* Welsh secondary schools pupils fire questions at Darren Millar MS (bottom).
Students from Ysgol Dinas Brân were among secondary school pupil from across Wales who fired a barrage of questions at Leader of the Welsh Conservatives and Clwyd West MS Darren Millar during a recent online Q&A session.
Around 75 young people from the Llangollen school and others from Cardiff, Bargoed and Pontyclun joined in the Leader Dialogues session.
The aim is to help learners across Wales to have meaningful conversations with the Welsh leaders of the Senedd parties.
The programme enables learners to ask questions to the leaders, giving young people the opportunity to raise issues important to them while developing the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to participate in the democratic process. The programme is free of charge for schools.
The young people who took part in last Friday's session with Darren Millar asked questions on a range of subject matters including the NHS, Welsh Conservatives' priorities, immigration, Welsh language media, school mental health and SEN support, the environment, agriculture, and youth unemployment.
Commenting after the session, Mr Millar said: "It is always a pleasure and very insightful to engage with our young people and to hear their views.
"I was asked some interesting and challenging questions during the session, including the prospect of a potential ban on social media, and it was good to see these young people so engaged in Welsh and national politics.
"It is crucial that we provide our young people with an opportunity to express their perspectives, as often they bring fresh solutions to complex problems.
"They are the future and we must always listen to what they have to say."
He added: "I was very grateful to have this opportunity through the Leaders Dialogue programme to interact further with young people here in Wales and I look forward to taking part in further sessions in the future."
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