Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Mental Health, Wellbeing and Welsh Language – in the Senedd at 2:41 pm on 2 December 2020.

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Photo of Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan Labour 2:41, 2 December 2020

(Translated)

Thank you. Just to make it clear that it is a requirement on all parts of local government to ensure that they do take into consideration the need to strengthen what's offered in terms of Welsh-medium education in their areas, so I do hope that all of the local authorities across Wales will understand that responsibility. And just to make it clear, in terms of teaching in schools that don't offer Welsh as a first language, I do accept that a lot of work needs to be done in this area, and that's why I have weekly meetings with my team, and this is something that is on the agenda on a weekly basis, because I do think that we need to move forward on this. 

What we've done recently, just to be clear, is we've worked and we've had discussions with the National Centre for Leaning Welsh. I think that they have a lot of experience, particularly now with the coronavirus, in terms of online learning, and I think that there are things that we can learn there, particularly if the skills that we hope to see in the schools aren't available, and I do think that we do need to take advantage of that capability that exists in the centre. And that's why what we hope to do is work with them, and I've had discussions with the Minister for Education on that subject.