Thank you for your statement, Minister. It's really encouraging to see you focusing on recruiting Welsh-speaking teachers and progressing the Welsh language skills of the current teaching workforce.

If we're to achieve our ambitious goal of 1 million Welsh speakers by 2050, then investing in our teaching workforce is absolutely vital. Minister, you recently announced a scheme to boost the recruitment of Welsh-speaking childcare professionals for our growing network of meithrins. Can I ask whether you've considered a similar scheme in order to attract Welsh speakers into the key role of teaching assistants for our Welsh-medium schools? 

Secondly, turning to the issue of ALN provision, Rhondda Cynon Taf council recently announced the opening of its first Welsh-medium discrete additional learning needs class. This is a really important step to ensure equality of access to Welsh-medium education, but I understand that recruiting Welsh-speaking ALN specialist teachers can be a challenge. What work is Welsh Government doing to ensure that more Welsh-speaking teachers are trained in ALN delivery, or that more ALN teachers are encouraged to undertake Welsh language training to become proficient in teaching through the medium of Welsh?

And finally, turning to the issue of transition from Welsh language childcare to an education setting, in my constituency of Cynon Valley, I've seen first-hand how the work of a thriving meithrin sharing key information with the local Welsh language primary school and holding really well organised transition events has led to a steady increase in parents deciding to take that next step and enrol their children into Welsh-medium primary provision. What work is the Welsh Government doing to ensure that this best practice is upscaled and that staff from meithrins and Welsh language primary schools are encouraged to work closely together so that more parents decide upon Welsh-medium education for their children?