The Case of Driver versus Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for European Transition (in respect of his law officer responsibilities) – in the Senedd at 2:48 pm on 20 October 2020.

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Photo of Siân Gwenllian Siân Gwenllian Plaid Cymru 2:48, 20 October 2020

(Translated)

As you mentioned, that is one important issue arising from the administrative court's judgment, namely on the equality of English and Welsh text in law in Wales, but the other, which is, perhaps, of more interest, is the right of every citizen in Wales to have easy access to Welsh-medium education. According to the court's judgment, only 10 per cent of the language impact assessment on the decision to close Ysgol Pont Siôn Norton in Cilfynydd focused on the impact on the Welsh language. The council, in seeking to challenge judgment 2(g), still fails to accept that increasing the number of places in Welsh-medium education doesn't put right withdrawing provision from one community, as it means that those pupils would have been lost forever to Welsh-medium education, and it's the court that made that point. I would emphasise once again that it's a disgrace for any public authority to be challenging the judgment on this basis, and I invite you to tell us unambiguously that you, as a Government, will not challenge the judgment on that basis.