Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:18 pm on 12 February 2019.
Well, Llywydd, can I thank Mike Hedges for that very important follow-up question? This National Assembly formally recognised BSL as a language in its own right as long ago as 2004. And he's right that it is every bit as much a language as any other language for many of the families who use it, and there is a shortage of interpreters and tutors here in Wales.
The review will look at that issue as well. It will look at existing provision, it will consider costs and access, but it will also look at ways in which we can improve the flow of people properly equipped and able to provide the sorts of courses that Nick Ramsay referred to and which his constituents are hoping to be able to use.