I have responded to the response... I said that my enquiry was based on statistical curiosity, rather than political motivation. I don't see how it's irrelevant asking which languages anyone speaks, wherever they live. For example, the Welsh speaking population of Greater London is currently estimated to be at about 50,000. I think that would be an important factor for the government to consider if they ever are asked for funding for Welsh-language resources in south east England.tvmercia wrote: however, inspector's original response to you still stands. asking the population of england whether they speak welsh is has as much value as asking us what our favourite colour is. the government is charged with the task of producing a survey that is as concise and as relevant as possible.
As I have never seen an English version of the Census, I did not know how the approach to Welsh was taken by your version of the Census. It has been shown to me in this thread that other questions offer the opportunity to relate knowledge of the language. I believe these were all points made in my Guinness/Baileys fuelled epic last night.
As for B3 KEN, well fair enough, but as I explained I don't hold any more of a torch for the Welsh nazis any more than you do; the shrieking from some parts of the Welsh language lobby is as embarrassing to us as it is offensive to you.