, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
Thank you both very much again for your evidence.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
Thank you very much, both. The committee will move on now, but if there's anything that we need to take up with you in writing, we'll write to you with that. But thank you very much.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
Thank you very much indeed.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
So, thank you very much, both of you, for your evidence this afternoon. A transcript of everything that's been said will be sent for you to check that it's a fair record. But can I thank you very much for your evidence this afternoon?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
Thank you both very much. I'll just check that there aren't any final questions. No, I think that's a good note to end on.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
Chris, is there anything that you'd like to add, please?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Adele. And just on that final point, if I may, that's such an important point about the workforce—that of course, yes, this is about those phenomenal individual voices and these wonderful musicians, but also that workforce. Will you, when…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
Thank you for that. I think, as a committee, I can speak for us, and I'm sure I speak for the members of the committee who haven't been able to be here today, as well, that we do appreciate a lot of the words that you've said in terms of the vital importance…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
Of course, Adele.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
Thank you for that. We'll move to Carolyn.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
Diolch yn fawr iawn. As a committee, on the points that you were just making about the culture being what makes life worth living, I think, frustratingly for us, we come up time and again against people seeing the arts and culture as something that is nice to…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
Right, okay. Thank you. Forgive me. Okay, Heledd.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
And that's what you'll be applying to the operational resilience fund for.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
Diolch, Laura. I know Heledd wants to come back in with some more questions on funding. Could I just check, before Heledd comes back in, as, Christopher, you just said that the company would need an extra £1 million to be found in savings? Earlier, you said…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
Yes, of course we will.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
Heledd, because Laura has to leave in a few minutes, would you be happy for Laura to have some questions now, and then we'll come back to you? Is that all right?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
Laura wants to come in with a supplementary.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
It's world leading.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
Adele.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
When she was Cabinet Secretary.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
We'll move to Heledd.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
Right. Thank you very much for confirming that.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
You are applying.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
Thank you for that. I know that Members are eager come in, but, before, just if I could check, the Arts Council of Wales has an operational resilience fund, which I think is still accepting applications until the end of the month. Have you applied, or will…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with Welsh National Opera (3)
Thank you very much for that. And so, in terms of what is needed now, in excess of—. I know that the figure of £1 million has been mentioned in some places but not elsewhere. Is £1 million what you would—?
