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NDM6560 Debate: The Welsh Language Commissioner’s Annual Report 2016-17
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Meeting: 14/11/2017 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 8)
Debate: The Welsh Language Commissioner's Annual Report 2016-17
NDM6560 Julie
James (Swansea West)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Acknowledges the Welsh Language Commissioner's Annual Report for
2016-17, which details the work undertaken by the Commissioner during the
previous financial year.
The following amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Add
new point at end of motion;
Notes
positive developments in Welsh-language use under the language standards
system, which is managed by the Welsh Language Commissioner, only a year after
they came into force, and which include:
a) that
76 per cent of Welsh speakers are of the opinion that public organisations'
Welsh-language services are improving;
b)
that 57 per cent of people believe that opportunities to use the Welsh language
are increasing;
c)
an increase from 50 per cent in 2015-16 to 96 per cent in 2016-17 in
the number of telephone services where a language choice is offered as default;
and
d) an
increase from 32 per cent in 2015-16 to 45 per cent in 2016-17 in the
number of councils that provide every page on their website in Welsh.
Amendment 2 Rhun
ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Add
new point at end of motion:
Calls
on the Welsh Government to reconsider abolishing the role of Welsh Language
Commissioner as outlined in the Welsh language Bill White Paper.
Supporting Document
The
Welsh Language Commissioner's Annual Report for 2016-17
Minutes:
The item started at 16.05
NDM6560 Julie James (Swansea West)
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
Acknowledges the
Welsh Language Commissioner's Annual Report for 2016-17, which details the work
undertaken by the Commissioner during the previous financial year.
The following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 – Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Add new point at
end of motion;
Notes positive
developments in Welsh-language use under the language standards system, which
is managed by the Welsh Language Commissioner, only a year after they came into
force, and which include:
a) that 76 per
cent of Welsh speakers are of the opinion that public organisations'
Welsh-language services are improving;
b) that 57 per cent
of people believe that opportunities to use the Welsh language
are increasing;
c) an increase
from 50 per cent in 2015-16 to 96 per cent in 2016-17 in the number
of telephone services where a language choice is offered as default; and
d) an increase
from 32 per cent in 2015-16 to 45 per cent in 2016-17 in the number
of councils that provide every page on their website in Welsh.
Amendment 1 was
agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Voting on the
motion and the remaining amendment under this item was deferred until Voting
Time.
Amendment 2 – Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)
Add new point at end of motion:
Calls on the Welsh
Government to reconsider abolishing the role of Welsh Language Commissioner as
outlined in the Welsh language Bill White Paper.
A vote was taken on
amendment 2:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
19 |
4 |
27 |
50 |
Amendment
2 was not agreed.
A
vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM6560 Julie James (Swansea West)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Acknowledges
the Welsh Language Commissioner's Annual Report for 2016-17, which details the
work undertaken by the Commissioner during the previous financial year.
Notes positive
developments in Welsh-language use under the language standards system, which
is managed by the Welsh Language Commissioner, only a year after they came into
force, and which include:
a) that 76 per
cent of Welsh speakers are of the opinion that public organisations'
Welsh-language services are improving;
b) that 57 per cent
of people believe that opportunities to use the Welsh language
are increasing;
c) an increase
from 50 per cent in 2015-16 to 96 per cent in 2016-17 in the number
of telephone services where a language choice is offered as default; and
d) an increase
from 32 per cent in 2015-16 to 45 per cent in 2016-17 in the number
of councils that provide every page on their website in Welsh.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
50 |
0 |
0 |
50 |
The
motion as amended was agreed.