Dyfodol i’r Iaith welcomes the discussions currently taking place between Labour and Plaid Cymru and hopes that this will provide an opportunity to reset the agenda in terms of policies to support the Welsh language.

Heini Gruffudd, the organisation’s Chair said:

“We will be encouraging both parties to regard these discussions as an opportunity to consider the true needs of the Welsh language in order to meet the target of creating a million Welsh speakers.”

Among their priorities, the organisation calls upon both parties to:

• Elevate the status of the Welsh Language Division within Government
• Extend Welsh language medium education and introduce an ambitious Welsh language training programme for education workers
• Draw up a Planning policy which protects the language and addresses the housing crisis
• Act urgently to implement the recommendations of Dr Simon Brooks’s report on
• Develop the Arfor scheme which aims to promote Welsh and develop the economy of the language’s heartlands
• Extend the use of the Welsh language within the workplace
• Strengthen the language’s status within the private sector

And finally, and with no cost implications at all –

• Increase the use of the Welsh language within the Senedd, including leaders and ministers.