10 July 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report, 'Six Nations Rugby Championship broadcasting rights'
In many ways, the conversation that we've had has been a conversation amongst us as a nation rather than political parties and politicians, because I think all of us have enjoyed different occasions around the six nations. Carolyn reminds us of the 2005 grand…
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report, 'Six Nations Rugby Championship broadcasting rights'
I'm grateful to the Chair and to the staff of the committee as well for helping and supporting us with this inquiry. It was, of course, John Whittingdale who suggested we initiate this inquiry. As far as I'm aware, it's the first time that any committee here…
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Paper(s) to note
I also agree with that.
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
So, is that a 'yes' or 'no'?
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
Your predecessor was committed to seeking the devolution of broadcast policy. Are you committed to that and will you be actively and proactively seeking the devolution of broadcasting policy?
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
So did I, actually.
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
Okay. I'll ask two questions if I can, Cabinet Secretary. First of all, distribution of funding in terms of access to facilities in areas that are disadvantaged. Neil uses the example of Fitzalan here and the house of sport and the rest of it. Well, there's…
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
The investment review.
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
I accept that.
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
And there is no cultural expression if people don’t have the opportunity to learn a craft and to learn how to express themselves—in music in this case, but in other forms as well. So, I’m not convinced by the argument that this sits in somebody else’s…
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
Yes, I'm grateful to the Cabinet Secretary for that. I’m interested, because you discussed the cultural strategy in earlier answers to questions, but there is no cultural strategy if there are no people.
9 July 2024 , Plenary
Group 6: Publication of notices (Amendment 19)
I agree very much with that. I disagree with what was being said earlier. The circulation of the Gwent Gazette is 393 people. Now, the readership will be somewhat higher than that, clearly, but to suggest that this is a means of communication for a local…
2 July 2024 , Plenary
Group 15: Disqualification from being a Member of Senedd Cymru—offence of deception (Amendments 43, 6, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 25)
I will not detain Members for long this evening. I'm grateful to Adam for raising these matters, and grateful to him and others who have led a debate on these things, because politics have changed. As someone who's served here for nearly 20 years, I've seen…
19 June 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Water security is, of course, not simply a matter for us here in this Chamber, but is a matter for the whole of the United Kingdom. I'm sure we're all, on all sides of the Chamber, looking forward to the new Labour Government being elected in two weeks' time…
19 June 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government international relations: Scrutiny session with the First Minister of Wales
I agree.
19 June 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government international relations: Scrutiny session with the First Minister of Wales
So, how do we maximise the advantage of the knowledge and experience that we have in Wales to work with the United Kingdom Government to deliver a much stronger profile for Wales on the international stage?
19 June 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government international relations: Scrutiny session with the First Minister of Wales
Just for completeness, it's important that it's the Welsh Government that represents Wales in that sense, rather than the Wales Office. The sense I have is that it's the sense in Whitehall that other countries don't actually understand the UK in the same ways…
19 June 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government international relations: Scrutiny session with the First Minister of Wales
—I saw a lot of what the Welsh Government was doing, and it was very, very effective—very effective. The question we have is that the Government tends to report on what it's done in retrospect, but what it doesn't do is set out what its objectives are in the…
19 June 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government international relations: Scrutiny session with the First Minister of Wales
But as an individual supporter—
19 June 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government international relations: Scrutiny session with the First Minister of Wales
Obviously, I played no role in any of this, but—
19 June 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government international relations: Scrutiny session with the First Minister of Wales
They are good documents and they set out very clearly performance indicators, what our expectations are, and the management tools that are employed in order to deliver those objectives, and they work very well. And I think this is where the committee and the…
19 June 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government international relations: Scrutiny session with the First Minister of Wales
—offer, and I'm grateful to you for it. In order to move things on, one of the countries, of course, that we do have a very well-formed relationship and agreement with is with the Republic of Ireland. And the committee visited Ireland last year and the…
19 June 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government international relations: Scrutiny session with the First Minister of Wales
I think the committee would appreciate that—
19 June 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government international relations: Scrutiny session with the First Minister of Wales
Yes, I just wanted to complete the conversation on EU matters before moving on to Ireland. The previous First Minister was—without wishing to put words in his mouth—not persuaded, shall we say, of the need to deliver and develop a specific EU strategy. I was…
19 June 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government international relations: Scrutiny session with the First Minister of Wales
I'm grateful to you, First Minister. You mentioned my visit to the United States;' I would like, through you, to thank Andrew and his team for the help and support they gave me there. And you mentioned the work of Ministers; it's as individual Members as…
