§ 74. Mr. FREEMANasked the Minister of Health whether, in the coming Census Return for Wales, he will make adequate provision, in addition to the present information, for indicating whether the usual language spoken is Welsh or English, as the headings on previous occasions provide no indication in this direction?
§ Mr. GREENWOODAfter careful consideration it has been decided to repeat substantially the 1921 form of the inquiry in question, as the hon. Member 613 will see on inspection of the draft Census Order in Council which has been laid before the House.
§ Mr. FREEMANIs it not more important to know what language is usually spoken than what language they may happen to know?
§ Major GEORGE DAVIESIs it correct to describe Welsh as a usual language?
§ 77. Mr. FREEMANasked the Minister of Health whether it is his intention in the coming Census forms to limit the examples given of cases where a person is referred to as head of a household to male parents, as was done in the case of the last Census?
§ Mr. GREENWOODIt does not appear to be the case that the examples contained in the 1921 Census Schedules were limited in the manner suggested by the hon. Member; and it is not proposed that they should be so limited in the 1931 Schedules.