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Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - Evidence from the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Thank you very much.
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Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - Evidence from the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Okay, thank you, Joel. Thank you, Minister, and thank you to your officials as well for coming in to give evidence to committee this morning. You will be sent a transcript to check for factual accuracy in the usual way.
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Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - Evidence from the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Okay. Thank you very much. Finally, then, in terms of committee members, Joel James.
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Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - Evidence from the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Before we move on, Minister, as we've been talking about financial issues and funding and the pressures that exist, we know that there are different models for delivery of leisure services and library services, but perhaps more so for leisure services in…
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Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - Evidence from the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Okay, thank you, Minister. Carolyn Thomas.
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Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - Evidence from the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Thanks, Sam. Minister, where either leisure trusts or local authorities that are still providing leisure services in-house are ready to go, as it were, with renewable energy schemes, might it not be as long term as you're talking about, but something that…
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Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - Evidence from the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Yes, please, Sam.
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Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - Evidence from the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Okay. Thank you, Carolyn. Sam.
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Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - Evidence from the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Okay. Thank you, Minister. Carolyn Thomas.
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Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - Evidence from the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Okay. Thank you—
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Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - Evidence from the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Okay, thanks very much, Jayne. Just one question from me at this stage, Minister. You rejected, didn't you, a recommendation from the culture committee in terms of a new approach, a new strategy for participation in sport and leisure in disadvantaged areas…
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Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - Evidence from the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Okay, thank you for that, Minister. We'll move on, then, to Jayne Bryant. Jayne.
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Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - Evidence from the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Okay. Thank you for that, Minister. We heard from Unison Cymru that if councils had enough funding, then there wouldn’t be a need to look at legislation to make sure that councils do what’s required of them and what would be most beneficial. Is that a view…
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Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - Evidence from the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
I see. Okay. if we move on then, Minister, to the statutory framework for leisure, you mentioned the well-being of future generations Act just now: do you believe that existing legislation, primarily, I think, that well-being of future generations Act…
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Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - Evidence from the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
So, from what you're saying, Minister, then, you've considered though, have you, strengthening provisions in the 1964 Act so that the link, the connection, between the policy framework in Wales and the Act is stronger? Is that something that has been actively…
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Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - Evidence from the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
That vagueness, then, Minister, does that make it difficult for Welsh Ministers to intervene if there is a perceived problem? Does it need to be strengthened? I know that, as far as our committee’s concerned and the research that we’ve done, Welsh Ministers…
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Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - Evidence from the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Okay. Welcome to you all. Okay, well, thank you all for coming in today. Perhaps I might begin with some initial questions, and, firstly, Minister, the extent to which the statutory framework for public library provision is sufficiently robust and ensures…
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Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - Evidence from the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism
Okay, we have reached item 5, then, on our agenda today, and, at this stage, let me say that we have now received apologies from Mabon ap Gwynfor, who isn't able to attend this committee meeting today. Okay, item 5, then, local authority library and leisure…
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 4, 6 and 7 of the meeting
Item 3 is a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from items 4, 6 and 7 of this meeting. Is committee, again, content to do so? Okay, thank you very much. We will, then, move into private session.
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Papers to note
Then, in that case, we will move on. Item 2 is papers to note. We have four papers before us. Paper 1 is the Welsh Government's response to the committee's report on housing Ukrainian refugees. Paper 2 is a response from the Minister for Climate Change to the…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome, everyone, to this meeting of the Local Government and Housing Committee. Item 1 on our agenda today is introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest. The meeting is being held in a hybrid format, but aside from adaptations…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for that answer, First Minister, which I very much agree with. Education is a powerful agent of social change, social mobility, life chances and quality of life, and, at a recent meeting I had with a secondary school headteacher, concerns were…
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Questions to the First Minister
4. What is the Welsh Government's latest assessment of the effectiveness of the education system in enabling social mobility in Wales? OQ59563
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Respiratory disease
Yes, I very much agree, and it does make you think of the need for awareness raising and education, because I’m sure a lot of people, if they understood the impact on health, would stop doing it. But, yes, you see it all too often, and it’s a very practical…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Respiratory disease
I'd like to, I think, agree with many of the points already made, and concentrate on some of the preventative aspects of producing better lung health in Wales. We've heard very effectively, Llywydd, of the extent of the problem—one in five people in Wales…
