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Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Portfolio Question Time - Thu 11 Jan 2024

Mentions:
1: Duncan-Glancy, Pam (Lab - Glasgow) Access to things such as swimming, sport, culture, languages and the arts is essential for young people - Speech Link
2: Dunbar, Jackie (SNP - Aberdeen Donside) gap, how is the Scottish Government working with universities and colleges to promote the uptake of modern - Speech Link
3: Dey, Graeme (SNP - Angus South) The Government is clear that access to learning modern languages is vital at all stages of education - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly - Tue 23 Jan 2024

Mentions:
1: Harper, Emma (SNP - South Scotland) , including Scots languages. - Speech Link
2: White, Tess (Con - North East Scotland) The report, which was published in May 2023, was tremendously rich and focused on indigenous languages - Speech Link
3: Ewing, Annabelle (SNP - Cowdenbeath) important to her because she placed a great deal of importance on interparliamentary co-operation.The modern-day - Speech Link
4: McKelvie, Christina (SNP - Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse) The same is true of languages. - Speech Link


Scottish Parliamentary Research (SPICe)
Scottish Languages Bill
Apr. 30 2024
View source webpage
A briefing on the Scottish Languages Bill. This briefing explores the current policy landscape for the support of Gaelic and Scots and then explores the provisions of the Bill.

Found: Scottish Languages Bill


Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Apr. 12 2024

Source Page: Two Trustees appointed to the National Memorial Heritage Fund and The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Document: Two Trustees appointed to the National Memorial Heritage Fund and The National Lottery Heritage Fund (webpage)

Found: Roisha was born in Belfast and grew up in South London before studying modern and mediaeval languages


Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
National Heritage Memorial Fund

Apr. 12 2024

Source Page: Two Trustees appointed to the National Memorial Heritage Fund and The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Document: Two Trustees appointed to the National Memorial Heritage Fund and The National Lottery Heritage Fund (webpage)

Found: Roisha was born in Belfast and grew up in South London before studying modern and mediaeval languages


Grand Committee
Living in a COVID World: A Long-term Approach to Resilience and Wellbeing (COVID-19 Committee Report) - Wed 29 Nov 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Coussins (XB - Life peer) I co-chair the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages and am vice-president of the Chartered - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Skills: Importance for the UK Economy and Quality of Life - Thu 09 May 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Aberdare (XB - Excepted Hereditary) These are increasingly important in the modern world, in both our work and personal lives. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Coussins (XB - Life peer) SMEs making use of languages are 30% more successful in exporting than those that do not. - Speech Link
3: Earl of Clancarty (XB - Excepted Hereditary) The particular modern usage fits our current, very specifically framed, educational system. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Wilcox of Newport (Lab - Life peer) Modern Wales has much to be commended on in its innovative work. - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Scottish Languages Bill: Stage 1 - Wed 01 May 2024

Mentions:
1: None Official status is to give recognition to the Gaelic and Scots languages. - Speech Link
2: None use of French in Quebec is one of the key examples of a language being successfully revived in the modern - Speech Link
3: None The level of requirements varies significantly for different languages. - Speech Link
4: None My wife is from Luxembourg, where there are three official languages. - Speech Link
5: None We want all the languages to be recognised—I hope, later on, languages such as British Sign Language - Speech Link


Non-Departmental Publication (Open consultation)
Ofqual

Dec. 04 2023

Source Page: Draft sector Subject Area 6 title change​
Document: DRAFT non-statutory guidance on assigning Sector Subject Areas (PDF)

Found: , Literature and Culture 12.1 - Languages, literature and culture of the British Isles 12.2 - Other


Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Education

Sep. 14 2023

Source Page: More pupils of all ages to study languages
Document: More pupils of all ages to study languages (webpage)

Found: More pupils of all ages to study languages