, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the National Library of Wales - Autumn 2023
Okay. We have been discussing priorities this morning. Is it a priority for the national library to continue to be a copyright library in the UK?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the National Library of Wales - Autumn 2023
[Inaudible.] [Laughter.]
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the National Library of Wales - Autumn 2023
Oh. Well—.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the National Library of Wales - Autumn 2023
I'd like to ask as well about your relationship with regional and local archives—are you working, for example, with the Gwent Archives and the work that's going there. But maybe—
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the National Library of Wales - Autumn 2023
I'm very grateful to you for what you've said. I like the way that you have set out the plan that you have, but there are no figures there, there are no numbers and no targets there. I expect that the library's board will see more detailed plans, and the…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the National Library of Wales - Autumn 2023
I have to move on, sorry—
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the National Library of Wales - Autumn 2023
What's going through my mind in listening to that conversation and listening to what you've been saying during this session is that I think the members of this committee would like to have an opportunity to visit the library and to see some of this ourselves…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the National Library of Wales - Autumn 2023
Thank you for that. I don't have any more questions on this subject. I'd just like to go back to the strategy a little. You have just said that you're reconsidering this strategy, and that's fine. But in reading it, there are a couple of themes that strike me…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the National Library of Wales - Autumn 2023
So, you're having discussions with Government regarding these risks, and you're managing them and you're satisfied with the current position, just to be clear on that.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the National Library of Wales - Autumn 2023
So, the Edwardian buildings are the problem.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the National Library of Wales - Autumn 2023
Well, I'm very pleased to hear that. For me to understand this fully, and for the committee to understand this fully, the old building on the hill, that's where the major problem is, and you've undertaken an assessment of the structure there so that you…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the National Library of Wales - Autumn 2023
I'm very pleased to hear that. I want to turn to one of the themes that I've heard emanating from the library itself in my time on this committee, namely the safety and security of the national collections. The library has been quite clear, to my mind, in…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the National Library of Wales - Autumn 2023
That's very important. I think perhaps we should come back to this when the library's in a position to be able to understand where the budget has reached.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the National Library of Wales - Autumn 2023
Yes, yes. I understand that.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the National Library of Wales - Autumn 2023
Well, you say that the strategy that I've been reading to prepare for this session, you have—
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the National Library of Wales - Autumn 2023
Thank you for that. As you were discussing the next strategy, I was just thinking that you're only halfway through the current strategy, so how can you develop ideas for the next strategy when you haven't presented the current strategy?
, Plenary
90-second Statements
I think it’s right and proper that this Parliament spends a moment remembering the life of David Rowe-Beddoe, who passed away last week. Many of us will have met David Rowe-Beddoe a number of times over the years. He had a career in business, which culminated…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
I'm grateful to the Minister for that. Aneurin Bevan, of course, said that the impact of any policy is the impact it has on the person in the street. Throughout my time here, the Welsh Government has fully supported the Aneurin Bevan health board in its…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
5. How is the Welsh Government implementing the delivery of healthcare services closer to people's homes? OQ60292
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
You're using the conditional tense quite a lot in that answer; I'm not sure that it's very reassuring, I'm afraid. But in terms of taking this forward, Counsel General, you've been very clear that if we're making changes to primary legislation, that should be…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Section 7(5) would appear to introduce the ability by regulation to modify primary legislation.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Okay. I think the committee's always worried when Ministers say that they're creating powers that they don't ever envisage using. The question that screams back is, 'So, don't take that power. Why would you want that power?', but I won't follow that…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Okay. Just to pursue a previous questioning theme, in terms of section 6(2)(b), you allow regulations to be made in relation to a principal council's area, but without their consent. In which circumstances do you envisage using this power?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
Okay. Could you drop us a note on that, please? I think that would be useful.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session
This conversation could take a while, because every time the Counsel General answers a question another question comes into my mind. The pilots that you've described in answer to earlier questions, I assume that there is no legislative or statutory…
