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Written question asked by Angus Brendan MacNeil (Scottish National Party) on Tuesday, 19 July 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 July 2005. It was answered by David Cairns (Labour) on Thursday, 20 October 2005 on behalf of the Scotland Office.


Correspondence

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what his Department's policy is for dealing with correspondence received in (a) Welsh, (b) Scots Gaelic and (c) Irish Gaelic.
Answer

When someone writes to, or e-mails, the Scotland Office in Welsh, Scots Gaelic, or Irish Gaelic, we would make every reasonable effort to reply in the corresponding language, as we would with any other language in which the correspondence was written.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
14697; 437 c1127W;437 c1103W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Languages Scotland Office