SCHOOLCHILDREN have urged respect for the Welsh language in a message to the Welsh Government. The pupils from Whitland s Ysgol Dyffryn Taf made the plea in their annual St David s Day message to the Senedd. For the first time this year, the ceremony was held online and attended by the chairman of Carmarthenshire County Council, Cllr Ieuan Davies. Students Morgan Lewis and Maddison Morris delivered the message in Welsh and then English, against the background of Whitland s Canolfan Hywel Dda - which celebrates the achievements of the Welsh law-maker and tenth century king, Hywel Dda, or Hywel the Good. The pupils endorsed hopes for Wales to have a million Welsh speakers and added: