Submissions received by the Committee stress that this represents a real-terms cut for Gaelic and Scots, with implications for language preservation and development, and that the Bill’s aims may not be “achievable under the current financial model”. Bòrd na Gàidhlig explain, in their written submission, that the funding made available and the role and purpose of Bòrd na Gàidhlig are a result of the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 and that “Government at the time commissioned advice that recommended that to deliver the requirements of the 2005 Act would require an annual funding allocation of £10M to Bòrd na Gàidhlig.