P-04-330 A Welsh-language Record in our Assembly
P-04-330 A Welsh-language Record in our Assembly
Petition wording:
We are concerned about the status and use of the Welsh
language in the National Assembly. Welsh is now an
official language in Wales, and we are very proud of this development.
Nevertheless, the decision to allow the Record—a document of the highest
symbolic importance—to become, essentially, a monolingual English document,
after having been entirely bilingual since 1999, runs counter to this
development and denigrates the official status of the Welsh language.
We therefore call on the National Assembly for Wales to
return to a policy of providing a fully bilingual Record, so that the people of
Wales can read the Assembly’s proceedings in their own language, be that Welsh
or English. This is a matter of principle and of respecting the fundamental
linguistic rights of the people of Wales.
Lead petitioner:
Catrin Dafydd
Number of signatures:
1334
Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
First published: 05/08/2014