A quarter of a century after the opening of this Senedd, the vast majority of children and young people in Wales continue to be deprived of the opportunity to learn Welsh via our education system and the chance to use the language in their everyday lives.

In 2014, 21.9% of primary school pupils received Welsh-medium education; by 2024, the corresponding percentage was 22.5%, which is an extremely small increase of just 0.6%.

In fact, over the same period for pupils in secondary schools, the percentage of those receiving their education through the medium of Welsh has actually decreased from 14.2% to 13.5%.

The fact that we have stood still........

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