Grŵp ymbarel sydd am ddathlu llwyddiant y Gymraeg yw
Mudiadau Dathlu'r Gymraeg ac sy'n galw am gyfres o
fesurau cryfion newydd er mwyn sicrhau ei pharhad.
New Welsh Language Measure Welcomed
Members of ‘Celebrating Our Language’ welcomes the publication of the proposed Welsh Language Measure. We feel that it is very important for the measure to become law within this Assembly Session. We will respond in further detail to the content of the proposed measure when we have had more time to consider its implications.
‘Celebrating Our Language’ is a network of people in Welsh who enjoy doing things through the medium of Welsh, and its aims include calling for:
- Official status for the Welsh language
- Statutory rights for people in Wales to use the Welsh language in every aspect of their lives.
- Protecting the Welsh language as a community language.
- Establishing a strong Welsh Language Commissioner to protect those rights.
Members of ‘Celebrating Our Language’ include: Cyfeillion y Ddaear (Friends of the Earth), Cymdeithas Alawon Gwerin, Cymdeithas y Cymod, Cymdeithas Cyfieithwyr Cymru (The Association of Welsh Translators and Interpreters), CYDAG, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, Cymuned, Yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol (The National Eisteddfod), Mentrau Iaith Cymru, Merched y Wawr, Mudiad Ffermwyr Ifanc Cymru (Young Farmers Club Wales), RHAG, UCAC, UMCA, UMCB, Undeb Amaethwyr Cymru (Farmers' Union Wales), Urdd Gobaith Cymru. “
04/03/2010
Representatives of Mudiadau Dathlu'r Gymraeg met Peter Hain, Welsh Secretary, on 8 February 2010. Here is his press statement:-
Subject: PETER HAIN MEETS WELSH LANGUAGE GROUP MUDIADAU
Monday 8 February 2010
PETER HAIN MEETS WELSH LANGUAGE GROUP MUDIADAU
Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain today [Monday 8 February] met
Welsh language group Mudiadau 'Dathlu'r Gymraeg' to discuss progress
with the Welsh Language Legislative Competence Order (LCO) after it is
considered at Privy Council this week.
Speaking following the constructive meeting, Mr Hain said: "This is
the first time I have met with Mudiadau and I welcomed the opportunity
to hear their views on the Welsh Language LCO and its next steps. We
had a very warm discussion.
"The Order is important to all people in Wales, Welsh speaking and
non-Welsh speaking, businesses, employees and the voluntary sector.
The Order will be considered at the Privy Council meeting on Wednesday, and once it is made the Welsh Assembly Government will then have the tools to introduce its Measure shortly. "I will continue to work with the Welsh Assembly Government on consent they require from the UK Government for proposals which impact on Minister of the Crown consent. We all play an important role in ensuring that our contribution on the development of Welsh language services continues". Mudiadau 'Dathlu'r Gymraeg' represents 17 organisations and societies in Wales, including the Urdd, Mentrau Iaith Cymru, the Welsh Folk Song Society and Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg.
Gwion Lewis Seminar – New Welsh Language Law, the opportunities
At a seminar in cardiff on 8 February 2010 the barrister Gwion Lewis outlined the opportunities presented by the new Welsh language law.
Also BBC Welsh Affairs Editor Vaughan Roderick chaired a cross-party discussion following the presentation.
Celebrating Our Language calls for support for the Welsh Language LCO
The 17 bodies that are members of the umbrella group Celebrating Our Language welcome substantial parts of the Legislative Competence Order for the Welsh Language that has been published today. The group is calling for nation wide support to the Order, and warns that any attempts to weaken its content will jeopardise the Welsh Language.
Catrin Dafydd, on behalf of Celebrating Our Language said,
"Celebrating Our Language represents seventeen bodies in Wales. The content of the Language Order as it stands will make it possible for robust measures to be created. Measures that will make it possible for our members to use the Welsh Language as a part of their daily lives. It is possible to contend that the Order could be made wider again, however there is no doubt that what already exists within the LCO should not be weakened. It is the responsibility of our Assembly Members here in Wales to defend the present content of the Order and to push for more."
Catrin Dafydd added,
"To weaken and reduce the span of the Order would infringe upon the future linguistic rights of our members, whether they are Welsh Language speakers or not. There is a duty upon Assembly Members and Members of Parliament alike to ensure that they defend the content of the Order. These are rights intended to make it easier for the people of Wales to access the Welsh Language. Whitehall should not retain the power to refuse these rights. Furthermore, it is worrying to hear that some influential bodies and individuals in Wales are lobbying to weaken the content of the Order in Whitehall."
For further information, contact:
Alun Owens: 02920 635671 or Tegwen Morris: 07980 504374
Members of Celebrating Our Language include: Cyfeillion y Ddaear (Friends of the Earth), Cymdeithas Alawon Gwerin, Cymdeithas y Cymod, Cymdeithas Cyfieithwyr Cymru (The Association of Welsh Translators and Interpreters), CYDAG, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, Cymuned, Yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol (The National Eisteddfod), Mentrau Iaith Cymru, Merched y Wawr, Mudiad Ffermwyr Ifanc Cymru (Young Farmers Club Wales), RHAG, UCAC, UMCA, UMCB, Undeb Amaethwyr Cymru (Farmers' Union Wales), Urdd Gobaith Cymru.
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Alun Ffred Jones AC, Emyr Lewis, Menna Machreth, Elin Haf Gruffudd Jones, Meri Huws, Gwion Lewis, Kate Crockett a Catrin Dafydd
Tuesday 13 October 2009
Urdd Centre, Wales Milennium Centre,
Plas Bute, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5AL
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