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Under the provisions of the Welsh Language Act 1993, every public body providing services to the public in Wales has to prepare a scheme setting out how it will provide those services in Welsh. HMRC has published a consultation document describing how it intends, as required by the Act and to the extent possible, to treat the Welsh and English languages on the basis of equality. The proposals only apply to the way HMRC does business in Wales.
The proposals consider the issues of corporate identity, correspondence, telephone communications, public meetings, publicity, exhibitions and advertising. With regard to publications, forms and HMRC's website, the proposals include:
- to publish forms and documents made available to the public bilingually, with the Welsh and English versions together in one document
- if the Welsh and English versions have to be published separately (for instance, where a single document would be too lengthy or bulky), both versions to be of equal size and quality, available at the same time and equally accessible
- websites to include pages in both Welsh and English, including interactive pages
- to post Welsh versions of publications, if available, at the same time as English language publications
- to enter information in Welsh on Welsh version of forms sent to the public.
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Source:
HM Revenue and Customs - Welsh Language Scheme 2006 - 2009
Cyllid a Thollau EM - Cynllun Iaith Gymraeg 2006 - 2009
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