Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (The Welsh Language Society) has responded to the appointment of the new Welsh Language Commissioner, Meri Huws.Bethan Williams, Chair of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg commented:"We welcome the fact an appointment has been made, and hope Meri Huws will take the opportunity to recognise the substantial changes which are needed for the benefit of the Welsh language. We look forward to meeting her soon, following our annual general meeting in Wrexham over the weekend, so best use of the new legislation can be made straight away."We expect the Comisiynydd to be an independent voice for the language and to put the interests of the people of Wales first, instead of following the pattern of the old Language Board, a government agency which concentrated on compromising with big business and organisations. There's a chance to deliver this step-change with the new role - that's the challenge for the Commissioner."Although there are a number of weaknesses in the system established in the new law, with good will and clear commitment by the Government and the Comisiynydd, we can make a difference. We hope it will be possible to improve services for Welsh speakers in addition to others, such as learners and parents with children in Welsh medium education.""We also hope that the Comisiynydd will ensure rights for people to quality Welsh language services by placing clear and ambitious duties on bodies and companies. She also needs to tackle the discrimination against Welsh language speakers in the workplace, by securing rights for people to work in Welsh. We hope that we can use this opportunity to make organisations bilingual in the true meaning of the word, where there's substantial use of the language internally, an area where neither the Assembly nor the Government are showing leadership at the moment."