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Debate on Petition P-06-1345, 'Make conservation management plans compulsory for scheduled monuments at risk such as Ruperra Castle'
Okay, so to conclude—[Interruption.] I know. To conclude, Deputy Dirprwy Lywydd, I would like to thank the Ruperra Castle Conservation Trust for raising awareness of the value of conservation management plans, and to assure Jack Sargeant and Hefin David that…
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Debate on Petition P-06-1345, 'Make conservation management plans compulsory for scheduled monuments at risk such as Ruperra Castle'
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, and thank you for providing me with the opportunity to contribute and comment on this petition. Can I also thank the petitioners for highlighting the value of conservation management plans as an important tool to help managers care for…
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Debate on the Local Government and Housing Committee Report, 'Local Authority Library and Leisure Services'
But to deal specifically with the UK Government swimming pools support, and the use of consequentials in Wales, as I said in committee, this £3.5 million was split—£1.2 million revenue and £2.3 million capital—and that would amount to no more than…
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Debate on the Local Government and Housing Committee Report, 'Local Authority Library and Leisure Services'
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Thanks to Members for an interesting and very wide-ranging debate this afternoon. I'm very grateful to the committee for their time and effort spent in producing this report, and to those who provided evidence. Now, the wide-ranging…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
To be absolutely clear, Heledd, what I'm saying: I'm not saying that there is no risk, I'm telling you what the museum and the library have said to me. I met with the library. I'd be interested to see the correspondence that you've had with the library…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Well, thank you, Heledd, for that question. I have regular conversations with both the library and the museum, as you would expect. They are arm's-length bodies, so I meet with them on a regular basis. And the conversations that I've had with them about…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Thank you, Laura Anne Jones, for that supplementary. Generally, the encouragement to visit sites is part of the core work of Cadw, in promoting access to the sites, promoting the sites that are in the custody of Cadw—and not just Cadw, but our historic sites…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Can I thank you, Jayne, for that supplementary question? And can I say that I was absolutely delighted seeing your positive experience of the open-door visit at Newport castle? I did see it on social media as well—you looked really chuffed to be there, so, I…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Can I thank Jayne Bryant for that question? Newport has a rich and diverse heritage of international significance, ranging from the Caerleon Roman fortress and baths to the Newport transporter bridge. The Welsh Government will continue to invest in Newport’s…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism: Cadw: Engaging communities with heritage
Thank you, Sioned, for those comments. Now, I'm not particularly familiar with Neath abbey. It's not a part of the world I'm particularly familiar with, as I've spent most of my life around south-east Wales, and I'll make sure that the website's amended to…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism: Cadw: Engaging communities with heritage
I thank Darren Millar for those points. In fact, if I deal with that last one first, because you did write to me, Darren, and I responded to you at that time. I'm not sure that things have moved on any further from when I wrote to you about that, but I…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism: Cadw: Engaging communities with heritage
Well, I think that that is hugely important. I saw my own children coming home from school when they were younger, and they were doing projects in school and speaking to my mother and my grandmother—who died a long time ago, but she was their great-gran—and…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism: Cadw: Engaging communities with heritage
Well, thank you, Heledd for those comments. As usual, I find that, when I listen to you speak, your passion for heritage is something that resonates, and there's nothing that you say that I disagree with. So, we're not starting on opposite sides of the table…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism: Cadw: Engaging communities with heritage
Can I thank Joel James for those points, and he's covered a number of areas in that, starting with the youth custodian scheme, which is a fantastic scheme that we are now funding? It's an all-Wales scheme. It's been very successful in north Wales. We're now…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism: Cadw: Engaging communities with heritage
Later this week, I will visit Cadw’s Neath abbey monument to discuss conservation and community engagement at the site. Over the last year, Cadw has linked with Dŵr-y-Felin Comprehensive School in Neath abbey to launch a young custodians scheme for this…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism: Cadw: Engaging communities with heritage
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. Over the last year, Cadw has delivered innovative programmes to increase the engagement of Welsh communities with Cadw sites and the wider historic environment. This work demonstrates the contribution that our outstanding heritage…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
I think the point is—. Let's deal with your first point first: the first point first is that some of these figures are compared to 2019, not 2020, the visitor figures, and they're comparing with 2021 and 2022, and 2023, which is after lockdown, and it's a…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Well, I thank you, Tom, for that second question, and I did wonder how long it would take you to get to the tourism levy, but let me just rewind and revisit your assumption about visitor figures. Between April and December 2021 and April and December 2022…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Well, I think—and thank you, Tom, for that question—you've been quite selective, actually, in your assessment of the situation. We had a debate on this not so long ago in this Chamber and we went through all of these statistics and I explained in some detail…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Can I thank Sam Rowlands for those very important points in his supplementary question? And, again, can I reiterate that we have long been supportive of our heritage railways, and we do absolutely understand the economic value of these important cultural and…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Can I thank Sam Rowlands for that question, and say that we do greatly value our heritage railways? But, all sectors of our society must play their part in addressing the climate emergency. We would encourage the industry to work with the Welsh Government to…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National contemporary art gallery: Ministerial evidence session
No, I don't think so, other than I think we just have to keep you informed as a committee, and particularly if there are any changes in the way in which this programme develops as we go forward. As I say, this is very much part of the co-operation agreement…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National contemporary art gallery: Ministerial evidence session
So, that will be generally by the partners, so we're talking about Amgueddfa Cymru and the national library, but, again, Marcus, perhaps you can give a bit more detail on that.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National contemporary art gallery: Ministerial evidence session
I would want that to be in the public domain, Tom, and, as I say, I haven't seen it myself yet. At the moment, it's just going to the board—because this is the first report, it's going to the board—but there's no reason why we can't make that public and why…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
National contemporary art gallery: Ministerial evidence session
The digital collection, we are now monitoring the access to it. It's fairly new. It only launched in June of this year. But information is being collected now about access to the site, so we're looking at the number of users and new users; we're looking at…
