He attended the meeting in Wales with P & R chief executive Bill Ogley, Education, Sport and Culture Committee director Tom McKeon and the States IT director Steven Chiang.The summit was being held in St Fagan’s, Wales on the theme of ‘Indigenous, minority and lesser-used languages’, and was the fifth since the council was established in 1998.It was also attended by Prime Minister Tony Blair, Irish premier Bertie Aherne and the First Minister of Wales Rhodri Morgan.Senator Walker said that all the delegates were impressed with the way that Jèrriais has been kept alive in the Island, and particularly by the way that Education have supported lessons on the language in school.
But more important and more beneficial, according to Senator Walker, were the contacts and discussions that were made with politicians from other jurisdictions.
