, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with culture bodies (6)
We do. We've got an arts and culture deputy Minister. I don't—
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with culture bodies (6)
But that's my point, you see—that's my point. We tick the boxes—and I've never heard a Minister in the Welsh Government not talk about culture at some point; I've done it myself—but when it comes to voting on the budget, which is the real declaration of a…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with culture bodies (6)
Okay. I don't disagree with you, by the way. I'll ask Robin to come in if I get this wrong, but I think it's fair to say that the Welsh Government has not funded the arts and culture sector in the same way as, say, Scotland or the Republic of Ireland, in…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with culture bodies (6)
Anyone else?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with culture bodies (6)
The funding.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with culture bodies (6)
So, what about Government and Government decisions?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with culture bodies (6)
I've enjoyed the conversation this morning. I've tried listening to your different perspectives on these issues, but I want you to convince me of something, and this is what it is: to what extent is this simply a financial crisis that you've been describing?…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 15
I don't have any further questions.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 15
The committee's very happy to take written evidence if witnesses wish to give this greater consideration.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 15
Okay, I'm grateful to you for that. So, you've identified that conditionality, if you like, in terms of taking this forward, mainly in terms of resource availability and the ability to build over a period of time. I accept all that. So, are there any changes…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 15
Okay, fine, so—
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 15
What does that mean, Amanda—'very, very challenging'? Tell us what it means.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 15
Okay, thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 15
I think incrementalism is quite important, actually. It does build up a sense of momentum, but you've outlined funding and funding alone. So, funding is the key issue for you, rather than any other barrier.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 15
Yes. I was interested in both the answers to that previous question from Vaughan, but also the context of the answers to an earlier question from Lee on the target of a million. In answering that first question from Lee, everybody was very positive, but it…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 14
That's great. We'll leave it at that. Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 14
Okay, can you quantify that?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 14
So, the pathway exists, it's just not sufficient?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 14
And I assume, from your answer, that the pathway, if you like, of resource, in its widest sense, doesn't exist at the moment. That pathway doesn't exist, which is why we don't have either the teachers or the resources to deliver the education that we want to…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 14
It doesn't exist. So how do we get from where we are today, where the capacity doesn't exist, to where we might be, say over the next decade, where that capacity might exist? And where would you like to prioritise the development of that capacity?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 14
So, yes or no? Do you think it exists or not?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 14
I'm grateful to you for that. And one of the themes I think that is developing in some of the evidence we've received as a committee is concern about capacity and the ability of education providers, in the wider sense, if you like, to actually deliver on the…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 14
Okay, so the balance at the moment, from what I've interpreted from that response, is that you're looking towards increasing the teaching, if you like, through the medium of Welsh rather than the teaching of Welsh as a stand-alone subject.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 14
So, how would this legislation actually impact upon what you're already planning to do?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 14
I'm just trying to follow what you've just said. In terms of where we are today, there's clearly a job of work to be done in the post-16 sector, and I presume that Medr has plans to do that notwithstanding this legislation, yes?
