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NDM7111 Welsh Conservatives Debate - The ambition of the Cymraeg 2050 strategy of reaching one million Welsh speakers in a generation
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Meeting: 03/07/2019 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 9)
Welsh Conservatives Debate - The ambition of the Cymraeg 2050 strategy of reaching one million Welsh speakers in a generation
NDM7111 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the National Assembly for
Wales:
1. Notes the cross-party support within the
Assembly for the ambition of the Cymraeg 2050 strategy of reaching one million
Welsh speakers in a generation.
2. Recognises that the success of the
strategy is dependent, in part, on:
a) creating more opportunities for people
to use and develop their Welsh language skills in the workplace as well as in
the community;
b) convincing businesses that there is
commercial advantage in promoting a bilingual identity;
c) achieving a balance and flexibility
between legislative and non-legislative steps to achieve this, and
acknowledging that 99 per cent of Welsh enterprises are micro, small, or medium
in size;
d) identifying and delivering
value-for-money through increased use of Welsh in the workplace rather than the
introduction of requirements which do not achieve this and which are not
considered a priority by Welsh speakers.
3. Calls on the Welsh Government to update
the Assembly via oral statements every six months on progress made in relation
to Cymraeg 2050.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to report
to the Assembly before the end of 2019 on the effectiveness of its current
promotion of the Welsh language to businesses, as distinct from the work of the
Welsh Language Commissioner.
5. Calls on the Welsh Government to appoint
a network of Welsh language business champions to promote the use of the
language by micro, small and medium sized enterprises.
6. Calls on the Welsh Government to
consider further reform of the role of the Welsh Language Commissioner to
permit investigation of claims by both Welsh and non-Welsh speakers regarding
breaches of their language rights.
Cymraeg
2050: Welsh language strategy
The following
amendments have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Rebecca Evans
(Gower)
Delete points 2–6
and replace with:
Acknowledges that
the Cymraeg 2050 strategy has three elements which pave the way for reaching a
million Welsh speakers, namely:
a) increasing the
number of speakers through the Cymraeg i Blant / Cymraeg for Kids programme,
the improved Welsh in Education Strategic Plans and the new approach to teaching
Welsh through the National Centre for Learning Welsh;
b) increasing the
everyday use of the language in workplaces, businesses and in the community;
c) providing a
solid infrastructure as a basis for all actions which includes public buy-in,
linguistic infrastructure, and technology.
Celebrates since
the launch of Cymraeg 2050, the Welsh Government has made significant progress
in the following areas:
a) increasing the
number of Cylchoedd Meithrin and Cylchoedd Ti a Fi in order to set more
children on the journey into Welsh medium education;
b) moving from
assessing the demand to creating the demand for Welsh medium education in order
to increase the number of speakers via the Welsh in Education Strategic Plans;
c) launching a new
Welsh Language Technology Action Plan which sets out the vision for Welsh to be
readily available in technology;
d) funding the
National Centre for Learning Welsh to provide the Cymraeg Gwaith / Work Welsh
scheme to develop the Welsh language skills of workers within targeted sectors,
including the apprenticeship sector;
e) the provision of
almost £60 million of capital funding for early years, education and the
renovation of Neuadd Pantycelyn and the Urdd facilities at Glan-llyn and
Llangrannog;
f) funding 14
business officers across Wales to offer practical advice and tools to help
businesses use more Welsh. A helpline will be launched soon to assist with
information about the Welsh language, signposting and short translations.
Notes the Welsh Government’s
active participation in the UN International Year for Indigenous Languages as a
platform to celebrate Wales as an outward facing bilingual nation.
Welsh Language
Technology Action Plan
[If amendment 1 is agreed, amendments 2 and
3 will be de-selected]
Amendment 2 - Rhun ap Iorwerth
(Ynys Môn)
Delete point 2 and
replace with:
Recognises that
implementing the aspiration of the strategy requires strategic planning and
practical intentional implementation in every area, especially in relation to
education, economic development, community development, status and
infrastructure of the Welsh language, the workplace and the family.
Amendment 3 - Rhun ap Iorwerth
(Ynys Môn)
Delete point 6 and
replace with:
Calls on the Welsh
Government to introduce a timetable that permits the Welsh Language
Commissioner to set Welsh language standards and expand the rights to use the
Welsh language in the area of housing associations, water, postal services, transport,
energy, telecommunications as well as adding new bodies to regulations that
have already been passed.
Minutes:
The item started at
17.56
Voting
on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A
vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM7111 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)
To propose that the National
Assembly for Wales:
1. Notes the cross-party
support within the Assembly for the ambition of the Cymraeg 2050 strategy of
reaching one million Welsh speakers in a generation.
