Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Hywel Williams (Plaid Cymru), on Tuesday, 23 July 2019, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 17 members in total.

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WELSH SPEAKERS' RIGHT TO COMMUNICATE IN THE LANGUAGE OF THEIR CHOICE AT THEIR WORKPLACE

That this House is critical of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) for prohibiting the use of Welsh language between members of staff and customers at its outlet in Bangor; calls on KFC to apologise and adopt a policy that enables Welsh speakers’ right to communicate in their language of choice; recognises that the ability to speak Welsh is a legitimate occupational qualification and is a valuable asset for employees; and calls on all employers in Wales to encourage the use of Welsh, to develop their training through the medium of Welsh, to provide opportunities for staff to learn the language, so as to safeguard the rights of Welsh speaking customers and employees and to enable those businesses to take advantage of the commercial opportunities that providing service through both Welsh and English languages offers.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2638 

Session

2017-19

Other sponsors

Albert Owen

David TC Davies

Jonathan Edwards

Liz Saville Roberts

Ben Lake

Subjects

Employment Welsh language Fast food

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk