Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:44 pm on 14 November 2017.
I think we have to be persuasive, rather than insisting that people do things. We do need more details in terms of the number of complainants and what was the efficiency of the commissioner’s office. I want to see benchmarking happening. And that’s something that jumped out at me, namely that only four in five children actually learn Welsh. We must look into the reasons behind that.
So, there are a number of things that we can do. I think the most important thing for us to bear in mind now is that we retain that focus on a million Welsh speakers. There is a pressure on the Government to lead in this area, and the Government will lead in this area. We must also think about the economy. The economy is crucially important in this discussion. But the Government can’t do all of this alone. The people of Wales have to join us on this journey and we have to persuade them to do that.