, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Fourteen years of Tory austerity have dismantled public services and funding, which could pay for free car parking and toilet facilities. It's had a severe impact on small businesses across north Wales due to inflationary pressures and the cost-of-living…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Charging for exhibitions: Evidence session with cultural bodies, representative bodies and museum experts
My last question was covered earlier, so happy to move on.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Charging for exhibitions: Evidence session with cultural bodies, representative bodies and museum experts
Have you got anything to add about the key features of exhibitions that are intended to be profit generating? No, you've covered it quite well, haven't you, before?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Charging for exhibitions: Evidence session with cultural bodies, representative bodies and museum experts
Yes, thanks, it does. Yes.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Charging for exhibitions: Evidence session with cultural bodies, representative bodies and museum experts
And how does charging impact on the tax status of income, so your charitable status, et cetera, if you do you charge?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Charging for exhibitions: Evidence session with cultural bodies, representative bodies and museum experts
You could do with having a value for social value. If you could have a coin for social value, that would be amazing, wouldn't it? Some of the events that have been organised now, though, do they help turn a profit rather than the exhibitions?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Charging for exhibitions: Evidence session with cultural bodies, representative bodies and museum experts
Yes, sure. Have you previously run exhibitions that have turned a profit?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Charging for exhibitions: Evidence session with cultural bodies, representative bodies and museum experts
Have you ever had exhibitions that have turned a profit?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Charging for exhibitions: Evidence session with cultural bodies, representative bodies and museum experts
I suppose they build a relationship up, don't they, then? If you get them into the facility, the place, they build that relationship up, then.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Charging for exhibitions: Evidence session with cultural bodies, representative bodies and museum experts
Okay. So, my question is: to what extent can charging for access to temporary exhibitions compensate for reduced public funding? But, after visiting the national museum today, I'm going to actually extend 'exhibitions' to events and productions, because I…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: HS2 funding
HS2 has been a complete disaster by the UK Government: ripping up countryside, destroying homes, and costing the taxpayer billions. I met someone who is now living in Flintshire whose home was compulsorily purchased. He was so angry at the scheme and the…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: HS2 funding
But Network Rail are in charge of the railway infrastructure, aren't they, so—
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: HS2 funding
Will you take an intervention?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 5
That could be using the north Wales economic ambition board for strategic planning to do with highways, as you said, and infrastructure, but then, when it comes to local planning decisions, they're probably best placed with local authorities.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 5
I used to be on a planning committee.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 5
It's okay. I know what you mean now.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 5
Dorian, can you clarify 'PAC'?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 5
We have, haven't we? [Laughter.] Are there any other improvements you think that could be made? [Interruption.] He's got a big list there. [Laughter.]
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 5
Are these built to a certain standard as well, then, did you say?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 4
Okay, thank you.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 4
Do you believe, if developers could give gifted housing, which you could borrow against, that could be a way forward, especially if you haven't got housing stock to begin with? I know we did it in Flintshire. Would that be something that developers might be…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 4
Can I just have one question, if we've got time?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 4
Thanks, David. Thanks, Chair.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 4
Can you just clarify whether CJCs are funded by local authorities? They have to give some funding, don't they, to them. Yes. Okay. And there are also the public services boards, the regional partnership boards, and the economic ambition board as well. So, are…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 4
Thank you. Anybody else? Jim, did you want to come in on this?
