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BBC Fails to Mention Scots Language |
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Wednesday, 04 August 2010 |
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 Dr Bill Wilson MSP (West of Scotland, SNP) has spoken of his disappointment over the BBC’s apparent lack of commitment to the Scots language.
Dr Wilson said, “I wrote to the BBC in July 2008 enquiring about their commitment to the language, and received a positive response. I was therefore greatly disappointed to see that two years later neither the BBC Audience Council for Scotland’s 2009/10 Annual Review nor the Report on the Year 2009/10 by the BBC Scotland Executive appears to mention Scots. “I have written again to the BBC to express my frustration and to urge them to make a commitment to a language which has both great historical significance and huge potential. While other indigenous languages in the UK – Gaelic, Welsh and Ulster Scots – receive significant BBC attention, it seems bizarre that Scots, as spoken in Scotland, is all but ignored, despite the fact that the Scottish Government has made clear its support the language and evidence that promoting it would have significant social and economic benefits. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 04 August 2010 )
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Call for Scots Language to be Used in Creative Scotland (Ingynit Scotlan) Name |
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Friday, 16 July 2010 |
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 Dr Bill Wilson (West of Scotland, SNP) has written to Fiona Hyslop, Minister for Culture and External Affairs, asking her to support a Scots language version of the name of “Creative Scotland”.
Dr Wilson said, “Creative Scotland is one of the main cultural bodies in Scotland and has a responsibility to foster the Scots language. Gaelic is already used in Creative Scotland branding with ‘Alba Chruthachail’ being shown in conjunction with its English equivalent. I feel it would be fitting if there were a Scots language alternative title too. I have asked that ‘Ingynit Scotlan’ be considered for this purpose, the Scots word ‘ingynit’ meaning, ‘to have intelligence, ability or to be gifted’. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 20 July 2010 )
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MSP Seeks Reassurance That English Sexual Abuse Survivor’s Ordeal Could Not Happen in Scotland |
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Thursday, 15 July 2010 |
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Dr Bill Wilson MSP (West of Scotland, SNP) has written to the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Justice seeking reassurance that the alleged traumatic experience of an English sexual abuse survivor at the hands of the justice and healthcare services in England could not be replicated in Scotland. Dr Wilson said, “I have been following the horrific experiences of Angela Bayley, as described in her blog, at the hands of the NHS and justice services in Nottinghamshire. Ms Bayley, whom I have met and who claims she was repeatedly sexually abused as a child, writes that her current experiences reflect what happened to her previously, when she was sidelined by adults who refused to believe accounts of the abuse she suffered from a family friend, from a school teacher, from a care home worker and from her foster father. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 05 August 2010 )
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