, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with language organisations
Thank you for that. We'll move to Heledd Fychan.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with language organisations
Lowri, can you respond to what Alun asked, and then we'll move on? Thank you very much.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with language organisations
Before we go down that other rabbit hole, I'm very aware that we're halfway through our time and we have four other Members who have other areas that we'll need to cover. This is genuinely really fascinating, so I'm sorry to cut across you, Mícheál. If it's…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with language organisations
Diolch, Mícheál. You were talking about the European context; back to Alun, because Alun is joining us from Brussels at the moment.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with language organisations
Alun, before I come back to you, I think Heledd wanted to ask a supplementary. Then we'll come back to Alun.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with language organisations
Thank you very much. Alun, did you want to ask anything to Mícheál?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with language organisations
Even if there are some other examples that you'd like to write to us with, we'd welcome that.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with language organisations
Lowri, do you want to go first on this? We'll come to you first, Mícheál, next time, I promise, but, Lowri, do you want to go first?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with language organisations
Thank you very much. We'll go to Alun Davies.
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Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with language organisations
Thank you so much.
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Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with language organisations
Yes, you did.
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Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with language organisations
Mícheál, what would your response be in terms of, in a general sense, how important Wales-Ireland relations are to the work that you do?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with language organisations
Thank you for that, Lowri.
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Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with language organisations
So, who'd like to go first on that? Lowri.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with language organisations
Fantastic. Well, thank you, both, for joining us this morning. We'll go straight to questions. Could you tell us what your general views are on the importance of Wales-Ireland relations?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with language organisations
Thank you very much. I'll go to Lowri next.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with language organisations
So, we'll move on to item 2, which is Wales-Ireland relations. We have an evidence session first of all with language organisations. I'll ask our witnesses to introduce themselves for the record. I'll go to Mícheál first.
, 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. We've received apologies from Hefin David, and we are very pleased to welcome Ken Skates, deputising on his…
, Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
The Tories seek to deny geographic reality with HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail and to claim that, for England-only projects, we should somehow see Wales as well. I am dismayed that Keir Starmer hasn't yet assured us that he would correct this injustice and…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence from the Minister for Climate Change: part 2
Diolch. I remember some research coming out some years ago that had shown that birds in the centre of London, or it was in the centre of a city that was as large as London, had altered their song, or the pitch that their song was pitched at, because they'd…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence from the Minister for Climate Change: part 2
That's really welcome, actually, Minister. Thank you for talking us through that. In terms of stakeholder engagement, what you've just said about maybe stakeholders who would have been in the know more about this policy area, then that would definitely make…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence from the Minister for Climate Change: part 2
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Could you talk us through—? So, turning to the soundscapes element of this, Minister, could you please talk us through why you decided to include soundscapes in the Bill, given that it wasn't in the White Paper?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence from the Minister for Climate Change: part 1
Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence from the Minister for Climate Change: part 1
Thank you. That's clear, Minister. Could you also please tell us—and, again, I think that this is something that you've touched on a little already, but if there's anything you wanted to add on this—what arrangements are in place for Welsh Ministers to report…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
The Environment (Air Quality and Soundscapes) (Wales) Bill - evidence from the Minister for Climate Change: part 1
Thank you for that. Minister, you have touched on this already in responding to a number of the questions, but I was going to ask whether you could talk us through the rationale as to why you think we need to impose a duty on local authorities and other Welsh…
