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BRITISH GAS BUSINESS'S SERVICE IN WELSH

EDM number 2185 in 2005-06, proposed by Hywel Williams on 16/05/2006.

That this House condemns British Gas Business's decision to end its service through the medium of Welsh to its business customers; believes that this will further erode the opportunity for Welsh speakers to use the language; recognises that this is another example of a business formerly in public ownership now lowering the standard of Welsh language service in Wales; notes that this is one more reason why the by now entirely unsatisfactory Welsh Language Act of 1993 should be reviewed and reformed to ensure defined equal rights for Welsh and English speakers alike in Wales; calls on the Government to institute such a review with a view to bringing forward legislation; and further calls on British Gas Business to step back from this discriminatory decision.

This motion has been signed by a total of 23 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Hywel Williams16/05/2006CaernarfonPlaid CymruProposed
Pete Wishart16/05/2006Perth and North PerthshireScottish National PartySeconded
David Howarth16/05/2006CambridgeLiberal DemocratSeconded
Andrew George16/05/2006St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley17/05/2006Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Michael Weir17/05/2006AngusScottish National PartySeconded
Lynne Jones17/05/2006Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd17/05/2006Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Martin Caton17/05/2006GowerLabourSigned
Mark Durkan17/05/2006FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Stephen Williams17/05/2006Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins22/05/2006Luton NorthLabourSigned
Angus MacNeil22/05/2006Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Michael Clapham23/05/2006Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Stewart Hosie23/05/2006Dundee EastScottish National PartySigned
John Leech23/05/2006Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams23/05/2006CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell24/05/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Rudi Vis24/05/2006Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Si24/05/2006Swansea EastLabourSigned
Dan Rogerson05/06/2006North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson08/06/2006Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Adam Price09/10/2006Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned

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