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Date(s)
- 1982-1988 (Creation)
Level of description
Ffeil = File
Extent and medium
1 folder.
Context area
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Scope and content
Papers relating to the campaign for a Welsh Language Act in the 1980s including; copies of ministerial statements, Parliamentary questions, notes on a draft Act sponsored by Dafydd Wigley MP and Lord Gwilym Prys-Davies, correspondence, press releases, papers prepared by Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg and Urdd Gobaith Cymru, examples of a lack of Welsh language services available to the public, the status of Welsh in the Education Reform Act 1988, minutes and agendas of Gweithgor Deddf Newydd yr Iaith Gymraeg (New Welsh Language Act Working Group), statistical information, correspondence regarding the effect of the Race Relations Act on the provision of services in Welsh and a copy of a memorandum on the workings of the Welsh Language Act 1967 on the use of Welsh in the criminal justice system prepared by the National Council for Civil Liberties.
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Accruals
System of arrangement
Original order has been retained within the file.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their Readers' Tickets.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
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Name access points
- Evans, Meredydd (Subject)
- Roberts, Wyn, 1930-2013 (Subject)
- Wigley, Dafydd (Subject)
- Prys-Davies, Gwilym Prys Davies, Baron, 1923-2017 (Subject)
- National Council for Civil Liberties (Great Britain) (Subject)