Scottish Languages Bill Contribution

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The LSI Director, Professor Conchúr Ó Giollagáin, contributed to discussion of the Scottish Languages Bill in the Education, Children and Young People Committee of the Scottish Parliament on 1st May 2024. His points are summarised in writing in the Stornoway Gazette.

see full size image — *"The new legislation is in danger of exacerbating the disconnect between the civic aspirations for Gaelic promotion and the difficult social reality"*

"The primary question we need to pose about this draft legislation, the Scottish Languages Bill (2023), is whether the legislation is relevant to the primary issue facing Gaelic speakers and learners, that of sustaining Scottish Gaelic as a lived and viable social and cultural identity in Scotland..."

The full article is available to read on the Stornoway Gazette website.

The full debate of the committee is available to view on Scottish Parliament TV.