Issue - meetings

To submit the report of the Director of Function (Council Business)/Monitoring Officer.

It was RESOLVED :-

·       to recommend to the full Council that it adopts the revised Welsh language policy;

·       to support the recommendations of the Partnership and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee held on 12 February, 2025 that:-

·         a letter be sent to Welsh Government to request and emphasise the need for new legislation to protect Welsh historic place names;

·         the Leader of the Council be requested to raise the issue with the WLGA.

The report of the Director of Function (Council Business)/Monitoring Officer incorporating the review of the Council’s Welsh Language Policy was presented for the Executive’s consideration.

Councillor Dafydd Roberts, Portfolio Member for Education and the Welsh Language said that the Council’s current Welsh language policy was adopted in 2016 when statutory Welsh language standards came into force, since then, the understanding of the standards has matured, and the Authority’s practices in relation to the language have developed significantly.  The Welsh language policy affects all those who deal with the Council and the draft policy is designed to meet the statutory requirements of the Welsh language standards.  He further said that the draft policy contributes to the aims of the Council Plan and the Welsh language promotion strategy.

Councillor Gwilym O Jones, Vice-Chair of the Partnership and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee outlined the issues raised when the Committee was presented with the Review of the Council’s Welsh Language Policy at its meeting on 12^th February, 2025.  Having considered the review of the Welsh Language Policy and the Officer’s and Portfolio Member’s responses to the points raised at the meeting, the Committee had resolved to recommend the policy for the Executive’s approval for adoption by the full Council and noting that a letter be sent to Welsh Government to request and emphasis the need for new legislation to protect Welsh historic place names and the request the Leader of the Council to raise the issue with the WLGA.

The Executive Members welcomed the draft review of the Welsh Language Policy which shows the commitment of the Authority towards the Welsh language. 

It was RESOLVED :-

• to recommend to the full Council that it adopts the revised Welsh language policy;
• to support the recommendations of the Partnership and Regeneration Scrutiny Committee held on 12 February, 2025 that:-

·     a letter be sent to Welsh Government to request and emphasise the need for new legislation to protect Welsh historic place names;

·     the Leader of the Council be requested to raise the issue with the WLGA.