2. Recognises that the
success of the strategy is dependent, in part, on:
a) creating more
opportunities for people to use and develop their Welsh language skills in the
workplace as well as in the community;
b) convincing businesses
that there is commercial advantage in promoting a bilingual identity;
c) achieving a balance and
flexibility between legislative and non-legislative steps to achieve this, and
acknowledging that 99 per cent of Welsh enterprises are micro, small, or medium
in size;
d) identifying and
delivering value-for-money through increased use of Welsh in the workplace
rather than the introduction of requirements which do not achieve this and
which are not considered a priority by Welsh speakers.
3. Calls on the Welsh
Government to update the Assembly via oral statements every six months on
progress made in relation to Cymraeg 2050.
4. Calls on the Welsh
Government to report to the Assembly before the end of 2019 on the
effectiveness of its current promotion of the Welsh language to businesses, as
distinct from the work of the Welsh Language Commissioner.
5. Calls on the Welsh
Government to appoint a network of Welsh language business champions to promote
the use of the language by micro, small and medium sized enterprises.
6. Calls on the Welsh
Government to consider further reform of the role of the Welsh Language
Commissioner to permit investigation of claims by both Welsh and non-Welsh
speakers regarding breaches of their language rights.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
11 |
3 |
33 |
47 |
The motion without amendment was not
agreed.
The
following amendments were tabled:
Amendment 1 - Rebecca Evans (Gower)
Delete points 2–6 and replace with:
a) increasing the
number of speakers through the Cymraeg i Blant / Cymraeg for Kids programme,
the improved Welsh in Education Strategic Plans and the new approach to
teaching Welsh through the National Centre for Learning Welsh;
b) increasing the
everyday use of the language in workplaces, businesses and in the community;
c) providing a
solid infrastructure as a basis for all actions which includes public buy-in,
linguistic infrastructure, and technology.
Celebrates since
the launch of Cymraeg 2050, the Welsh Government has made significant progress
in the following areas:
a) increasing the
number of Cylchoedd Meithrin and Cylchoedd Ti a Fi in order to set more
children on the journey into Welsh medium education;
b) moving from
assessing the demand to creating the demand for Welsh medium education in order
to increase the number of speakers via the Welsh in Education Strategic Plans;
c) launching a new
Welsh Language Technology Action Plan which sets out the vision for Welsh to be
readily available in technology;
d) funding the
National Centre for Learning Welsh to provide the Cymraeg Gwaith / Work Welsh
scheme to develop the Welsh language skills of workers within targeted sectors,
including the apprenticeship sector;
e) the provision of
almost £60 million of capital funding for early years, education and the
renovation of Neuadd Pantycelyn and the Urdd facilities at Glan-llyn and
Llangrannog;
f) funding 14
business officers across Wales to offer practical advice and tools to help
businesses use more Welsh. A helpline will be launched soon to assist with
information about the Welsh language, signposting and short translations.
Notes the Welsh
Government’s active participation in the UN International Year for Indigenous
Languages as a platform to celebrate Wales as an outward facing bilingual
nation.
A vote was taken on
amendment 1:
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
27 |
3 |
17 |
47 |
Amendment 1 was agreed.
As amendment 1 was agreed,
amendments 2 and 3 were de-selected
A
vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM7111
Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Notes the cross-party support within the Assembly for the ambition of the
Cymraeg 2050 strategy of reaching one million Welsh speakers in a generation.
2.
Acknowledges that the Cymraeg 2050 strategy has three elements which pave the
way for reaching a million Welsh speakers, namely:
a)
increasing the number of speakers through the Cymraeg i Blant / Cymraeg for
Kids programme, the improved Welsh in Education Strategic Plans and the new
approach to teaching Welsh through the National Centre for Learning Welsh;
b)
increasing the everyday use of the language in workplaces, businesses and in
the community;
c)
providing a solid infrastructure as a basis for all actions which includes
public buy-in, linguistic infrastructure, and technology.
3.
Celebrates since the launch of Cymraeg 2050, the Welsh Government has made
significant progress in the following areas:
a)
increasing the number of Cylchoedd Meithrin and Cylchoedd Ti a Fi in order to
set more children on the journey into Welsh medium education;
b)
moving from assessing the demand to creating the demand for Welsh medium
education in order to increase the number of speakers via the Welsh in
Education Strategic Plans;
c)
launching a new Welsh Language Technology Action Plan which sets out the vision
for Welsh to be readily available in technology;
d)
funding the National Centre for Learning Welsh to provide the Cymraeg Gwaith /
Work Welsh scheme to develop the Welsh language skills of workers within
targeted sectors, including the apprenticeship sector;
e)
the provision of almost £60 million of capital funding for early years,
education and the renovation of Neuadd Pantycelyn and the Urdd facilities at
Glan-llyn and Llangrannog;
f)
funding 14 business officers across Wales to offer practical advice and tools
to help businesses use more Welsh. A helpline will be launched soon to assist
with information about the Welsh language, signposting and short translations.
4.
Notes the Welsh Government’s active participation in the UN International Year
for Indigenous Languages as a platform to celebrate Wales as an outward facing
bilingual nation.
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
27 |
11 |
9 |
47 |
The motion as amended was agreed.