Speeches and questions

3 March 2022, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1

Diolch. Thank you very much.

3 March 2022, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1

Thanks, Rhys. Rob or Will, did you want to add anything or are you happy? Will.

3 March 2022, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1

Thanks, Rhys. The word 'ambitious' can mean two very different things, can't it? It's all in the tone of how it's put across, because if you say that something is ambitious, then that could be a really positive thing, or it's like, 'Oh, it's ambitious'—it can…

3 March 2022, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1

Thank you for that, Rob. Before anyone else—. Or did anyone else want to come in on this? I don't see—

3 March 2022, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee

Renewable energy generation in Wales - evidence session 1

Diolch, Gadeirydd. Good morning, everyone. Could you tell us, please, how ambitious do you think the plans for renewable energy are as they're set out in the Net Zero Wales plan?

2 March 2022, Plenary

Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

But unpleasant commentary recently has sought to reawaken divides over Welsh. Jeremy Bowen, Jonathan Meades and others have rightly been criticised, but this could, ironically, be an opportunity, because the Government's plans with 'Cymraeg 2050' could centre…

2 March 2022, Plenary

Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

Thank you, Minister. The Welsh language belongs to us all, whether we speak it or not.

2 March 2022, Plenary

Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language

1. Will the Minister make a statement on progress with achieving targets set out in 'Cymraeg 2050', please? OQ57717

2 March 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

If everybody's happy, we'll move to item 4, which is a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting today. Are Members content to agree that motion? Yes. So, we'll continue in private. Thank you.

2 March 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Papers to note

Thank you for that, Heledd. Does any other Member want to say anything regarding that? Are Members all agreed on that and content? Yes. We'll move on. Thank you for placing that on the record, Heledd.

2 March 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Papers to note

We will move on to item 3, papers to note. We have four papers today: item 3.1, National Museum Wales and Arts Council of Wales widening engagement action plan 2022-25; item 3.2, additional information from the Welsh Centre for International Affairs following…

2 March 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Chair of Sport Wales pre-appointment hearing

Thank you. That's really, really helpful. I don't see any other Members indicating that they have any other final questions, so can I thank you very much indeed for being with us for this session this morning? The process now is that we as a committee will be…

2 March 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Chair of Sport Wales pre-appointment hearing

Thank you so much. Tanni, before you go, I appreciate that you aren't in post yet, and that the confirmation hasn't happened from the Welsh Government, but as Carolyn was just setting out, we as a committee are about to embark on an inquiry looking at access…

2 March 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Chair of Sport Wales pre-appointment hearing

Thank you, Heledd. Could we please move on to Carolyn Thomas?

2 March 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Chair of Sport Wales pre-appointment hearing

We'll move on to Heledd Fychan.

2 March 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Chair of Sport Wales pre-appointment hearing

Thank you very much. We'll move on to Alun Davies.

2 March 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Chair of Sport Wales pre-appointment hearing

We'll move on to Hefin David.

2 March 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Chair of Sport Wales pre-appointment hearing

Thank you. Are you happy for us to move on, Tom, with that? I think that's going to be a really powerful message, Tanni, for people to hear you saying that—that, actually, it's okay to not actually be very good at sport and just to do it for the joy of doing…

2 March 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Chair of Sport Wales pre-appointment hearing

Thank you for that, Tanni. We're going to move on to Tom Giffard.

2 March 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Chair of Sport Wales pre-appointment hearing

Thank you so much, Tanni. I think that Alun Davies wants to come in on this point.

2 March 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Chair of Sport Wales pre-appointment hearing

Thank you very much for that. Could you tell us a little about what your motivation has been for going for this role, please?

2 March 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Chair of Sport Wales pre-appointment hearing

Thank you very much to you for joining us this morning. We will go straight to questions, if that's okay. Could you tell us a little bit about yourself and your background, please?

2 March 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Chair of Sport Wales pre-appointment hearing

If everyone is content, therefore, we will move on to item 2, which is our pre-appointment hearing for chair of Sport Wales. I will ask Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson to introduce herself for the record.

2 March 2022, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Thank you for that, Alun.

2 March 2022, 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 from Members, please? I see that there are none, so we'll move on…