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National Assembly for Wales – Official Languages Scheme

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Meeting: 29/01/2019 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

National Assembly for Wales – Official Languages Scheme


Meeting: 29/01/2019 - Business Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

Assembly Commission's Annual Report on its Official Languages Scheme

Supporting documents:

  • Restricted enclosure 4

Minutes:

National Assembly for Wales – Official Languages Scheme

 

Assembly Commission's Annual Report on its Official Languages Scheme

 

Business Managers discussed the paper and agreed with the Trefnydd’s proposal that Government and Assembly Officials meet in the first instance to explore how we can improve the statistics and issues noted in the paper.

 

Business Managers raised their concern over other public bodies which submit monolingual English only documents only, and noted that they may wish to explore (i) which, if any, public bodies regularly do so and (ii) the way in which committees commission calls for evidence reflect the duty on public bodies to submit bilingual documents.

 

Business Managers also raised the issue that the Explanatory Memorandums referred to in the letter are not subsequently translated after the relevant tabling or laying deadlines have passed. This should also be considered in discussions with WG officials.

 

 


Meeting: 12/07/2017 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

Motion to approve the Official Languages Scheme for the Fifth Assembly and note the compliance report for the period 2015-2017

NDM6365 Elin Jones (Ceredigion)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Approves the Assembly Commission's Official Languages Scheme, in accordance with paragraph 8(11)(d) of Schedule 2 of the Government of Wales Act 2006, laid before the National Assembly for Wales on 5 July 2017; and

2. Notes the Compliance Report on the Assembly Commission's Official Languages Scheme for the period 2015-2017, in accordance with paragraph 8(8) of Schedule 2 of the Government of Wales Act 2006, laid before the National Assembly for Wales on 5 July 2017.

Supporting documents:

The Government of Wales Act 2006

Assembly Commission's Official Languages Scheme

Compliance Report on the Assembly Commission's Official Languages Scheme 2015-2017

Letter from the Chair of the Culture Welsh Language and Communications Committee to Adam Price (31 May 2017)

Letter from Adam Price to the Chair of the Culture Welsh Language and Communications Committee (6 June 2017)

Minutes:

The item started at 15.23

NDM6365 Elin Jones (Ceredigion)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Approves the Assembly Commission's Official Languages Scheme, in accordance with paragraph 8(11)(d) of Schedule 2 of the Government of Wales Act 2006, laid before the National Assembly for Wales on 5 July 2017; and

2. Notes the Compliance Report on the Assembly Commission's Official Languages Scheme for the period 2015-2017, in accordance with paragraph 8(8) of Schedule 2 of the Government of Wales Act 2006, laid before the National Assembly for Wales on 5 July 2017.

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.


Meeting: 10/05/2017 - Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Scrutiny of the Draft Official Languages Scheme: Evidence Session

Adam Price AM, Assembly Commissioner

Craig Stephenson, Director of Commission Services

Sarah Dafydd, Official Languages Scheme Manager

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1 Witnesses responded to questions from Members of the Committee.