10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhyngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru: craffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog—parhad
Well, I think, when it works well, then there's no doubt at all that having a direct Welsh presence inside the embassy means that the profile of Wales is different, and the issues that matter to Wales get heard very regularly and then feed into the work that…
10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhyngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru: craffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog—parhad
William Hague. Well done, Alun. [Laughter.] It was like a quiz question, I'm sorry. [Laughter.] When William Hague was Foreign Secretary, he put a lot of energy into making sure that the Joint Ministerial Committee (Europe) was an active part of the way in…
10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhyngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru: craffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog—parhad
Yes, you did guess, Tom. Now, the UK Government's hands have been very full with lots of other things. The contrast for me will be this: while we were members of the European Union, there was a Joint Ministerial Committee on Europe. It was very active. It…
10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhyngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru: craffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog—parhad
I'm afraid, genuinely, I think the answer would be 'it's not been the case so far.'
10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhyngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru: craffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog—parhad
We're not involved in the integrated review. There is some engagement at official level where there are things that would be of relevance to us, but, in the same way as I described in the Irish context, since 2019, the view of the UK Government, I think, has…
10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhyngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru: craffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog—parhad
My expectation, Chair, is that there will be a modest refresh of the strategy to take it to the end of the current Senedd term. I think a more fundamental refresh of the strategy is better left to an incoming Government, whoever that would be. So, I do think…
10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhyngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru: craffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog—parhad
Well, why would it, indeed? These are meetings of the Welsh Government. There is no right of the UK Government to have a presence in the room at all. As of right, they often are. They often are because you'd want them to be there, and there's a good reason…
10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhyngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru: craffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog—parhad
Well, on the whole, Chair, I would say that this is a positive part of the picture and our relationships with successive UK Governments. It's not without its wrinkles—I'll mention one in a moment—but, on the whole, I would say that Welsh activity abroad has…
10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhyngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru: craffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog—parhad
Well, my view is it's got to be the second. It's not enough to go and just focus on the precipitating cause of the visit. So, when Dawn Bowden went to New Zealand, she had a much wider programme of contacts with the New Zealand Government. Now, again, there…
10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhyngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru: craffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog—parhad
Yes, I think that's the final point, Chair. We've shared that information previously, and we'll share it again once it's fully collated. If the question is about ministerial visits, particularly overseas, then that is another one of the clearing house…
10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhyngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru: craffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog—parhad
Wel, mae adroddiadau misol yn dod i mewn o bob swyddfa, ac mae Andrew a phobl yma yn y Llywodraeth yn mynd drwy'r adroddiadau bob mis i weld a yw pob swyddfa yn cadw at bopeth rŷn ni wedi cytuno â nhw y byddent yn ei wneud dros y flwyddyn. Ambell waith, mae…
10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhyngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru: craffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog—parhad
Wel, gallaf ofyn i Andrew i ddweud rhai pethau hefyd, ond, ydw, dwi'n meddwl ein bod ni wedi dysgu lot o wersi o’r profiadau rŷn ni wedi’u cael dros y blynyddoedd diwethaf, ac nid jest dramor hefyd. Roedd y bencampwriaeth wheelchair rugby yma yng Nghaerdydd…
10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhyngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru: craffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog—parhad
Wel, dwi’n meddwl ein bod ni wedi cael amser digon llwyddiannus gyda’r strategaeth. Dyw’r cyd-destun ddim wedi bod yn un hawdd, fel roedd Heledd Fychan yn ei ddweud. Rŷn ni wedi wynebu lot o newidiadau—COVID, Brexit, Wcráin—so mae’r cyd-destun i wneud…
10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhyngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru: craffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog—parhad
Wel, wrth gwrs, dŷn ni yn gwneud hynny drwy’r amser. Roedden ni wedi gwneud pethau yn fewnol, ond yn fwy swyddogol nôl yn y flwyddyn 2022, i weld os rŷn ni’n hyderus bod y swyddfeydd sydd gyda ni ledled y byd yn y lleoedd gorau ar gyfer y strategaeth sydd…
10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhyngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru: craffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog—parhad
Well, they are currently at a weak ebb. The current UK Government very much takes the view that those are responsibilities for it to discharge and that it doesn't see a place for devolved Governments being in the room, even—as it seems to me—in discussions…
10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhyngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru: craffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog—parhad
At the European level itself, I think amongst the elements in the strategy would be continuing to have open dialogue with parliamentarians at the European level, and Derek's role has been very important to us in continuing that. There is a small group of…
10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhyngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru: craffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog—parhad
Yes. I'm sure we can find it. I'm sure somebody will have it. [Laughter.]
10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhyngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru: craffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog—parhad
Well, there are a number of things, Chair. First of all, I very much agree with what Alun Davies said about the success that Derek Vaughan has made as the Welsh Government representative in Europe. We've been able to do things, as a result of his ability to…
10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhyngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru: craffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog—parhad
It was one of the striking things to me, and one of the things I remember most of my visit to Qatar, was a visit to the Museum of Islamic Art—the most wonderful museum. But the director of the museum is a woman, the two deputy directors were women. We think…
10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhyngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru: craffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog—parhad
I'm very pleased to be able to let the committee know that the visit to Wales from museum educators in Qatar is happening this month. They'll be visiting the Senedd, that group; if there are members of the committee who'd be interested to meet up with them…
10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhyngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru: craffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog—parhad
Well, look, I think it is very important, as I say, that we don't stand back from the values that are important to us. The developments in Uganda are abhorrent, aren't they—straightforwardly abhorrent. And our relationship in Uganda is not with the Government…
10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhyngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru: craffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog—parhad
Well, in many ways, our participation as a Government at the world cup was a very challenging period, because that part of the world does not share some of the values that are particularly important to us in Wales. How do you approach that—how do you…
10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhyngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru: craffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog—parhad
Well, Chair, thank you very much. Well, the next 12 months is going to be a particularly busy period in international relations because we will be bringing to fruition a series of bilateral arrangements with key regional partners elsewhere in Europe, and…
10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhyngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru: craffu ar waith y Prif Weinidog—parhad
Cadeirydd, diolch yn fawr. Mae Paula Walsh dal gyda fi, sef dirprwy gyfarwyddwr cysylltiadau rhyngwladol, ac mae Andrew Gwatkin wedi ymuno â ni, fel cyfarwyddwr cysylltiadau rhyngwladol a masnach.
10 Mai 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Cysylltiadau rhwng Cymru ac Iwerddon: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r Prif Weinidog
I do think there are a number of things that the committee is well placed to look at. The first would be how we strengthen the parliamentary dimension of this relationship. As I say, the Welsh Government is a supporter of all of that. When this comes up at…
