...de la BBC:
MPs have rejected a bid to allow people to list their nationality as "Cornish" on the 2011 census.
Cornwall North's MP Dan Rogerson had put forward the proposal as MPs debated the Draft Census Order 2009 for England and Wales.
A Facebook campaign Cornish Tickbox for the 2011 Census has been backed by Mr Rogerson and more than 3,000 people.
But as MPs rejected it by 261 votes to 49, they approved questions the Tories say amount to "bedroom snooping".
MPs have rejected a bid to allow people to list their nationality as "Cornish" on the 2011 census.
Cornwall North's MP Dan Rogerson had put forward the proposal as MPs debated the Draft Census Order 2009 for England and Wales.
A Facebook campaign Cornish Tickbox for the 2011 Census has been backed by Mr Rogerson and more than 3,000 people.
But as MPs rejected it by 261 votes to 49, they approved questions the Tories say amount to "bedroom snooping".
The government says the issue of Cornish language and identity was "considered" by the Office for National Statistics but was "not included in the proposals for the 2011 census"...
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