Towards the end of the report, he mentions the Scots language's "lack of the subsidy-attracting official status accorded to Gaelic". A substantial political step has been taken in the process of recognition recently, which was obscured by the stour of the UK general election. The Scottish Parliament agreed to putting a question in the next Census, to the effect: "Do you speak, read or write Scots?" This will be of great assistance to our knowledge of the state of Scots.
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