§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will take steps to include in the 1981 census a question seeking to establish the number of Welsh-speaking persons resident in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. Moyle:After careful consideration it was decided that in the 1981 census the question on speaking Welsh should be put only in Wales; elsewhere, it would apply to only a small minority, although it would need to appear on every census form.