To date, the most significant Act by far to be passed is The Welsh Language Act 1993.

A milestone in the modern history of the Welsh language, this Act was the first to put Welsh and English on an equal footing within the public sector.

The Act did three main things for the Welsh Language:

• Set up the Welsh Language Board, with the duty of promoting the Welsh language and ensuring compliance throughout the public sector.
• Gave all Welsh speakers the absolute right to speak Welsh in courts under all circumstances.
• Obliged all organisations in the public sector providing services to the Public in Wales to treat Welsh and English on an equal basis. Meaning any official literature and publicity such as road signs, minutes, information leaflets etc… must be supplied bilingually, as well as all public events and meetings be interpreted.

Since its conception in 1993 the Welsh Language board has rallied thousands in support of the increased usage of the Welsh language. So much so that the UK Government has ratified the European Charter for Regional or Minority languages in respect of Welsh and they have ruled it to be one of the languages which is sufficient for naturalisation purposes in the UK.

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