I have to say that I don't share the optimism of the previous speaker about the safeguards that are in place in the Bill. I believe that, fundamentally, people should be able to express a choice about the provision that they want to attend in their locality. I think that learners should have every opportunity to enjoy a breadth of provision, whether they want to undertake their extra post-16 learning in an FEI, a further education institution or college, or whether they want to attend a local sixth form. But the reality is that those choices aren't there in all parts of the country, and we've seen an erosion of that choice over the years.

One other aspect of the erosion of that choice is the lack of availability of not just Welsh-medium post-16 education in some parts of Wales, but also faith-based education in some parts of Wales too; the Catholic Education Service, the Church in Wales, want to be able to offer more opportunities for post-16 learners to learn in an environment where there is a faith characteristic, and that is not an opportunity that I see being actively promoted in this Bill, and in fact I think that those sorts of opportunities, where they are available, are potentially threatened, and I don't see the protections in place from the Minister's amendments that have been suggested.

So, that's why I'm speaking in support of the amendments that have been tabled by Laura Anne Jones. I think it's really important that we've got to get these safeguards in place so that learner choice is something that is critical, going forward, and not something that is pushed to the sideline.