Consultation on The Highland Council’s third iteration Gaelic Language Plan

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As detailed in the press release from Highland Council found here  the deadline for submissions is 5pm on Tuesday 25 July 2017. You can submit your comments to gaelic@highland.gov.uk , the draft language plan can be found here.

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