, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to this meeting of the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee at Senedd Cymru, the Welsh Parliament. We are moving straight to our agenda items this morning. Welcome, Members, and thank you for joining us…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
And although we see these figures decreasing, of course, the fact that these data sets exist in the first place is probably unacceptable, isn't it, because they mean that patients are still waiting over three years for treatment and over eight weeks for a…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd, and I want to start in exactly the same place as the motion itself, by recognising the work and commitment of all of the health board staff—not just those on the front line, but those who provide support services…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Well, thank you. As you consider that work of improving services, I will remind that it's been a year since the T19 bus service between Blaenau Ffestiniog and Llandudno was lost. Of course, it served communities across the Conwy valley, from Blaenau…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
3. Will the Minister make a statement on the provision of bus routes in north Wales? OQ60698
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Business Statement and Announcement
Storm Babet, of course, struck back in October, and Conwy County Borough Council, amongst others, were left with huge clean-up costs—in Conwy's case, up to £1.5 million or £1.4 million. Now, whilst the council has notified the Welsh Government that they'll be…
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Questions to the First Minister
Can I ask you, First Minister, to put yourself in the shoes of somebody maybe who's trying to eke a living out of a family farm? You are asking them, as a Government, to make a choice: effectively, to set aside potentially 10 per cent of their land for tree…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Culture and the new relationship with the EU: evidence session with umbrella bodies (2)
Great. Thanks very much.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Culture and the new relationship with the EU: evidence session with umbrella bodies (2)
Just to close, a sentence each regarding the main changes you'd like to see in the UK-EU relationship. [Laughter.] I said that the answers would be longer than the question.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Culture and the new relationship with the EU: evidence session with umbrella bodies (2)
Yes, a small question, but there might be long answers. [Laughter.]
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Culture and the new relationship with the EU: evidence session with umbrella bodies (2)
Of course. Okay. So, what about the relationship with Ireland, because, clearly, it's our closest neighbour here in Wales? Evidently, there are some nuances in terms of the relationship as regards the broader Brexit context. How much of a difference have we…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Culture and the new relationship with the EU: evidence session with umbrella bodies (2)
I see. Yes.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Culture and the new relationship with the EU: evidence session with umbrella bodies (2)
Sorry, I thought that £30,000 out of £218 million isn't what I was hoping for.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Culture and the new relationship with the EU: evidence session with umbrella bodies (2)
Thirty thousand—
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Culture and the new relationship with the EU: evidence session with umbrella bodies (2)
Tom.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Culture and the new relationship with the EU: evidence session with umbrella bodies (2)
Yes, but I presume that it doesn't make up for what has been lost.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Culture and the new relationship with the EU: evidence session with umbrella bodies (2)
I was going to ask if there had been an increase in opportunities to work beyond the EU—
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Culture and the new relationship with the EU: evidence session with umbrella bodies (2)
Yes, that's another discussion, but an interesting one. Okay. Let's look again through a slightly different lens. Are there any sub-sectors that have benefited as a result of the changes that we've seen to the rules? I think I know the answer, but I'd like to…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Culture and the new relationship with the EU: evidence session with umbrella bodies (2)
No, we're not aware that that's been measured in any way.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Culture and the new relationship with the EU: evidence session with umbrella bodies (2)
If I can turn the situation on its head, do we know how many creative artists or creative workers from the EU were operating in Wales before these changes emerged and what impact that has had on those levels of operation?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Culture and the new relationship with the EU: evidence session with umbrella bodies (2)
Okay, fine.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Culture and the new relationship with the EU: evidence session with umbrella bodies (2)
Okay. One thing I just wanted to pursue was how the circumstances, as they are now, affect practitioners differently at different stages in their careers, because, as a layperson—and you can correct me; please do so—I would presume that the reliance on…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Culture and the new relationship with the EU: evidence session with umbrella bodies (2)
Thank you very much, Chair. Can you tell us, perhaps—you’ve spoken a lot about statistics already, and maybe I’m going to ask you for some more—what impact this new relationship with the EU has had on the financial viability of the creative professions in…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Culture and the new relationship with the EU: evidence session with umbrella bodies (2)
Okay, thank you.
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Culture and the new relationship with the EU: evidence session with umbrella bodies (2)
Yes. I just wanted to ask, we heard in the previous session this morning that there are two things that need to be done to make the case for changing the current situation, in that there is a narrative, and that's quite strong at present, but we need data as…
