One Million Welsh Speakers by 2050

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for International Relations and Welsh Language – in the Senedd at 3:11 pm on 30 January 2019.

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Photo of Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan Labour 3:11, 30 January 2019

Thank you. I think we've really increased quite significantly our relationships with businesses and our promotion of the Welsh language. So, we're very proud that the National Centre for Learning Welsh has put considerable effort into teaching Welsh in the workplace, and that's been taken up by literally thousands of people. So, I would encourage them to make sure that they are looking into the opportunities there. The other thing, of course, is that the Welsh Language Commissioner can provide lanyards and badges and provide services through the medium of Welsh, to make sure that people are aware of who exactly speaks Welsh so that you do get an opportunity to practise the language.

Of course, we've got Cymraeg Byd Busnes. What we've done is to provide about 11 different officials who can go into companies and help them to increase their use of Welsh, making sure that they, perhaps, can translate little bits of information. We're also very keen to see people coming out from schools and colleges—colleges in particular. We've moved now from simply concentrating on higher education into further education, and now there's an action plan that is delivering a new model. Of course, the more people we can get to keep hold of their Welsh and use it in the workplace, the better.