PE1922: Cancel all Local Authority expenditure on Gaelic expansion
Petition Summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to abandon the expansion of Gaelic.
Petitioner: Douglas Capon
Status: Closed
Date published: 20 December 2021
Click here for the full petition
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration
SPICe Briefing (137KB, pdf) posted 18 January 2022
SPICe Briefing (Gaelic) (140KB, pdf) posted 08 March 2022
Petition PE1922 (Gaelic Version) (70KB, pdf) posted 08 March 2022
Committee Meetings
23 March 2022: The Committee agreed to close the petition under rule 15.7 of Standing Orders, on the basis that the Scottish Government states that the Gaelic language has been spoken throughout Scotland for many centuries; Bòrd na Gàidhlig set out a range of economic benefits of funding for Gaelic; there is cross-party support for Gaelic education, arts and broadcasting and the Scottish Government has plans to introduce a languages bill in the current parliamentary session.
Official Report of Meeting 23 March 2022
Written Submissions
PE1922/A: Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills submission of 22 December 2021
PE1922/B: Petitioner submission of 13 January 2022
PE1922/C: Bòrd na Gàidhlig submission of 16 March 2022 (104KB, pdf) posted 17 March 2022
PE1922/D: Alasdair Laing submission of 16 March 2022 (9KB, pdf) posted 17 March 2022
PE1922/E: Arthur Cormack submission of 16 March 2022 (107KB, pdf) posted 18 March 2022
PE1922/F: Bòrd na Gàidhlig submission of 16 March 2022 (Gaelic Version) (182KB, pdf) posted 22 March 2022