, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Procurement Update
I'm grateful to you, Presiding Officer. And I fear that I'm going to be adding to that conversation, Minister. It's profoundly disappointing that a new way of working, which was embedded, many of us felt and thought, by the statements made by yourself, by the…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I'm grateful to the First Minister for that. I wonder, First Minister, if you could outline your vision for how this will be delivered in places such as Blaenau Gwent, where, historically, we've had difficulties accessing some of those opportunities, and to…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
9. Will the First Minister make a statement on Welsh Government initiatives to tackle youth unemployment in the south Wales valleys? OQ57504
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 3 - Minister for Climate Change
Okay, I'm grateful to you for that, Minister. John, time is moving on, I do have one final question if we have time for that. In approaching the end of this session, Minister, I hope you will also recognise—and I know you will, because your background…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 3 - Minister for Climate Change
I'm sure he would be, and we might invite him, although I think the economy committee takes a lead on some of these matters as well. But, in terms of the fundamental question I asked you, do we spread the jam thinly or do we concentrate it thickly, what's…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 3 - Minister for Climate Change
Not in capital, Minister. Not in capital.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 3 - Minister for Climate Change
Thank you. I'd like to follow on from Mabon, if I could. I read the Government's evidence on the regeneration programmes and I like it, I have to say; the narrative is something that I like. In terms of what you and Emma have described this morning, Minister…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
Thank you. And thank you, Minister.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
I think it would be very unfair to ask officials to respond on behalf of the civil service. But to you, as Minister, I remember the conversations that I had with Carwyn, and Carwyn was very, very, very disappointed with the attitude of the Government as a…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
Thank you for that. Chair, perhaps we could ask the Minister either to write to us or to return to committee to discuss the work that he is leading on in the way that he has described in his previous answer. But can you really tell us that the Government as a…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
Okay, we'll leave it there. But in terms of language planning, within Government, do you have sufficient language planning resources at the moment?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
Okay, thank you for that. Chair, it might be an idea for us to ask the Minister to write to us when he has a better idea of his expectations and the impact on language policy that Arfor is expected to have. I think it's very interesting, by the way, so I look…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
In relation to Arfor, yes.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
Thank you, Minister. In that previous response, you mentioned Arfor. So, what are your expectations for the language policy?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: International Relations
I'm content with that, Delyth.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: International Relations
Thank you, First Minister. So, I assume that you will be refreshing the strategy. Following on from Sam Kurtz's questions, would it be possible for you to write to the committee with an analysis of your expectations for the various international offices? For…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: International Relations
Thank you. I am very content with the budget and with the written information that we've received this morning. I'd like to ask you, First Minister: the international strategy was something that was agreed before Brexit, and before the pandemic struck and…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Culture, Communications and Sport
Okay. Let's do that. If we could move on, then, Delyth, because I think if we're short of time—.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Culture, Communications and Sport
Yes, I'm grateful to you for that. Because if a report tells you that a current situation is not sustainable and you accept that report—which the Government did, of course, and, as you say, you've started to implement some of that—then cutting the funding…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Culture, Communications and Sport
But it doesn't—. Sorry, because we're short of time, I'd prefer the officials to write to the committee.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Culture, Communications and Sport
Can I stop you there, Minister? I can well understand why people would be very pleasant to a Minister over a cup of tea, but that's not the reality, is it, because the tailored review, if I'm reading it correctly, in its absolute conclusion, said that the…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Culture, Communications and Sport
If you look at the revenue budget, it's decreasing from £12.9 million in this year's budget, final budget, to £12.3 million in the 2022-23 draft budget, which is a decrease of 5 per cent, and is a decrease of 32 per cent in cash terms to the capital budget.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Culture, Communications and Sport
Thank you very much, Chair. Deputy Minister, why are you cutting the budget of the national library?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Culture, Communications and Sport
Yes, I know that as well. I won't be there. I agree with you that I saw no—. I've used the pass many times and I've seen no issues at any point in using it—none at all. I saw it as an entirely neutral fact. My feeling is that your point, where it's positive…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Culture, Communications and Sport
No, it's not. It's not.
