Official Languages committee  Yes, but I have other powers, then, to force compliance.

Official Languages committee  Legally, I'm independent. I'm what's known as a corporation sole, so I am a legal entity. We are funded through the Welsh government. Our funding stream comes from the Welsh public purse, but ultimately I am independent and I regulate the Welsh government as well. Most of our wor

Official Languages committee  Yes, I could impose a fine on the Welsh government. I don't think that would be my first choice because that would be a waste of public funding, but—

Official Languages committee  No. We regulate public sector bodies. With the 2011 legislation there was a long discussion about including the banking sector and supermarkets within legislation. Because of very effective lobbying, they were not included at that point, but it remains a discussion. There are dis

Official Languages committee  Diolch yn fawr. Thank you very much.

Official Languages committee  That's true.

Official Languages committee  If we look at the register, I think we're at case number 13 at the moment.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  The decision was made, when the legislation was put together—in order to achieve effective delivery or effective compliance with the standards—to place that responsibility on the commissioner as a first point of call. The commissioner can respond quickly and effectively. They saw

Official Languages committee  Our experience is that you can have access to a commissioner much faster than to a tribunal. Is it fair for me to say that you are talking about the norm being people not complying, organizations not complying? My experience over the past seven years—I may have been lucky—is that

Official Languages committee  The ultimate would be a court injunction imposed on that organization to comply.

Official Languages committee  It's for the organization or a complainant to appeal, someone who has complained to me about an organization.

Official Languages committee  No.