4. 4. Motion under Standing Order 26.91 Seeking the Assembly's Agreement to Introduce a Member Bill on Protection of Historic Place Names

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:07 pm on 15 March 2017.

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Photo of David Lloyd David Lloyd Plaid Cymru 3:07, 15 March 2017

I beg to differ with the Cabinet Secretary there. There have been countless representations. That’s why we had the original historic environment Act and the Plaid Cymru amendments that have got you to the position of having the register that you have today. The fact is that there is no statutory protection for our historic place names, be they of any language—English, Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Latin, old Welsh, new Welsh, Norse, Flemish, you name it. The rich smorgasbord of our history is going down the tube, and we’re standing idly by, either doing nothing or lamely saying, ‘Duw, let’s have a bit of guidance, is it?’ [Laughter.] No, it is not on. We’re talking history of nation here, pride in the history of that nation, pride that deserves to be enshrined in law. Nick.