Fersiwn Gymraeg - Munud o'ch amser!Do you realize that the Welsh language is not an official language in Wales today, and that you have no rights to use the Welsh language in your every day life?The Welsh Assembly Government has just published its Legislative Competence Order (LCO) calling for the transfer of power on Welsh language legislation from the parliament in London to the National Assembly in Cardiff. A simple video axplaining the Welsh language LCO to the left. But the LCO is not strong enough, and we fear that members of Parliament in London will try and weaken those powers that have been transferred to the Assembly.We ask you to send a copy of the letter below to your Assembly Members and Member of Parliament urging them not to weaken the powers over the Welsh language that are to be transferred from London to Cardiff, and to also ensure that giving Welsh official status, statuary rights for Welsh speakers, statuary rights for Welsh speakers and the establishment of a Language Commissioner is all part of any future legislation.If a great number of us do this then the pressure on the Westminster government to transfer the powers fully to Cardiff will be even greater. The Welsh Assembly Government in turn will be under pressure to give us a comprehensive Welsh language Measure.

Copy & paste the following message in to your email or webmail application, and add your name and address to the bottom.You can find your Member of Parliament, Constituency Assembly Member and 4 Regional Assembly Members' email addresses here (PDF Document).
NEGES DDWYIEITHOG / BILINGUAL MESSAGEAnnwyl Aelod Seneddol ac Aelodau Cynulliad,Croesawaf gyhoeddiad y Gorchymyn Cymhwysol Deddfwriaethol ar yr iaith Gymraeg gan y Gweinidog Treftadaeth ar Chwefror 2il, 2009.Yn gyntaf, hoffwn bwyso arnoch chi fel fy nghynrychiolwyr yn y Cynulliad ac yn San Steffan, i sicrhau na fydd unrhyw wanhau ar y Gorchymyn fel y mae. Credaf mai Llywodraeth y Cynulliad sydd â'r hawl foesol i ddeddfu dros y Gymraeg ac nid San Steffan. Galwaf arnoch, felly, i roi'r pwyslais ar anghenion bobl Cymru a'r Gymraeg ac i gynorthwyo i beidio gadael i eraill wanhau'r pwerau a ddaw i Gymru.Yn ail, mae'n gwbl angenrheidiol bod y Gorchymyn yn galluogi Llywodraeth y Cynulliad i lunio Mesur neu Fesurau Iaith Cyflawn fydd yn sefydlu statws swyddogol i'r Gymraeg, hawliau i bawb yng Nghymru i ddefnyddio'r Gymraeg ym mhob rhan o'u bywydau o ddydd i ddydd a Chomisiynydd Iaith fydd â'r grym i erlyn cyrff sydd ddim yn cydymffurfio â'r ddeddf.Hoffwn ddiolch i chi rhag-blaen am eich ymrwymiad i'r mater hwn, ac er mwyn rhoi hawliau i fi fel unigolyn i ddewis byw fy mywyd drwy'r Gymraeg.----Dear Member of Parliament and Assembly Members,I welcome the publication of the Legislative Competence Order on the Welsh language by the Heritage Minister on February 2 2009.As my representatives at Westminster and the National Assembly I want you to make sure that there will be no attempt to weaken the LCO. I also believe that it is the Assembly Government is the one with the moral right to legislate on the Welsh language and not Westminster. I call on you therefore to put Wales and the Welsh language first and not to allow others to weaken the LCO.Secondly it is vital that the LCO enables the Welsh Assembly Government to draft a Language Measure or Language Measures which will give the Welsh language official status, give the Welsh people statuary rights to use the Welsh language in every aspect of their lives, and establish a Language Commissioner with the necessary power to enforce the law and who can prosecute companies that do not keep to the new guidelines.Thank you for paying attention to this matter and I hope that you will be able to support the campaign for equal rights.Yn Gywir / Yours