P-04-655 Demanding our Rights for the Welsh Language in the Private Sector
P-04-655 Demanding our Rights for the Welsh Language in the Private Sector
This
petition was submitted by Cymdeithas yr Iaith, having collected 442 signatures.
Text of Petition
We
call upon the National Assembly to insist that the Welsh Government ensures that
all private and voluntary sectors that come within the scope of the Welsh
Language Measure 2011 offer enhanced Welsh-language services by collaborating
with the Welsh Language Commissioner to introduce regulations to the National
Assembly prior to the 2016 Assembly election or at the earliest possible
opportunity.
Hundreds
of thousands of people in Wales are being deprived of basic Welsh-language
services every day by a large number of organisations, such as telephone,
broadband, energy and transport companies. This totally unnecessary injustice
occurs because the Welsh Government and the Welsh Language Commissioner have
not fully implemented the powers that they have under the Welsh Language
Measure, which was unanimously passed by the Assembly almost five years ago.
The Welsh Government and the Welsh Language Commissioner are, therefore,
hampering the democratic will of the people of Wales.
Furthermore,
we believe that the Welsh Language Measure should be amended in order to speed
up and simplify the process of imposing Welsh-language Standards on
organisations and companies, establishing general rights for the Welsh language
and extending the scope of the Measure to cover the remainder of the private
sector, including supermarkets and banks.
Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: For consideration
First published: 17/11/2015