, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: British-Irish Council Summit Wales
—European norms. Therefore, First Minister, my question is: how do you see the operation of common frameworks, if there is a determination in UK policy—and we saw Lord Frost saying this again—that they want there to be a major turn away from EU regulations…
, Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: British-Irish Council Summit Wales
Like others, I welcome the oral statement this afternoon. I welcome the opportunity to debate and discuss the issues that have arisen, both from the meetings last week but also the wider issues of relationships in these islands. Like others who have spoken…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Minister, over the last few months, we've seen the complete collapse of UK policy towards the European Union, and the collapse of many of the agreements made in the withdrawal agreement last year. The consequence of that may well be that article 16 is…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, the people of northern England discovered last week what we in Wales have known for some years—that you can't trust Tory promises when it comes to investment in infrastructure and trains and the future of connectivity in our communities. The…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
5. Will the First Minister make a statement on investment in transport infrastructure in Blaenau Gwent? OQ57256
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Commission on Justice in Wales report: Evidence session with Lord Thomas
I'm grateful to you. Thank you.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Commission on Justice in Wales report: Evidence session with Lord Thomas
I'm grateful to you for that. In answer to a number of our questions this afternoon you've referred to the impact of the pandemic, and clearly it has dominated not just questions of justice but dominated questions of policy in our lives over a period of…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Commission on Justice in Wales report: Evidence session with Lord Thomas
Thank you for that. That's absolutely fascinating. Coming back to a point of departure with Huw, the next series of recommendations after that—recommendation 23, I think—has a series of suggestions for the improvement of access to justice and you've brought…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Commission on Justice in Wales report: Evidence session with Lord Thomas
I enjoyed reading the commission's report, and, when I gave evidence to you, Lord Thomas, I tried to focus on some of the structural issues that were creating real conflicts within the system of governance. And one of your recommendations is on the role of…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Commission on Justice in Wales report: Evidence session with Lord Thomas
I'm grateful to you. Thank you for that. Can I start somewhere else? I'm taking advantage of your invitation.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
The Commission on Justice in Wales report: Evidence session with Lord Thomas
I agree very much with the analysis that Lord Thomas is putting forward there, and I think it plays into some of the conversations we've been having over the last few weeks on the increased use of legislative consent motions, where legislation for Wales is…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I'm grateful to the First Minister for that. The toxic mixture of Brexit and Tory incompetence and economic mismanagement is hitting families hard. I see that every day in Blaenau Gwent. I'm sure Members across the whole Chamber will see the impact on real…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
2. What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the impact of the rising cost of living on people in Wales? OQ57215
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Written Statements under Standing Order 30C
I think it's important that we do so for the right reasons and that we articulate what those reasons are, and that it's not seen as simply pushing back whenever the Government seeks to take measures that are efficient and timely and all the rest of it. We…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Papers to note
That's entirely the case, but we've got more information this morning, in questions, about the establishment of a national contemporary art gallery than we've got in the paragraph in this letter, and so, I think we do need—. But I think it may be useful for…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Papers to note
I think there's a difficult process issue, if you raise issues in public and then say you'd like to discuss them in private. I think if we raise issues in public we should have that conversation in public rather than in private. So, I just think in terms of…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National Museum Wales and Arts Council of Wales: delivery of joint projects
Because, you know, whilst I recognise the importance of the philosophical underpinning, if you like, and the vision, what I'm really interested in is what happens on the ground.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National Museum Wales and Arts Council of Wales: delivery of joint projects
And can we have actual, real examples of these things?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National Museum Wales and Arts Council of Wales: delivery of joint projects
We've all tried that, don't worry. [Laughter.]
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National Museum Wales and Arts Council of Wales: delivery of joint projects
It isn't my intention to either put you on the spot or to try to catch you out here this morning, it's just in order to understand what the process is. So, it might well be easier if you were to write to us, so that you can think about that timeline that you…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National Museum Wales and Arts Council of Wales: delivery of joint projects
Well, this committee's not in a position to give you that direction, but we would scrutinise whether it's been delivered or not. But from our perspective, what I think we would want, as a committee, is to understand that yourselves, as the institutions…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National Museum Wales and Arts Council of Wales: delivery of joint projects
So, we will have an update in—I say 'the spring' to give you that flexibility. I would say spring 2022 rather than let it go any further back. But what's important to me is that we have that timeline, that time frame, so that you've got the momentum to…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National Museum Wales and Arts Council of Wales: delivery of joint projects
Okay. I welcome all that; that was really interesting. Just for my own mind, we had the initial feasibility study concluded in July 2018, there was a ministerial statement a little while ago—last year, or earlier this year—and we're expecting an update in the…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National Museum Wales and Arts Council of Wales: delivery of joint projects
Let's think about the gallery as the example under discussion. I'm not convinced that I wholly agree with the proposition that a single large collection is necessarily a bad thing. I'm not convinced by that. I'm open to be convinced, by the way; I'm not…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National Museum Wales and Arts Council of Wales: delivery of joint projects
There's been numerous programmes and projects to seek to do exactly that, and they have all been very successful for a short period of time. And what's always concerned me is that, quite often, it's an individual with a drive who wants to seek to drive the…
