Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:55 pm on 10 May 2017.
Well, Darren, you do raise a serious point. I don’t want to turn away any talent from Wales, and if somebody has something to contribute to the Welsh education system, then I want them to be able to do that. My officials are currently reviewing the rules around what qualifications are necessary to teach in a school in Wales. Let me be absolutely clear: the rules that are currently in place were as a result of a previous Government’s consultation, where there was a very clear consensus about the necessity for the rules that we have in place at the moment. But I have to say, Presiding Officer, I will take no lessons from a Tory Assembly Member when I have to listen to the rhetoric of his party leader on immigration. This is a member of a party that spends all its time denigrating people who want to come and contribute to this country.