Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:34 pm on 24 January 2017.
Carwyn Jones
Labour
1:34,
24 January 2017
Well, yes, of course. We must ensure that there are more places available in nursery schools, but we must also ensure that children at nursery schools then remain in the Welsh stream as they enter primary and secondary schools in order to ensure that they don’t lose the language skills that they’ve acquired as they go through the school, by changing the language medium of their education.
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