§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will bring forward proposals to require the Data Protection Registrar to allow any group or organisation to register either(a) using a Welsh language title or (b) through the Welsh language.
§ Mrs. RumboldEnforcement of the Data Protection Act 1984 is a matter for the registrar and ultimately for the Data Protection Tribunal and the courts. I understand, however, that the registrar has for some years provided a Welsh version of the registration application form and associated booklet. An organisation with a Welsh title may register in this form.
§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy to ensure that the Data Protection Registrar responds to all correspondence in Welsh to his Department by replying in the Welsh language, or, at least, bilingually in Welsh and English.
§ Mrs. RumboldEnforcement of the Data Protection Act 1984 is a matter for the registrar and ultimately the Data Protection Tribunal and the courts. I understand, however, that the language in which the registrar replies to correspondence in Welsh is currently the subject of correspondence between him and the Welsh Language Board.