, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner - Autumn 2023
Thank you for that. Do Members have any further questions? I see that there are none. Is there anything else that you hoped would come up in today's meeting that hasn't?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner - Autumn 2023
That message is clear. Thanks for that. Looking at the budget for 2024-25, what would your priorities be for that; what would you want to see happening?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner - Autumn 2023
Great. Thank you for that. May I return to our discussion about the budget? In terms of the impact of wage inflation, what impact do you think that will have on staffing resources if there is no additional funding?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner - Autumn 2023
No, you don't have to.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner - Autumn 2023
Great. We'll move on to Tom Giffard.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner - Autumn 2023
Okay. Thank you for that. We'll move on to Llyr Gruffydd.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner - Autumn 2023
Thank you, that's very useful. Thank you. And finally from me for the moment, the report talked about some specific cases in local authorities where some individuals have been prevented from using the Welsh language. Do you think that this is becoming more of…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner - Autumn 2023
Thank you for that. Lowri.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner - Autumn 2023
Yes. Thank you. There has been evidence in the past that people in Wales are less likely to complain in the first instance, so perhaps the pandemic has made that an even more prominent tendency. So, we'll keep an eye on that. Again, in terms of looking at the…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner - Autumn 2023
Okay. To move on to the rights of Welsh speakers, you've drawn attention to the fact that there's been a decrease in the number of people who choose to use the Welsh language with public bodies as compared to the period before the pandemic. Could you expand…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner - Autumn 2023
Thank you for that. Briefly, Alun wants to come in on that.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner - Autumn 2023
Thank you for that. Thank you. Just briefly, to return to the situation with, well, not sharing the offices, but the offices that you will be using, are there any other bodies that are perhaps in an equivalent situation, where you would want to learn from…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner - Autumn 2023
Thank you for that. Sorry, Carolyn.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner - Autumn 2023
No. Okay.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner - Autumn 2023
How much more do you think that will cost?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner - Autumn 2023
Just quickly.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner - Autumn 2023
Carolyn, would you mind if I just ask a quick question?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner - Autumn 2023
Okay. Thank you very much for that. We'll move on to Carolyn Thomas.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner - Autumn 2023
Okay.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner - Autumn 2023
Thank you for that, Alun. Before we move on, in terms of promoting the use of the language, how much funding do you require in order to do that work? I know that's very difficult to quantify, but how would you go about quantifying that?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner - Autumn 2023
Yes.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner - Autumn 2023
Thank you. Alun, before you go on, I just wanted to apologise to the committee and to our witnesses that I was late this morning. The trains were late, but the announcements stating that they were cancelled were available in Welsh. So, that's something. But…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
The coal tips in our valleys are a daily visual reminder of how we've been exploited, how our communities often paid a deadly price for coal, and, while the wealth was shipped straight out of these shores, the muck and the dirt was dumped on our hillsides to…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The 20 mph Speed Limit: Scrutiny session with the Deputy Minister for Climate Change
Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The 20 mph Speed Limit: Scrutiny session with the Deputy Minister for Climate Change
If those presentations are going to be more of what the Deputy Minister's talked about with the children, I think that's a fantastic idea; so, I'd really like to see more of that. Finally, then, there's been a lot of—. A lot has been made about the costs of…
