh Government’s objective.