Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01796 · Session 5

Equality, Inclusion and the Gaelic language

Closed Submitted 4 Feb 2020 Culture & Sport
Signatures
12
17 online signatures with a country
Comments
2
Considered
1 meeting
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to review whether public bodies are complying with the Achd na Gàidhlig 2005 (Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005) to ensure that the Gaelic language, and therefore linguistic diversity, is fully recognised and promoted in Scotland.

What the petitioner did first

We have submitted formal complaints to the Highland Council, Bòrd na Gàidhlig and the Scottish Government under the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Education (Scotland) Act 2016. We have also submitted a complaint to the Equalities Commissioner, as well as written letters to the relevant Councillors.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 26 Aug 2020
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention

Signatures by country

17 online signatures
  1. United Kingdom11 64.7%
  2. Scotland4 23.5%
  3. Wales1 5.9%
  4. Italy1 5.9%

Comments

2 comments, oldest first
  1. Andrew Fraser 18 Feb 2020
    Public bodies, I would hope, have more sense than to pay more than lip service to this nonsense. There are (obviously) far more important things to do. Linguistic diversity? Wouldn't it be better to force Scots to speak (e.g.) Polish? (Of course, there is a hidden agenda in this most dishonest of Parliaments.)
  2. Paul Bell 21 Feb 2020
    I would like to see Gaelic first then English second on place names. This helped myself in the Republic of Ireland with Irish history.