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Proceeding contribution from Hywel Williams (Plaid Cymru) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 14 October 2009. It occurred during Debates on delegated legislation on National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Welsh Language).


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

Before lunch I was saying that the status of the language is contested and that there is a continuing process of disputed change, but that a Panglossian consensus seems to have broken out in some quarters, albeit temporarily. Voltaire eventually arranges for the disillusion of Dr. Pangloss, so that he changes from saying that all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds to saying that we must cultivate our garden. Certainly there are people in Wales who are doing that.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
WGC c39 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons Grand Committees
Subjects
Legislative competence National Assembly for Wales Wales Welsh language Welsh Affairs Committee
Legislation
National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Welsh Language) Order 2010
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk