Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Wales – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 March 2017.
Michael Fabricant
Conservative, Lichfield
12:00,
8 March 2017
I proudly served on the Bill Committee that considered the Welsh language Act 1993, during the John Major Government, so I am fully in favour of the use of the Welsh language, but may we have some consistency in Wales on road signs? In some areas Welsh is first followed by English; in other areas it is vice versa—that does make life complicated.
The language of Wales spoken by around 25% of the population. It is an Indo-European language and belongs to the Celtic group. It was made "offical" in Wales by the Welsh Language Act 1993. It is known in Welsh as Cymraeg.
