Can I be absolutely clear with the Member with regard to GCSE pass rates this summer? For 16-year-olds, the pass rate was 66.7 per cent, and that is consistent with historic high levels that we’ve seen over the last three years. Importantly for me, results at A* level—the very highest-performing students—have remained stable, and there were improvements in the summer results at A* to C in large subject entry areas, such as better results in English literature, better results in history, better results in geography and, importantly, better results in Welsh second language.

The issue around textbooks is a real one. Qualifications Wales—of course, qualifications are now at arm’s length from this Government—will not sanction a new course from the WJEC unless they are satisfied that resources are available. When it comes to bilingual resources, I’m sure the Member will very much welcome the announcement yesterday that additional resources will be made available for the production of Welsh-medium resources, seeing that both this Government and Plaid Cymru have a shared ambition to increase resources in that area.