PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Cornish Language (18 July 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to give the Cornish language protected status under the provisions of Articles 8-14 of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.

Asked by:
Ben Maguire (Liberal Democrat)

The Government has received a request from Cornwall Council to extend the protection of the Cornish language from Part II to Part III of the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages. The request is currently being considered and a formal response will be issued in due course.

Answered by:
Alex Norris (Labour)
29 July 2024