Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:22 pm on 20 March 2018.
On targets, I am very well aware that what we've got here are headline targets and I'll be working with officials to make sure that we get much more focused targets and that we break them down, so that we're not just kind of crashing into it 10 years from now. We do need to make sure that we have steps of progress.
I think it is worth noting that, actually, we can't deliver all of this by ourselves. So, if the economy suddenly goes into free fall, then that's going to have an impact on what we're able to do. So, we just have to be sensitive. The Department for Work and Pensions also have a huge responsibility to take action in this space. So, working with them and making sure that we're not all going after the same people, I think, is really important. But we know, more or less, how many people are interested, even those who are economically inactive, who would like to go into the workplace. We just need to really break that down, not just on a Wales basis; we could do it on a regional basis, on local authority basis. We can really start to make those inroads, I think, and give people responsibilities to deliver on those targets.
On future skills, on digital, the Cabinet Secretary for Education is very well aware, I think, of the importance of digital skills. It was absolutely central to the Donaldson recommendations. I know that she's keeping a close eye on that. I don't think we've taken our eye off that ball for one second, but there is a recognition that we absolutely need to master this if we are going to really punch our weight in the global economy.