, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National contemporary art gallery: Ministerial evidence session
No, no. You're parodying my argument. You're not accepting it.
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National contemporary art gallery: Ministerial evidence session
At the same time, yes, but we're not talking about the same time, are we?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National contemporary art gallery: Ministerial evidence session
But that doesn't really address the issues, does it? I took my son to the national museum a couple of months ago to see La Parisienne, which is a fantastic piece of work, to see the impressionists in Cardiff. For him, as a young boy, standing in front of that…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National contemporary art gallery: Ministerial evidence session
—and it's absolutely superb, because it's rooted in that place. And the example you gave of the artwork in the Redhouse is a good example of where you can have artwork that is rooted in a place, that has a relevance to the place, which does then actually…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National contemporary art gallery: Ministerial evidence session
Potentially, in Cyfarthfa, I accept that, but no decision has been taken on that and I can only work on the basis of what we know. So, a million people are not included in your model right from the start, so I'm not convinced by your argument there, Minister…
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National contemporary art gallery: Ministerial evidence session
But it's not, is it? And you say that anybody will be able to do it, but of course you won't if you live in the Valleys because none of these dispersed sites are in the Valleys, and that's a million people—
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National contemporary art gallery: Ministerial evidence session
Not necessarily Cardiff, but yes.
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National contemporary art gallery: Ministerial evidence session
I recognise that. We also stood on a manifesto saying that we were going to deliver an M4 relief road and reorganisation of local government. So, we can't go back to that.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National contemporary art gallery: Ministerial evidence session
In the current dispersed model, there's nobody from Merthyr Tydfil or Blaenau Gwent going to visit any of these places; you're taking them further away from us.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National contemporary art gallery: Ministerial evidence session
But how can you—? You and I represent neighbouring constituencies in the Heads of the Valleys.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National contemporary art gallery: Ministerial evidence session
That's very diplomatic, Minister.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National contemporary art gallery: Ministerial evidence session
Listening to the conversation there, the more I hear about this, the more ill at ease I become. My concern is the point that Mr Williams made in an earlier response. There are thousands of pieces of art locked away in Aberystwyth and Cardiff and elsewhere…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National contemporary art gallery: Ministerial evidence session
It's the obvious question, isn't it? You've both said—and I agree with the Deputy Minister on these matters—or you've all said that it's a good idea. Everybody says it's a good idea. I'm yet to meet anybody who thinks it's not a good idea. What's screaming…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National contemporary art gallery: Ministerial evidence session
So why don't you do it, then?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National contemporary art gallery: Ministerial evidence session
I understand the point you're making. My point is slightly different. It's just that, by stretching the interpretation of that description—which I've got no issue with, by the way—what you're doing by doing so is losing the meaning of the actual word. You are…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National contemporary art gallery: Ministerial evidence session
But my point is that then it loses its meaning.
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National contemporary art gallery: Ministerial evidence session
I'm just fascinated by the answer, Minister, you'll be disappointed to hear, because your definition is strikingly different to the definitions we've heard from practitioners in other evidence. Practitioners seem to be saying 'contemporary' is people who are…
, Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
I'm grateful for that response. The independent remuneration board seems to be doing its best to prevent Members travelling anywhere outside Cardiff Bay and, over the last few years, we've seen this place becoming increasingly Cardiff Bay centric, and that's…
, Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
2. How will the Commission facilitate closer and deeper relationships between the Senedd and the institutions of the EU? OQ59892
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I'm grateful to the Counsel General for that response. What has become clear in recent months, over the summer, is that there is a clear assumption in all quarters across the United Kingdom that we are heading towards a change of UK Government at the next…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
8. What assessment has the Counsel General made of the possible impact of a change of UK Government on the devolution settlement? OQ59891
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I'm grateful to the Counsel General for that. We are witnessing, of course, the collapse of Brexit, not only with UK capitulation and rejoining Horizon two years too late, but we're also seeing the UK failing to deliver basic customs checks, the UK failing to…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
5. What legal advice has the Counsel General provided to the Welsh Government regarding potential relationships between Wales and the EU? OQ59890
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
I'm grateful to the Minister for that response. I think Members across the whole Chamber continue to welcome this support and the leadership of the Counsel General on these matters. Mick Antoniw has made a great commitment to supporting the people of Ukraine…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
7. Will the Minister make a statement on support for people from Ukraine seeking safety in Wales? OQ59893
