, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the Cherish Project
I'm enjoying your evidence, Christopher. I think you're speaking with great conviction about the work that you've been doing, and that's something I really welcome. We've been through some choppy waters, I think it's fair to say, and correct me if I'm wrong…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the Cherish Project
No, I was enjoying it.
, Plenary
Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: The Coronation of HM King Charles III
I’m grateful to the Minister for his statement this afternoon. I think he outlined very well the importance of the event in terms of the story of our national history. This isn’t the time to have a debate on the structures of the finances of the United…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I was delighted, First Minister, to use Cardiff Airport last week when coming back from Dublin, as I used Cardiff Airport last month to attend meetings in Brussels. Do you agree with me that it is the role of governments to invest in our infrastructure? I was…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with language organisations
That's a very courageous point of view, talking to a panel of politicians, Mícheál, but—
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with language organisations
Yes, and Irish was spoken in the European Parliament yesterday; you see the Irish translation there at the moment. I'm just interested in the way that you've both responded in quite different ways to answering the same question. If I think back of the lessons…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with language organisations
The same question to Mícheál.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with language organisations
Do you have an example of where we in Wales have learned, and how Welsh policy has changed, because of the relationship?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with language organisations
Sorry to cut across, Lowri, but the question was: can you give us an example of how you have changed policy or have shaped policy as a result of the relationship with Ireland and so on? I understand what the question is, but I'm just seeking a response to it…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with language organisations
Diolch yn fawr. It's interesting, Mícheál, listening to that description of what you're seeking to achieve. My experience is—and myself and Ken Skates here have both been members of the British-Irish ministerial council, and those meetings can be a bit hit…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Papers to note
The letter doesn't seem to state which competencies the Bill touches upon. Now, my assumption, given the letter, is that it would be the issues around international obligations and international law, and the impact on Welsh Ministers I would expect. But do we…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Inter-institutional relations agreement
It's entirely different from the work of the Counsel General, who has told us that there is nowhere close to being enough engagement with the UK Government over this, and in fact, the issue around the location of this legislation as well. But I don't know…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Inter-institutional relations agreement
Well, it's entirely different to everything else we've been told by every other Minister. [Laughter.] It's entirely and completely different.
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Bus emergency scheme
I don’t know where to start sometimes. Janet, you’re absolutely right that we’ve had 25 years of devolution, but we’ve had nearly 30 or 40 years of deregulated bus services that have failed. They’ve failed the country. This Government is going to change the…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Bus emergency scheme
That’s exactly what we need, and that is actually my third and final point. I hope the Minister will respond to my point on Fflecsi in reply to the debate. But it’s quite an extraordinary thing that Janet Finch-Saunders was able to speak for nearly six…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Bus emergency scheme
I think it is important that we have an opportunity to debate these points in this forum, as we do this afternoon. And it's important, I think, that we debate these points, that we listen to what each other has to say, and then that we take interventions from…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Bus emergency scheme
Will you take an intervention?
, Plenary
Topical Questions
I'm grateful, Deputy Presiding Officer. The crashing irony of the Conservative position on this, of course, is that the reason the Rhondda line is being closed is because it's nineteenth century infrastructure there that needs to be replaced in the…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with cultural and heritage bodies
You have mentioned the year of France. We're not discussing France this morning, but could you write to the committee with your plans for this year in France so that we can understand that as part of our broader work? But we don't want to go after that today.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with cultural and heritage bodies
May I just ask one final question?
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Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with cultural and heritage bodies
It would be important for us to follow that up as part of our work.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with cultural and heritage bodies
The three of you have been very positive about everything, and I'm very pleased about that. After the first session, I'm very pleased. Is there anything that hasn't succeeded? I've run programmes, when I had a real job, and sometimes you learn more from…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with cultural and heritage bodies
—is this Irish channel. Obviously, I haven't seen this. So, why, therefore? What have you learnt from that?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with cultural and heritage bodies
You've said something there that surprised me, that the most successful YouTube channel in the world—
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: Evidence session with cultural and heritage bodies
In terms of the previous answers, I'm very pleased to hear that targets have been agreed between you and Welsh Government. Perhaps it would be an idea for us as a committee to write to the Minister and ask to see these before the Minister appears before us…
