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Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership (10)
And on that point, Carolyn wants to come in.
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Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership (10)
And I think we might well meet that challenge.
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Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership (10)
Thank you. Just building on—I know Carolyn wants to come in in a moment as well—what Lee had said there, would you be open to thinking creatively about a new, more radical approach to how these sectors are prioritised, so that we don't have a future where…
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Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership (10)
Thank you for that. Lee wants to come in.
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Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership (10)
Thank you for that. I think Heledd Fychan wants to come in.
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Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership (10)
You're very welcome.
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Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership (10)
Diolch yn fawr iawn. You're all very welcome, thank you so much. We'll go straight into questions, if that's all right. I'll ask firstly: there is a possible disconnect that has been identified by a number of bodies who’ve give evidence to us between the fact…
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Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership (10)
Croeso.
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Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership (10)
We're very pleased this morning that we're going to be hearing from Jack Sargeant, the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership. This will bring our evidence on the impact of funding reductions for culture and sport to an end. We are looking…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning. I would like to welcome Members to this meeting of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee. We have received apologies this morning from Alun Davies. Are there any declarations of interest from…
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Debate: The Welsh Language Commissioner’s Annual Report 2023-24
I would say that, usually, I would be contributing to a debate such as this as Chair of the culture and Welsh language committee, but because of the timing of the report this year, we haven't yet had an opportunity to consider it. It will be extremely…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, I'd like a statement, please, about the importance of libraries to education and well-being, and I'd like that statement to set out what support can be given to local authorities to keep libraries open. Across my region, library services face…
, Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report, 'Annual Report: European Union Settlement Scheme'
Now, I welcome the Equality and Social Justice Committee’s regular reports—the maps and the graphs and the charts that are so important. But, like we say in our report, we must look beyond the data to the gaps to truly see the effect on people's lives—people…
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Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report, 'Annual Report: European Union Settlement Scheme'
Thank you, acting Llywydd. Citizens’ rights are a fundamental part of the withdrawal agreement, but they're often lost in discussions about the Northern Ireland protocol, or the Windsor framework. I thank the Equality and Social Justice Committee for this…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, in last week's budget, Westminster finally allowed the £1.5 billion mineworkers' pension fund to be handed back to ex-miners. I would call for a statement from the Government congratulating those campaigners on their victory and acknowledging how…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Thank you for that. Internationally, that piece of legislation is a source of pride for Wales. But, in reality, at home, there is a feeling that the law has no teeth. We've received two reports in recent years—from the Public Accounts and Public…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
6. What assessment has the Counsel General made of the impact the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 has had on Welsh legislation? OQ61792
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
Thank you for that. I'm sure that we would all in the Chamber agree with the principle that the company that pollutes should pay for the pollution—the polluter pays principle, as we say in English. But I'd be eager to know if law officers have expressed any…
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
5. What discussions has the Counsel General had with other UK law officers regarding the implication for Wales of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024? OQ61793
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Questions to the First Minister
Of course we need to raise taxes, but we need to do that on the people who have the broadest shoulders. Having a better budget than the Tories is a low bar, I would say, First Minister. Austerity is still biting cruelly on pensioners and children living in…
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Questions to the First Minister
If you could publish that assessment, I think it could go a long way to assuaging people's concerns. So, I would welcome, please, if you could confirm if that will be published, and very shortly. 'Last week’s Budget was a missed opportunity, including for…
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, I'll quote some words to you: 'Losing a farm is not like losing any other business. It can't come back.' That's what Keir Starmer told the NFU conference last year. But despite the promise that Labour wouldn't change the inheritance tax rules…
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
Therefore, under item 5, I now propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, that we resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting. Are you content for us to do that? Okay. We'll wait to hear that we're in private session.
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Papers to note
We have a number of papers to note. Are you content for us to note those publicly? There's nothing you want to say publicly about those, and you're happy for us to note them. Okay. That's great.
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Papers to note
Thank you so much again to the witnesses.
