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Scrutiny of the Arts Council of Wales - Autumn 2023
So, is that 'yes' or 'no'?
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Scrutiny of the Arts Council of Wales - Autumn 2023
But are you—? Sorry, Rebecca, but are you working on the basis of objectives you've achieved or objectives you haven't achieved?
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Scrutiny of the Arts Council of Wales - Autumn 2023
Okay. It feels that we're in something of an inflection point from the way that you're speaking and some of the decisions that you've taken quite recently, and I'm wondering where you think you've reached as you reach a point of change, as it feels to be…
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Scrutiny of the Arts Council of Wales - Autumn 2023
Yes, I get that.
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Scrutiny of the Arts Council of Wales - Autumn 2023
Thank you. I'm interested in the conversation that we began to have in terms of where the arts council is now and where it's going forward. You're coming to the end of your strategic period at the moment, your planning period, and you've been through the…
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Scrutiny of the Arts Council of Wales - Autumn 2023
No.
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Scrutiny of the Arts Council of Wales - Autumn 2023
Yes, and I agree with you on that. I do believe that this is a very important point. I think that perhaps I will ask you to write to us with the details of that work, because I don't want to go through something as important as this without both of us having…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Arts Council of Wales - Autumn 2023
Thank you, and thank you, Dafydd. In responding to the first question from the Chair, you said that there are some areas where there is a need to improve or to consider in greater detail, perhaps. I just wanted to ask you what those areas are, and why you…
, Plenary
& 13. The general principles of the Infrastructure (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Infrastructure (Wales) Bill
I'm grateful to you, Presiding Officer, and I'm pleased to contribute this afternoon on behalf of the LJC committee. I'd like to start, if I could, by thanking the Minister for her appearance before our committee in September, and also for her readiness to…
, Plenary
The Regulated Services (Special School Residential Services) (Wales) Regulations 2023
I'm very grateful to you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I speak this afternoon on behalf of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee. We considered these draft regulations on 20 November and subsequently considered the Government's response at our…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Of course, to eradicate poverty you need a partnership of governments committed to eradicating poverty. We know that the eradication of poverty is in the DNA of this Government. We learnt last week that the UK Government's autumn statement moved money from…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
If not, we'll move on to item 7, a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting. Members are content. Then, we will ask the committee to go into private session.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
Item 6, papers to note. Item 6.1 is a written statement by the Minister for Climate Change on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill. We are invited to note the written statement that the Minister has made on this legislation, which was introduced into the UK…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Inter-institutional relations agreement
So, we move on to the next item, which is item 5, notifications and correspondence under the inter-institutional relations agreement. Item 5.1 is a written statement and correspondence from the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution on the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
No further comment. Do Members wish to make any further comments or observations? I notice you do not.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
I'm very grateful to you for that, Kate, and grateful for your work on this. I assume that Members are content with that? I see that Members are content. Item 4.2 is SL(6)414, Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2023. We…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered
We'll move on to item 4, instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under the relevant Standing Orders that have been previously considered. Item 4.1 here is SL(6)409, the Plant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
I'm very grateful to you for that. Can I confirm that Members wish to agree those reporting points? I see Members do. I'm grateful to you for that.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
We'll move on to item 3, instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under the relevant Standing Order. Item 3.1 is SL(6)417, the Apprenticeships (Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for Wales) (Modification) Order 2023. This modifies the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3
We'll go straight on to item 2 this afternoon, instruments that raise no reporting issues under the relevant Standing Orders. The first item this afternoon is item 2.1, SL(6)418, the Valuation for Rating (Plant and Machinery) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome to this afternoon's meeting of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee. I'm chairing this afternoon, in the absence of Huw Irranca-Davies. We've had apologies from Huw, and we have Carolyn Thomas as a substitute for Huw. You're very…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
HSBC UK Welsh Service Line: evidence session with HSBC UK
We'll agree it's not impossible, but what that indicates to me is that you would be prepared to do a piece of scoping work to look at how you would do that.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
HSBC UK Welsh Service Line: evidence session with HSBC UK
I think the problem you've had this morning in this conversation is that you're telling us what you're doing to deliver for your customers and how you're trying to improve those services, but we are your customers, a lot of us in this room. And what you're…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
HSBC UK Welsh Service Line: evidence session with HSBC UK
No, go to Hefin.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
HSBC UK Welsh Service Line: evidence session with HSBC UK
I'm not convinced by your argument that it's not possible to provide an app in Welsh or any other language; you do provide it in other languages elsewhere. And I'm old enough, I'm sorry, Jose, to remember when a predecessor of yours told us that it was…
