Rejected petition Keep the Wales name as Wales and not change it to Cymru or any other name.

Wales is the international name for our country. Keep it.

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It will cost money to change. We cannot afford that cost

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue, or if the Petitions Committee has considered one in the last year.

This petition is already collecting signatures:
Keep the name 'Wales' and not waste any more taxpayers money on pointless exercises.
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https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/245996

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Date submitted 7 January 2024
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