Expenditure on Promoting the Welsh Language

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for International Relations and Welsh Language – in the Senedd at 2:58 pm on 8 January 2020.

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Photo of Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan Labour 2:58, 8 January 2020

(Translated)

Well, we have ensured that we are co-operating better with the language commissioner. We have a memorandum of understanding so that we know who’s doing what, so that we’re not duplicating the work that we’re doing as a Government and the work that he is doing as commissioner. I do think that savings can be made, therefore, in that area, because we’re not duplicating work.

In terms of what’s happening in the field of health, one of the things that we have been doing is helping people to train and to learn through the medium of Welsh. That budget currently is coming from us for health. We do hope that, ultimately, the department itself will take responsibility for training people through the medium of Welsh. The same is true in relation to training teachers to teach young people. So, currently, that does come under the national centre and we’re funding that, but I hope that in the long term that will be incorporated into the departments themselves.