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Welsh Language Commissioner: Annual Report
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20/10/2015 - Debate on the Welsh Government's response to the Welsh Language Commissioner's Annual Report
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.