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St David's Day

The economic point is important, but there would also be a cost for the social impact of St David's day in schools and so on. Not every child in Wales gets the opportunity to celebrate St David's day at home, whereas almost every child invariably gets the opportunity to celebrate our patron saint in schools and at concerts. Parents take great pride in preparing their children. Between us, my hon. Friend the Member for Ceredigion (Mr Williams) and I have nine children, and I am sure that his four children and my five all celebrated St David's day at school yesterday. I believe that there would be a cost if that was lost to communities in Wales.