HC Deb 08 February 1968 vol 758 c230W
Mr. William Edwards

asked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will ask the committee advising him on the implementation of the Welsh Language Act to initiate a study of the most widely used Government forms in Wales and the feasibility of issuing bilingual forms.

Mr. Cledwyn Hughes

No. It is the Welsh Office which advises other Government Departments on the implementation of the Welsh Language Act, 1967, including the use of Welsh on forms and it is the appropriate Minister who decides, in the light of the advice available to him, which forms shall be translated into Welsh. The responsibility of the Translation Panel is to advise on translation matters and to approve the Welsh versions of forms submitted to them.