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

There was a great deal of attention given to one problem that occurred with Welsh-language announcements on Newport station. Sadly, it involved Matthew Parris, who wrote about it in The Times. Matthew Parris had planned a journey that meant his connection leaving Newport a minute after his train from Paddington arrived. Not surprisingly, he missed his connection. Instead of blaming his abysmal journey planning, he blamed the Welsh-language announcement, which was a bit unreasonable.