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The next Welsh Government should plan to reach a target of one million Welsh speakers, that will be one of Cymdeithas yr Iaith calls today (12:30pm, Tuesday, 14th July) as they launch their policy proposals for the 2016 Assembly elections.  

In the document, which will be launched in the Senedd, there are tens of ideas which aim to meet three aims - create a million Welsh speakers, stem out-migration and allowing people to use the language in every part of life. The vision document includes recommendations to:  

• Introduce a 'Welsh-medium Education for All Bill' in order to establish a continuum of learning Welsh and a degree of Welsh-medium education for all

• Set statutory target dates for the progressive introduction of Welsh-medium only primary education across Wales.                                       

• Open more Welsh-speaking halls of residence for students  

• Establish centres in every county to immerse newcomers (who have not previously been exposed to Welsh) in the language, operating on the same model as the system in Gwynedd

• Extend the Coleg Cymraeg's field of responsibility to further education, and post-16 education in general

• Introduce a Workforce Planning Bill that would establish clear targets and responsibilities to ensure an increased supply of Welsh speaking workers

Talking about the policy programme, entitled "One million Welsh speakers: A vision for 2016 onwards", ahead of its launch in the Senedd in Cardiff, Jamie Bevan, Chair of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg commented:

"We believe that the next election is a crucial one for the language. We need ambition as a nation in order to see the language thrive over the decades to come: we as people and our politicians need to raise our sights. There is no doubt that the results of the 2011 Census highlight the crisis facing the Welsh language. But there is no need to, and no point in, losing hope, instead there needs to be determined action on clear policies and plans.  If our politicians are serious about reaching ambitious aims, brave decisions need taking on legislation, resources, harnessing public support and planning the way forward."

"The proposals outlined in our vision document are a package of policies that are based on detailed discussions, both internally and with experts in the field of language policy. Of course, we do not claim to have a monopoly on all the policies that are going to ensure that the Welsh language thrives over the coming years, but we very much hope that the proposals underline the historical importance of the 2016 election for the Welsh language and Welsh communities in general."   

Referring to the record of the present Welsh Government on the Welsh language, Jamie Bevan added:

"Since the publication of the Census results, a number of commendable reports have been published which recommended policy changes to the Welsh Government. However, the majority of recommendations that call for genuine change have been ignored, such as the recommendation of the report of the Task and Finish Group on Welsh Language and Economic Development which proposed placing language conditions on all grants to business, as well as the urgent recommendations of Professor Sioned Davies's report regarding teaching Welsh.        

"That said, there are a number of promising developments in the pipeline, with many of these a direct result of Cymdeithas campaigns, including allowing county councils increase the tax on second homes, abolishing the short course version of the second language Welsh GCSE, and establishing Welsh as a material consideration in the statutory planning system."