Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:51 pm on 27 June 2017.
We can see GCSE results are the best ever, A-level results going up, new schools being built all across Wales, the attainment gap closing, and the pupil deprivation grant making a huge difference. It’s a slightly bizarre comment from the leader of Plaid Cymru, suggesting we don’t talk to teaching unions. I mean, the response from the Cabinet Secretary was, I think, audible to most in the Chamber—in order, but audible. That’s what she does. The link between ourselves and the teaching unions is strong, but we all recognise that, in order to put in place the right package for teachers, we need to get that one last piece of the jigsaw, which is pay and conditions. We’ve got it and then it will be our responsibility, that’s true.