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90-second Statements
Such groups are so important to support parents, and I'm sure that my fellow Members will agree that we need to support local organisations and initiatives in our communities that offer this kind of support that saves lives. Indeed, I received a very warm…
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90-second Statements
The Metalidads, also known as the Fathers of Metal, bring together that holy trinity of fatherhood, mental health and heavy metal and meet twice weekly in the town of Barry to encourage local dads to get out of the house and away from the children and…
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90-second Statements
Thank you, Llywydd. Bearing in mind that it was World Mental Health Day on 10 October, I would like to take the opportunity today to celebrate one particular group in my region, namely the Metalidads.
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Thank you, Minister. Certainly, I will be asking you to commit to ensuring that these two schools are Welsh-medium schools or ones that will become Welsh-medium schools. Clearly, it is vitally important. We discussed last week the 'Cymraeg 2050' report and…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
4. What are the Welsh Government's expectations regarding the language category of the two new innovative schools under its sustainable schools challenge? OQ58540
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, and Chief Whip: World Heritage in Northwest Wales
If I may start with the last point, I agree with the Deputy Minister—I think it's a fallacy to keep saying that the tourism tax will put people off coming to Wales. Actually, the real threat to tourism in north Wales and Wales as a whole is rising energy…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, and Chief Whip: World Heritage in Northwest Wales
Thank you, Deputy Minister, for this afternoon's statement.
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: The Cymraeg 2050 Annual Report 2021-22
Thank you, Minister, for the statement. I'd like to echo your thanks to everyone who is associated with the statistics within this report. It shows partnership across Wales, and that's something to be proud of. I'm sure that we can all agree also that Wales…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you very much for that response, Minister. Of course, yesterday, we had a statement with some of this information from the Minister for Economy. What I would like to ask is how will you measure the success of these events in terms of the legacy of this…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
9. How is the Welsh Government supporting the promotion and marketing of food and drink from Wales as part of the opportunities presented by the Cymru men's football team qualifying for the World Cup? OQ58440
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
May I propose then, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting? Are Members content to agree this motion? Yes. In which case we'll now continue in private. Thank you very much.
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Papers to note
Thank you very much for that, Carolyn. We turn back to item 4.5, which is related; 4.6, 4.7, 4.8. I just wanted to note personally, clearly, the Deputy Minister is clear about what our role is as a committee with regard to the cultural strategy. We would…
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Papers to note
Diolch. I think we would all echo the importance, obviously, in our correspondence of the plurality element. I would hope, through our short inquiry, as well, in terms of the impact of increased costs, it's something that we'll need to look at in greater…
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Papers to note
Around The National—
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Papers to note
Members of the committee, if we can move on please to item 4, where there are a number of papers to note. I'm just going to mention the item number. If anybody wants to raise any issues, please stop me, but is everyone content to note item 4.1? Item 4.2? Item…
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Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh-medium education advocates
Thank you. That's a warning that there might be another letter on its way to you. But thank you very much for your work in this very important area.
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Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh-medium education advocates
Thank you very much. May I thank all four of you for giving evidence today? As I said about the written evidence, I think it's been a very beneficial and interesting session. We could have done with another hour to ask other questions. But if we do have…
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Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh-medium education advocates
Thank you. And finally, Toni.
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Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh-medium education advocates
Thank you. Heini.
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Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh-medium education advocates
Thank you. Dyfan.
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Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh-medium education advocates
That's a broad-ranging question. We have four minutes. So, if I could ask for brief comments. There is an opportunity to provide further written evidence, if you would be content to do so too, but I will give everyone a minute. If I could start with Elin.
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Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh-medium education advocates
Thank you. I'm going to turn now to a final question from Carolyn, please.
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Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh-medium education advocates
Thank you. I see that Toni wants to come in too. Very briefly, if you would.
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Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh-medium education advocates
Thank you very much. Does anybody else have anything to add briefly to that, because we have one more question we need to ask?
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Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with Welsh-medium education advocates
Could we turn to Elin?
