All Parties in Wales should treat Welsh equally.

The Western Mule reports that  Welsh Language Commissioner Meri Huws has published a set of proposed new standards that will force public bodies to increase significantly their commitment to providing services in Welsh.

Ms Huws’ report – Standards Relating to the Welsh Language: the Welsh Language Commissioner’s Proposals –sets out a detailed list of 37 standards, which could become legal requirements by 2014.

The report repeatedly states that “the Welsh language must be treated no less favourably that the English language.”


The document means that in future Welsh speakers could expect to receive correspondence and phone calls in Welsh, along with accessing Welsh-speaking doctors and carers.

Signage, corporate slogans and websites will all be affected by the new requirements and firms not complying could face a fine of £5,000

Expect the Anti-Welsh Backlash on the Mules comments page.

But we should expect our AMs to accept the report and implement in .

However before they do so they should see that they respective Parties act in faith and ensure " the Welsh language must be treated no less favourably that the English language.”

This means every Political party in Wales should make sure that...

• Their Websites are fully bilingual and accessible in Welsh and English
• Leaflets that are produced these Parties are Bilingual 
• Posters are Bilingual
• Their correspondence is accessible in Welsh as well as England.
• From Holyhead to Chepstow  they treat the Welsh language equally.

Prehaps there could be help given to smaller Parties like the Greens and Independents  to ensure they can translate Leaflets.

How can the Assembly legislate for public bodies to provide services they own Party is not prepared to carry out ? Anything less is unacceptable..

And Yes I note that this Blog is in English only but I'm a  Monoglot Individual and not a organisation..

How many Welsh Speakers are there?

It seems people in England are perplexed when opening their census forms and seeing this

Of course we in Wales see what the Question  should have been.

I am assuming the question refers to Gaelic use in Scotland and Irish in Northern Ireland?

It seems to me that it would have been cheaper and more interesting if the question(s) were to be asked throughout  the UK.

I know a number of Welsh speakers of varying degrees living in England . In 1993, S4C,published the results of a survey into the numbers of people who spoke or understood Welsh, which estimated that there were around 133,000 Welsh-speakers living in England, about 50,000 of them in the Greater London area.

If we are ro have a census of Welsh language speakers then it would be interesting how many are there outside Wales nd if the C figures are close then it greatly increases the numbers who speak the language.

Why are the census compilers prepared to look ridiculous by not asking a question which may be of some use.

that is if you think this expensive form of data collection is of any use anyway.