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Thank you very much. To conclude the session, really, that brings me to this conclusion: in looking at your situation, your position, it's lovely to see the passion that underlies this work and the fact that you are very ambitious in terms of the amgueddfa's…
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Mike, would you like to ask a question here now, at the end?
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Thank you very much. I'm just going to hand over to Mike.
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Thank you very much. We don't have much time left, so I have to rush this, unfortunately. We will be following up with a letter with any questions that we need to raise. We're just going to touch now on the national contemporary art gallery, and I'm going to…
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I want to go to Mair next. Mair, if you could come in.
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Thank you very much for that. Diolch yn fawr.
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Can I just say that we haven't got much time left? So if you could make it brief.
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Okay.
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Very good, thank you. We're going to move on to talk about the large capital projects now. Nick, can you start with that, please?
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On that issue, do you work with other museums and galleries and things across Wales in terms of meeting the—? I was wondering about that community engagement side of things and how you did that.
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Diolch yn fawr. Dŷn ni'n mynd i fynd at Beca yn gyflym, a wedyn—
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Okay, thank you. Niamh, I'm going to come to you next, before I go to Beca. So, Niamh, please.
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Would you like to—?
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Diolch. Steven, would you like to come in on it?
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I'm going to come to Paul next.
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Okay, diolch yn fawr. I'm going to have to ask people now to be as succinct as they can, because we've got a lot to get through and we're halfway through the meeting already. So, if I can do that. Thank you very much.
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Right, okay. Diolch.
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Mair has asked if she could come in on this, and then we'll go to Paul, if Paul would like to contribute. So, Mair first of all, please.
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Oh, no—Mair, sorry.
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Right. Okay. Can we go to Paul next?
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Diolch yn fawr. But we do appreciate that you do some excellent work. I'm not doubting that for a moment, okay.
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Yes. I just want to make a comment, if I can. I've actually worked in the arts sector and I've run a building myself—nowhere near on the scale that you're doing at the moment, but I can understand that you have had difficulties, and I do understand that. But…
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Yes.
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Okay. Diolch yn fawr.
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Okay.