7. Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Welsh language

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:55 pm on 1 March 2023.

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Photo of Heledd Fychan Heledd Fychan Plaid Cymru 4:55, 1 March 2023

(Translated)

Thank you very much, Minister. And as you've named me, I thought I'd just want to say that I don't disregard the rest of the data, but, obviously, the 2011 census was the basis of the 'Cymraeg 2050' strategy. I'm just concerned that the other samples are smaller—for example, the national survey; I think it was 1,000 people, but you can correct me if I'm wrong—compared with the whole population having to contribute to the census. So, I certainly want to understand the data better, but my argument is that I don't understand the Government's shift in terms of emphasising the census's importance in the past and then disregarding it if it doesn't fit with what you want it to tell us this time.