, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: evidence session with Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
All right. I'll start by saying that that is absolutely a priority for Creative Wales. We're encouraging organisations that we work with to improve their pay levels and working conditions. And what we can do is use our funding mechanisms in that regard to…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: evidence session with Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Yes, okay. All right.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: evidence session with Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Yes. So we've got a significant list of projects that have been supported, and, I think, if I can provide that to the committee rather than waste time literally reading out a list, that might be helpful.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: evidence session with Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Sorry?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: evidence session with Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Okay. Well, over and above the normal annual allocation—. I think we did talk about this in the budget scrutiny as well, so I think it's probably just worth repeating some of that. So, we allocated an additional £1 million funding to support the…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: evidence session with Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
We'll have a big reveal next week. [Laughter.]
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: evidence session with Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Until next week, Hefin. [Laughter.]
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: evidence session with Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
We do try to spread the investment across Wales. We've seen, recently, the development of the Aria studios in Anglesey, so that's one example of where we're trying to spread that investment, and we're also working closely to provide funding for Gogledd…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: evidence session with Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Oh, Gerwyn, the top three—go on.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: evidence session with Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
We've got lots of examples, and I think it's probably—. I could sit here and rattle through them all, or—
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: evidence session with Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Well, certainly from our point of view, the priority is growing the screen industry, and we do that by supporting ranges of indigenous products, alongside targeted inward investment, where they complement our strategic goals, because I think that is…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: evidence session with Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Again, I'll ask Gerwyn if he can give information on the data.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: evidence session with Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
What I would say to start is, obviously, Creative Wales is still a relatively young organisation. So, part of what Creative Wales has been trying to do is to establish baseline data and to better understand the sector so that we can monitor the trends…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: evidence session with Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Indeed. Diolch, Gadeirydd. I'm Dawn Bowden, I'm Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, and I've got Gerwyn Evans with me, who's deputy director for Creative Wales.
, Plenary
Short Debate: A permanent commemoration of Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Diolch, Dirprwy Llywydd. When the First Minister offered the Senedd’s condolences on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in September of last year, he reflected on her lifetime of service, duty, and self-sacrifice, and her personal commitment to Wales…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Thank you, Sam, for that question. I don't want to just keep repeating myself, but, you know, we are in a situation where we set out very clearly in our programme for government that this was what we were going to do; we have very clearly set that out in our…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
I thank Sam Rowlands for that question. The Welsh Government's regulatory impact assessment was published alongside the legislation. Operators who do not meet the criteria can continue to provide self-catering accommodation and contribute to the local…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Yes, I thank Ken Skates for that supplementary, and, yes, I am very confident and share his confidence. I think it's good when people like you, Ken, come forward and talk about what is happening in Wales and not the kind of narrow approach that we hear from…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Well, they'll benefit from a tourism levy. This is a levy, Russell. And the reason they will benefit from a visitor levy is that it will be used to improve the environment in which those businesses operate. We've rehearsed this many times. I know that Members…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
If I could find my answer, I'd tell you. [Laughter.] Thank you, Russell, for that question. Our strategy, 'Welcome to Wales: Priorities for the visitor economy 2020-2025', sets out our vision and ambition for the sector across Wales. Mid Wales features…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Again, I think all of these are fair challenges, Heledd, and we do have a very clear strategy on promoting the Welsh language as part of everything we do in tourism, because we see the Welsh language as very much part of what we are. Now, I personally regret…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Well, it's an absolute nonsense, of course it is. And those organisations have every right to use the names that they feel are appropriate. These are Welsh organisations representing Welsh landmarks and Welsh national parks, and they have Welsh names. That…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Okay.
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Apologies—apologies, Heledd, sorry.
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
I have to say, Tom, I think that's an absolutely outrageous accusation, to suggest that I would be doing anything actively to either protect an organisation that was acting in the way that we subsequently found out they were acting—. What you're talking about…
