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Cefin Campbell calls for Welsh Government response to tackle dwindling Welsh language speakers in heartlands
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18/03/2025
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Llywydd, will the Welsh Government be formally responding to the Commission for Welsh-Speaking
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Communities report, namely, ëEmpowering Communities, Strengthening the Welsh LanguageÃ, published
00:12
in August 2024?
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Carwyn Jones AM We are working across Government to prepare
00:17
a response to the reportÃs recommendations.
00:19
The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Welsh Language has already announced his intention
00:24
to publish our response to the report at the Urdd Eisteddfod in May of this year.
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Llyr Gruffydd AM Well, thank you very much.
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IÃm pleased to hear that there is a clear date set.
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Because youÃll remember, seven months ago, you received the final report of the Commission
00:42
in the National Eisteddfod in Pontypridd, and you know too that it is a very important
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piece of work that includes a number of recommendations in vitally important areas in terms of housing,
00:55
planning, the economy and so on.
00:59
This follows, of course, a crisis in those Welsh-speaking strongholds, where Welsh is
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spoken as a language every dayóthe areas that you and I represent in the Mid and West
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Wales region.
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In terms of Carmarthenshire, weÃve seen, of course, a decline from 50 per cent in 2011
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able to speak Welsh, to 43.9 per cent in 2011, and 39.9 per cent in 2021.
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So, it is a crisis.
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YouÃve responded to the question that I intended to ask at the end, namely, when exactly this
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report will receive a response from the Government.
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The additional question, therefore, is, will the recommendations of the report be acted
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upon during this Senate term?
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Llyr Gruffydd AM Well, thank you very much.
01:51
I remember formally receiving this report.
01:55
It was the first formal event for me as First Minister.
02:00
I was in a state of shock at the time, I have to say, but I do think it was a very important
02:04
report.
02:05
ItÃs important that we take time now to look at the recommendations and consider which
02:11
we can accept.
02:12
What I can say is that, next year, there will be a minimum of £100,000 to every Menteri
02:22
aeth as a result of the budgetóthe budget that you voted againstóbut also we have allocated
02:31
£1 million to support Welsh in Carmarthenshire.
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I think itÃs very important that we keep the level of Welsh up in our strongholds.
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There will be another report following on from this one that will look at the Welsh
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language across the whole of Wales, but you will receive a response from the relevant
02:52
Minister at the end of this year.
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