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Okay, Eleri. Thank you very much. Lyn.
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Okay. Thank you, Geoff. Eleri.
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Inquiry into community assets: evidence session 2
Okay. Thank you very much, Ben. Anyone else? Yes, Geoff.
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Inquiry into community assets: evidence session 2
Okay, we'll see if our technical people can assist, Jonathan. Okay. Would anybody else like to come in at this point? Ben, yes.
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Oh dear.
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Inquiry into community assets: evidence session 2
Jonathan, did you want to contribute at this stage? I wasn't sure if you'd raised your hand or not.
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Okay, thank you, John. Jonathan, did I see you indicating or were you adjusting something or other?
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Inquiry into community assets: evidence session 2
Welcome, everybody, back to the committee meeting today, and our sixth item on the agenda today, and the second evidence session of our inquiry into community assets. I'm very pleased to welcome our witnesses. Joining us remotely, Jon Rae, director of…
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Okay, well, thank you very much, Casey, and thank you, Harry, for giving evidence to the committee today. You will be sent a transcript to check for factual accuracy. Diolch yn fawr. Okay, committee will break briefly until 11:40.
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Okay.
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Go on, Joel.
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Okay. Diolch yn fawr, Mabon. Joel.
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Mabon.
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Okay, diolch yn fawr. And Mabon ap Gwynfor. Mabon.
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Okay. Thanks, Sam. Thank you. Carolyn.
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If you've got something else you'd like to raise, Sam, that's fine.
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Okay, Sam?
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Okay. Thank you, both, very much. We turn to Sam Rowlands. Sam.
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Okay, thanks, Casey. Harry.
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No. Okay, and in terms of variation across Wales, and particularly urban as opposed to rural, and more deprived communities compared to more affluent communities, the barriers and challenges are different. Is that going to be a real problem to take forward…
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Okay. Harry.
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So, the co-ordination is pulling together those involved at the moment.
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And that would help spread the best practice as well.
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Yes. Okay, that's great. Thank you, both, very much. Moving on to support and advice. Obviously, community groups taking on a community asset, or wanting to develop it, face quite a few challenges. It can be quite daunting, I'm sure. So, in terms of the…
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Yes, and Harry, the IWA's call for a register of community assets, is that on the same page or is what Casey's proposing beyond that?