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Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the Cherish Project
We'll come back to you, Alun. Carolyn, for a supplementary.
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Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the Cherish Project
Okay. Thank you for that. We'll turn to Alun Davies.
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Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the Cherish Project
Great, thanks, Tom. We'll go to Heledd Fychan.
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Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the Cherish Project
Tom, was there anything else that you wanted to ask? Are you happy for us—?
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Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the Cherish Project
Thanks for that.
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Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the Cherish Project
Great—a connection between the ancient and modern there again.
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Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the Cherish Project
That's great to hear. Diolch yn fawr iawn—thank you so much. Clare, you wanted to come in on Tom's question.
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Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the Cherish Project
Just smiling.
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Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the Cherish Project
Thank you. Alun, were you indicating that you wanted to come in there?
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Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the Cherish Project
So, could Christopher—?
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Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the Cherish Project
Great—diolch yn fawr. Thank you so much. We'll move on to Tom Giffard, who may delve a little more deeply into this. Tom.
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Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the Cherish Project
Thank you so much, Christopher. And Clare, is there anything that you'd like to add that—well, about the CHERISH project?
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Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the Cherish Project
Well, it's a pleasure to have the two of you with us. Can I start by asking: could you tell us a little bit about the work of your project, and of course the Ancient Connections project as well, and how that contributes, do you think, to Wales-Ireland…
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Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the Cherish Project
Oh, fantastic. That's wonderful. Thank you so much, Christopher. And Clare, could I ask you to introduce yourself, please?
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Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the Cherish Project
I'm going to ask our witnesses to introduce themselves for the record. I'll go to Christopher first.
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Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the Cherish Project
Welcome back. We move on now to the next item, which is Wales-Ireland relations; it's our current inquiry, of course. We have an evidence session now with the CHERISH project. This is a project looking at climate, heritage and environments of reefs, islands…
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 4 and 5 of the meeting
But, in the meantime, I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for items 4 and 5. Okay. We'll wait to hear that we're in private session.
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Papers to note
So, we'll move on to item 2, which is papers to note. There are four papers: safeguarding national collections is the first; the impact of increasing costs is the second; then we have Welsh Government's international relations, which is the third; and then…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Okay. Thanks for that, Heledd. Do any other Members have any declarations of interest to make? I don't see that there are any.
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning. I welcome Members to this meeting of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee. Are there any declarations of interest from Members, please? Heledd.
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Debate on the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee Report—'Decarbonising the private housing sector'
May I begin by thanking fellow committee members, the Chair of the committee, the clerking team and researchers, and, of course, the stakeholders who gave evidence to us? We often talk in this Siambr about the climate change crisis, and we emphasise, in so…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
I'll be asking the second question on renewable energy. One of the recommendations arising from the deep-dive into renewable energy will be to encourage greater investment in Welsh ports and to call on the Crown Estate and Westminster Government to maximise…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you very much for that.
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
So, talking about No Mow May, I'm sure that you, like me, will be encouraging people to step away from the lawn mower; to resist the urge to start cutting the grass now and to embrace, yes, a more messy garden, but also one that is vibrant, that's teeming…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Diolch, Llywydd. Minister, we are now in the month of May, which is once again being marked as No Mow May, a chance for all of us to change our habits and encourage wildlife to thrive in our gardens and parks. I'm sure that you, like me, will be urging people…
