, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the First Minister
Thank you. I've got a request for—. We'll come back to you after that.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the First Minister
Forgive me. I'm going to go to Heledd in a second.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the First Minister
We'll move on to Carolyn Thomas.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the First Minister
Thank you for that. Tom, are you happy to—? Okay.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the First Minister
Of course.
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Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the First Minister
Tom, I think Alun wanted to come in with a supplementary.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the First Minister
Yes, of course.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the First Minister
I'm very sorry for that confusion. So, we will move straight into those questions instead, and I'm going to hand over straight to Tom Giffard.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government international relations: scrutiny of the First Minister
Yes, that's absolutely fine.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government international relations: scrutiny of the First Minister
Right, okay. No, no, we'll start with Ireland, then.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government international relations: scrutiny of the First Minister
Would you prefer to start with Ireland?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government international relations: scrutiny of the First Minister
No. We're starting with international relations.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government international relations: scrutiny of the First Minister
Thank you, both, very much. If it's all right with you, we'll go straight into questions. I know we've got 45 minutes of this session. Could you please outline what your priorities will be for the next 12 months in the international relations portfolio in…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government international relations: scrutiny of the First Minister
Would you mind introducing your officials, please, for the record?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Welsh Government international relations: scrutiny of the First Minister
Welcome back. We're going straight away to item 6. We're looking at our inquiry on relations between the Welsh Government and Ireland, and we're scrutinising—. First of all, before we go on to Wales and Ireland, we're holding our annual session on Welsh…
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Motion under Standing Orders 17.42(vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 4 and 5 of the meeting
So, I propose under item 3, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for items 4 and 5, if Members are content to agree the motion. Yes. And for anyone who is viewing, I would encourage you to return at 10:30…
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Papers to note
Okay. Diolch, bawb. If there are no other issues that anyone wants to raise—.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Papers to note
What we'll do, Carolyn, if it's okay—forgive me for interrupting you—is we'll circulate a draft of the letter to Members to make sure that everyone's happy with what the tone is. Okay?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Papers to note
Of course. What I was going to suggest, Carolyn, because—
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Papers to note
Thank you, Heledd. I get the feeling, certainly, from Alun and Heledd, and I would tend to agree, that we should write back to the Government expressing this. Are you all content with that? Yes. Okay, great. So, we'll circulate, because this is sensitive—
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Papers to note
Diolch, Alun. I was actually quite troubled by that last—whether it was the last sentence or just the last thought in the letter as well. Did anyone want to raise anything else on that? Heledd.
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Papers to note
Yes, of course.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Papers to note
So, we'll move on to item 2, papers to note. The papers on the agenda include 2.1, safeguarding national collections; 2.2, the impact of increasing costs; 2.3, this relates to Welsh Government international relations; and 2.4, which relates to the…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning. I'd like to welcome Members to this meeting of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee. Are there any declarations of interest? I don't see that there are.
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, Rishi Sunak has recently said that now is not the time for further devolution. I'd like a statement, please, responding to that, because apparently now is not the time, when an energy crisis engulfs us, and Wales could have greater powers over…
