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National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Welsh Language)

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. When the Committee made a strong caveat that we might wish to return to the issue, we thought there might be a lot of resistance—from perhaps the Assembly or the Secretary of State—to the constructive ideas proposed by the Committee. Does my hon. Friend agree that it has been a pleasant surprise to the Committee to find that the responses of the Secretary of State and the Assembly were so positive, and that there is such a clearly developing consensus about a constructive way forward that will be supportive to the language, but not unreasonably burdensome to any organisation in Wales?