Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Wales – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 March 2017.
Guto Bebb
The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
12:00,
8 March 2017
The hon. Gentleman finished his comments by saying, “Long may the language live,” and I subscribe to that viewpoint. I am very grateful to him for highlighting the work of my predecessor Lord Roberts of Conwy in relation to the Welsh language Act 1993 and Welsh language education. The fact of the matter is that the Welsh language is no longer a political football, and it should never be a political football again. We need to support it in all parties across Wales.
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.