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Welsh Language Commissioner: Annual Report
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Meeting: 12/10/2016 - Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)
2 Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner: Assurance Report 2015/16
Meri
Huws, Welsh Language Commissioner
Gwenith
Price, Director of Compliance and Enforcement / Deputy Commissioner
Steffan
Jones, Senior Compliance Officer
Supporting documents:
PDF 2 MBMinutes:
2.1
The Welsh Language Commissioner answered questions from Members of the
Committee.
Meeting: 10/12/2015 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)
Welsh Language Commissioner: Consideration of Annual Report 2014/15 - discussion of evidence
Minutes:
5.1
The Committee discussed the evidence.
Meeting: 10/12/2015 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Welsh Language Commissioner: Consideration of Annual Report 2014/15
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 10 , View reasons restricted (2/1)
Minutes:
2.1
The Committee received evidence from:
·
Meri Huws, Welsh Language Commissioner
·
Dyfan Sion, Director of Policy and Research
Meeting: 20/10/2015 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly (Item 6.)
Debate on the Welsh Government's response to the Welsh Language Commissioner's Annual Report
NDM5845
Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Acknowledges
the Welsh Language Commissioner's Annual Report for 2014-15, laid before the
Assembly on 28 September 2015, which details the work undertaken by the
Commissioner to promote and facilitate the use of the Welsh language.
Supporting Document
The
Welsh Language Commissioner's Annual Report for 2014-15
The following amendments
have been tabled:
Amendment 1 - Elin Jones
(Ceredigion)
Add
as new point at the end of the motion:
Calls
on the Welsh Government and the Welsh Language Commissioner to collaborate to
publish a timetable for fulfilling the commitments outlined in its language
strategy, 'A living language: a language for living', by the end of this
Assembly.
'A
living language: a language for living'
Amendment 2 - Elin Jones
(Ceredigion)
Add
as new point at the end of the motion:
Notes
that the Welsh Government has committed in its language strategy, 'A living
language: a language for living', to 'make standards, which will enable the
Commissioner to impose duties on private sector companies which fall within the
scope of the Welsh Language Measure, including telecommunications companies,
bus and train operators, and utility companies'.
Decision:
The item started
at 15.54
Voting on the motion and amendments under
this item was deferred until Voting Time.
NDM5845 Jane Hutt (Vale of
Glamorgan)
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
Acknowledges the Welsh
Language Commissioner's Annual Report for 2014-15, laid before the Assembly on
28 September 2015, which details the work undertaken by the Commissioner to
promote and facilitate the use of the Welsh language.
The following
amendments were tabled:
Amendment
1 - Elin Jones (Ceredigion)
Add as new point at the
end of the motion:
Calls on the Welsh
Government and the Welsh Language Commissioner to collaborate to publish a
timetable for fulfilling the commitments outlined in its language strategy, 'A
living language: a language for living', by the end of this Assembly.
A vote was taken on Amendment 1:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
26 |
0 |
27 |
53 |
As required by Standing Order 6.20 the
Deputy Presiding Officer exercised his casting vote by voting against the
amendment. Therefore, the
amendment was not agreed.
Amendment 2 - Elin Jones
(Ceredigion)
Add as new point at the
end of the motion:
Notes that the Welsh
Government has committed in its language strategy, 'A living language: a
language for living', to 'make standards, which will enable the Commissioner to
impose duties on private sector companies which fall within the scope of the
Welsh Language Measure, including telecommunications companies, bus and train
operators, and utility companies'.
A vote was taken on Amendment 2:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
52 |
0 |
0 |
52 |
Amendment 2 was agreed.
A vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM5845 Jane Hutt (Vale of
Glamorgan)
To propose that the
National Assembly for Wales:
1. Acknowledges the Welsh
Language Commissioner's Annual Report for 2014-15, laid before the Assembly on
28 September 2015, which details the work undertaken by the Commissioner to
promote and facilitate the use of the Welsh language.
2. Notes that the Welsh
Government has committed in its language strategy, 'A living language: a
language for living', to 'make standards, which will enable the Commissioner to
impose duties on private sector companies which fall within the scope of the
Welsh Language Measure, including telecommunications companies, bus and train
operators, and utility companies'.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
52 |
0 |
0 |
52 |
The motion as amended was agreed.
Meeting: 23/10/2014 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)
5 Welsh Language Commissioner: Consideration of Annual Report
Meri
Huws, Welsh Language Commissioner
Dyfan
Sion, Director of Policy and Research
My
Language, My Health: Inquiry into the Welsh Language in Primary Health Care
report
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 16 , View reasons restricted (5/1)
Minutes:
5.1
The Committee received evidence from
Meri Huws, Welsh Language Commissioner and Dyfan Sion, Director of
Policy and Research.
5.2
The Welsh Language Commissioner agreed to provide to the Committee any evidence
submitted in relation to the Planning (Wales) Bill.
Meeting: 14/11/2013 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
Welsh Language Commissioner: Consideration of Annual Report 2012/13
Meri Huws, Welsh Language Commissioner
Gwyn Williams, Director of Communications
Minutes:
3.1 The Committee received evidence from Meri Huws the Welsh Language Commissioner and Gwyn Williams, Director of Communications.