3. Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: The National Music Service: Delivering the National Plan for Music Education

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:55 pm on 17 May 2022.

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Photo of Carolyn Thomas Carolyn Thomas Labour 2:55, 17 May 2022

Okay. So, I encouraged my son to learn when it was free. We would not have had access otherwise to that music service, and he would never have had the chance to learn because we couldn't have afforded it. So, will it really be free for people to try? And also, he learnt the trombone because it was the only instrument left for him to try, but he stuck with it and managed to do it to grade 8. But, we need to make sure there's a variety of instruments for people to learn—and it was great that that was the only instrument left—so that young people don't just want to learn drums and guitar, because those seem to be the really popular ones, because we need to have a variety, don't we, for ensembles for brass bands, for all these great things? 

And there was just one more thing. It was mentioned previously—