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23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Okay, Lyn. Thank you very much. Joel.
23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Thank you very much, Owen. Lyn.
23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Thank you, Jennifer. Owen.
23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Does anybody want to make a bid for greater statutory protection for library or leisure services among our witnesses? Jennifer.
23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Yes, Carolyn. Please.
23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Thank you very much, Glenn.
23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Okay, Carolyn? I think Glenn would like to come in on this point as well.
23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
There were a few questions there. Again, who would like to answer?
23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Quite a specific question there. Who would like to answer? Any offers? Jennifer.
23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Thanks very much. If none of our witnesses have anything to add to those particular matters, we'd better move on. Carolyn Thomas.
23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Thanks, Glenn. Okay, Mabon?
23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Thank you very much, Jennifer. Mabon.
23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
No. Okay. Thank you, Glenn. Jennifer?
23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Okay. Thanks, Owen. In terms of libraries and the ability to generate income, obviously, they're in a different position because they're free to use, thankfully, are there any examples of libraries generating income that anybody's aware of, whether it's a…
23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Owen.
23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Yes. Sure. Carolyn, did you want to come in here, or is that an old hand raised?
23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Thank you very much, Glenn. Okay. A further question from me, then, before we move on to other committee members. In terms of closures of leisure centres and libraries and the picture over the last five years, perhaps you could set out what's been happening…
23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Thank you, Jennifer. And Glenn.
23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Okay. Would any of our witnesses like to add anything to what Owen said about the three main challenges facing these services at the moment? Jennifer?
23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Thank you, Owen, that's very useful scene setting. Thank you very much. Carolyn. Carolyn Thomas wanted to come in at this point, Carolyn.
23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Yes, Owen, yes, please.
23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Okay, Owen, thank you very much. Anybody else like to add anything? No. Okay, let me move on then to ask you about the key challenges that local authorities and leisure trusts face. There are certainly many challenges around at the current time, but what…
23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Okay, Glenn. Thank you very much. Okay. Owen.
23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Yes, yes.
23 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 1
Would you say, Glenn, that that economic development advantage in the way that you describe it is fairly well established and evidenced?