HC Deb 20 October 1969 vol 788 c182W
Mr. Gwynfor Evans

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many of the members of the Government-appointed panel from which Welsh local authorities can appoint an inspector to hold an inquiry under a proposed Traffic Order are Welshmen, live in Wales, and are Welsh-speaking, respectively.

Mr. George Thomas

Of the 15 members of the panel of inspectors for England and Wales, three live in Wales. These three are all men who have long experience of public administration in Wales, but ability to speak Welsh was not a condition of their selection and I do not know the extent of their knowledge of the Welsh language.

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