Decision details
Debate on the Assembly Commission's Report on the Official Languages Scheme
Decision Maker: Plenary - Fourth Assembly, Management Board
Is Key decision?: No
Purpose:
English
and Welsh are official languages of the Assembly, and the Assembly Commission
gives strong and ambitious leadership through its delivery of bilingual
services. The Assembly aims to be a truly bilingual institution. The Official
Languages Scheme sets out what the Assembly currently delivers bilingually as
well as setting out the services it aims to deliver. The Scheme was formally
adopted by the Assembly in July 2013 and it is based on the National Assembly
for Wales (Official Languages) Act 2012.
These
are the main priorities of the Scheme:
- to provide innovative, tailored support
to enable people to use both languages in the context of Assembly
business;
- make the most of technology as a way of
transforming bilingual provision;
- develop the Welsh-language skills and
confidence of Assembly staff;
- share our experience of delivering bilingual
Services with other organisations in Wales and beyond.
Decision:
The item started at 15.53
NDM5556 Rosemary Butler (Newport West)
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales, in accordance with paragraph 8 (8) of Schedule 2 of the Government of
Wales Act 2006:
Notes the Annual Compliance Report on the
Assembly Commission’s Official Languages Scheme, laid before the National
Assembly for Wales on 8 July 2014.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order
12.36.
Publication date: 16/07/2014
Date of decision: 16/07/2014
Decided at meeting: 16/07/2014 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly