Tuesday, August 03, 2004

'ID cards could ignore Welsh' / The Western Mail, 2 Aug 2004

http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_objectid=14486440&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=-id-cards-could-ignore-welsh--name_page.html
  • "IDENTITY cards that all British citizens may have to carry under new Home Office proposals could neglect the Welsh language completely, the Eisteddfod will hear today.
    Aled Edwards, the Welsh churches liaison officer with the Welsh Assembly, says draft legislation has no provision for using the Welsh language on the cards.
    Mr Edwards is using Eisteddfod week to call on the Welsh Assembly Government to use its powers and insist that either the cards are bilingual, or are not used in Wales."