Online DBS Checks through the Medium of Welsh

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language – in the Senedd at 1:56 pm on 16 June 2021.

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Photo of Jeremy Miles Jeremy Miles Labour 1:56, 16 June 2021

(Translated)

Well, I agree with the fact that it is entirely unacceptable that people should suffer because they choose to do something that they should be able to do easily—that is, respond in Welsh. And you're right to talk about the specific impact online. Of course, there is an opportunity to do it on paper, but, as you mentioned, the dark ages—that's not sufficient now. Many weeks of delay come from that. There is a practical opportunity for the body, given that they are about to renew IT plans, and so, in terms of the practical element, we're trying to push that idea—that they use that opportunity in practice to be able to provide the service in Welsh, which is certainly needed.