The Welsh language

Statistics published by the Welsh Government. Each chart covers the years since the 2016 Senedd election, or as far back as the figures go, and marks each election since.

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The Programme for Government 2026 to 2030 belongs to the Seventh Senedd. Choose the Seventh Senedd to see how often each commitment has come up.

Source: Welsh Government, Programme for government 2026 to 2030: New ambition for Wales, first published on 10 September 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Mentions are found by matching the names of plans, bodies and schemes; a mention says nothing about progress.

The Welsh Government's latest press releases and Cabinet statements on this brief.

1. Cabinet statement, 20 October 2026

   Welsh Language Commissioner

   Rt Hon Rhun ap Iorwerth MS, First Minister of Wales

The latest headlines on this brief, linking to each outlet's story.

• Campaigners attack legacy of former Welsh Language Commissioner

  Nation.Cymru, 22 October 2026

Statements, debates and legislation in Plenary on this brief, newest first. Oral question sessions are counted in the contributions below.

1. 12 November 2024Debate

   The Welsh Language Commissioner’s Annual Report 2023-24

   Debate

   Opened by Y Llywydd / The Llywydd16 contributions

2. 30 January 2024Debate

   The Welsh Language Commissioner’s Annual Report 2022-23

   Debate

   Opened by Y Llywydd / The Llywydd13 contributions

Votes are tagged from their own titles and the agenda item they were held under.

Ministers' meetings with outside organisations and their engagements on this brief, from the register the Welsh Government publishes every three months. 3 since the 2026 election; the latest:

1. 30 September 2026

   Comisiynydd y Gymraeg / Welsh Language Commissioner

   Meeting, Cabinet Minister for Health and Care

2. 2 July 2026

   Meeting Welsh Language Commissioner & CMEWL

   Meeting, Deputy Minister for Skills and Tertiary Education

3. 2 July 2026

   Welsh Language Commissioner

   Meeting, Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language

Source: Welsh Government, ministerial meetings and engagements. The register is published three months or more after the meetings it lists.

No written questions on this brief in the Sixth Senedd yet.

No petitions on this brief opened in the Sixth Senedd.

Committee sessions where this brief was on the agenda, newest first.

1. 6 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd

   Names of Senedd constituencies, and the role of the Welsh Language Commissioner in their naming (Amendments 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 107, 109)

   Group 14

   39 contributions

Articles by Senedd Research, the Senedd's impartial research service, on this brief, published in the Sixth Senedd.

1. Welsh Government debate: The Welsh Language Commissioner's Annual Report 2024-25: In Brief

   18 November 2025

   Ahead of the Senedd debate on the Welsh Language Commissioner’s Annual Report 2024-25 (18 November), we’re setting out some relevant background and key information.

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139 contributions in the Sixth Senedd, newest first.

1. Jeremy MilesLabour

   11 January 2024, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

   Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

   Okay. As I said there are two main categories: the cut that impacts the Welsh Language Commissioner, so that cut is consistent with cuts that all of the commissioners will experience this year, which is around 5 per cent. The commissioner predicts that that will have an impact on staffing, as you…

   Tagged for: “Welsh Language Commissioner”Translated from WelshOfficial Record

2. Jeremy MilesLabour

   11 January 2024, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

   Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

   …National Centre for Learning Welsh on the one hand, and then there's been some element of a cut to the Welsh Language Commissioner's budget. But what we're doing now is looking at the bigger picture in achieving our aims, and whether our aim is realistic, as you said. And we're looking at achieving…

   Tagged for: “Welsh Language Commissioner”Translated from WelshOfficial Record

3. Sioned WilliamsPlaid

   10 January 2024, Plenary

   Welsh Conservatives Debate: Programme for International Student Assessment results

   …and the lack of bilingual support currently available for them, in accordance with the demands of the Welsh Language Commissioner and the children's commissioner, who came together to call for better provision of ALN services through the medium of Welsh. A request was made to prioritise the…

   Tagged for: “Welsh Language Commissioner”Translated from WelshOfficial Record

4. Kate Rabaiotti

   9 January 2023, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

   Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3

   …has been provided in English only, and in response, the Welsh Government refers to standard 47 of the Welsh language standards, and the narrow and specific nature of the regulations and the small target audience, as its basis for not providing a Welsh language version of the explanatory memorandum.

   Tagged for: “Welsh language standards”Official Record

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