Speeches and questions

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with local government representatives

Thank you, Darren. I'll ask Meinir to introduce herself next.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with local government representatives

Welcome back to this session of the committee. We move straight to item 6. We're continuing with our inquiry into Welsh in education strategic plans. In our sessions this morning and into this afternoon, we have evidence sessions with Welsh-medium early…

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Fantastic. I do apologise, but time has defeated us this morning, but that's been very interesting and useful indeed. We will certainly write to you to ask for more details on some of the issues that we hadn't touched upon, but we are very grateful to you for…

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Thank you for that. Angharad, if you could be as brief as possible. And I do apologise, I know that this is a massive subject, again. But, we will ask you to write to us with more detail. Angharad.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Okay. Dafydd.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

All good? Okay.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Buffy, are you happy?

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Thank you, Angharad. Aled, you wanted to come in.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

I'll go to Angharad first, and then Aled. Okay. Angharad.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

By the way, if you want to give us any more information and detail in writing, we would appreciate that. You're welcome to write to us, because we know this is an extensive area. But, if there's something brief you want to say now, you're more than welcome…

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

If we can get the answer as succinct as possible.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Thank you, Aled.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Thank you. Aled.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Everybody wants to come in. Okay. I think Angharad raised her hand first. Angharad.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Thank you, Angharad. I'm very sorry; we'll have to move on. We'll move on now to Tom Giffard.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Okay. I can't see that anybody else wants to come in. Angharad.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Who would like to come in on this? Dafydd?

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

No, you're doing very well, Hefin.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Thank you for that, Angharad. I'm going to go back to Hefin. We've got 15 minutes left. We've got two Members who haven't come in at all, so if we can be as brief as possible before we get to the last two, please. Hefin.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Back to you, Hefin. Hang on, Angharad wants to come in.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Aled. I don't know if Aled wanted to come in. No. Okay.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Angharad wants to come in.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Did anyone else have anything to add?

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

Alun wants to come in at this point.

13 October 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh medium early years, post-16 and adult learner provision

I think Aled wanted to come in on that point, too.