Still a waste of our money

3:32pm Thursday 18th October 2012 in Letters

I THOUGHT I had answered Mr Bond’s letter, but it seems not as he is now raising the subject of bilingual driving and TV licences as well.

To make it clear, I think the Welsh culture is wonderful, but bilingual forms are a waste of money - and so do the majority of people in Wales. I think, Mr Bond, you are confusing the application form with the actual driving licence. With the licence there is no option but to accept it. As for the TV licence, you will find it in two parts - one Welsh and the other English. The Welsh part is removed and discarded quite easily. However, the application form is bilingual and I think you will find that the Welsh version goes in the bin. Whether the cheapest way is to provide bilingual forms or not is neither here nor there - it is still a waste of money. Your points about recycling are superfluous.

Everyone in Wales can speak English, not many can speak Welsh. The issue of a Welsh form makes not a jot of difference to Welsh culture, and like many other forms in Welsh, are thrown away. So, Mr Bond, please in future distinguish between the trillions of bilingual application forms issued and the final result such as a driving licence. In any event, the former Welsh copy ends up in the bin.

Jim Dyer, Stockton Road, Newport

Comments(9)

Owain Vaughan says...
3:36pm Thu 18 Oct 12

Frankly having a bilingual driving licence is unnecessary as well. What benefit is it to a monoglot English-speaker? As well as opting out of Welsh-language forms people should be free to opt out of bilingual licences too.

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richie55 says...
5:03pm Thu 18 Oct 12

I agree.

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chris227 says...
7:52pm Thu 18 Oct 12

its madness spending our money on nonsense we should all write to out mp and put a stop to it. God knows a run down town like newport could do with the cash

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Llanmartinangel says...
9:52pm Thu 18 Oct 12

This debate has yet to flush out a single Welsh language lemming who can successfully defend the tipping of 10 Million sheets of paper (minimum) per year into landfill unread, or explain any real benefit in cultural advancement accruing from it. That has to be because they cannot. End of.

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Bobevans says...
10:05pm Thu 18 Oct 12

Never mind Westminster is transfering responsibility for this to the assembvbly who will have to pick the cost up out of their existing budget. Westminster has decided this is a Wales only issue and that it should be devolved to them to decide what to do and how to fund it.

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chris227 says...
10:08pm Fri 19 Oct 12

good god how the WAG has run wales into the ground

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Llanmartinangel says...
10:51pm Fri 19 Oct 12

Yep. However much money comes from England the WAG will squander it on things no-one but them care about. Their own salaries, hotels, and sacred cows come first.

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chris227 says...
8:10pm Sat 20 Oct 12

imagine what wales could have become with all the grant money and without the wag to squander it

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Mudwolf says...
7:52am Sat 27 Oct 12

Having the drivers licence in Welsh can be very handy in continental Europe.

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