, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Annual scrutiny session with Amguedda Cymru
So, it sounds like there's kind of a principle argument here about charging, and maybe the committee could have an opinion on that and feed that back to the Minister.
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Annual scrutiny session with Amguedda Cymru
It's not even a train.
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Annual scrutiny session with Amguedda Cymru
Yes. My question was around charging for exhibitions and revenue raising, which I think is absolutely vital, because the funding crisis that I can see here, particularly over the last couple of years, is not going to change in the next 12 months, 18 months…
, Plenary
Questions to the Trefnydd, Chief Whip and Cabinet Minister for Culture and Sport
Okay. Finally, I want to talk about the Tour de France. It's coming to Wales next summer, starting in Welshpool and finishing in Cardiff. We want it to be a successful event to showcase Wales, to help the local economy and be a great event for all of us to…
, Plenary
Questions to the Trefnydd, Chief Whip and Cabinet Minister for Culture and Sport
Diolch. Now, I'd like an update on the national museum in Cardiff. Now, we know that we got some funding for roof repairs earlier this year, and you came to our culture committee and expressed concern about water entering galleries containing our national…
, Plenary
Questions to the Trefnydd, Chief Whip and Cabinet Minister for Culture and Sport
Diolch. Minister, I had a question to the First Minister on 29 September about business rates and music venues—and I welcome the 30 per cent reduction—that talked about the cliff edge that happens at the £51,000 business rate edge. I want to keep this issue…
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Transport: Strategic Priorities for the Menai Strait Crossings and M4 around Newport
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear, Minister. We were expecting a lot more on this side of the Chamber. But, anyway, we'll start north and then we'll travel south, if that's okay. So, I'll start with the positives. Nice to see we're doing some baby steps with the…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care: Review of the Escalation and Intervention Framework
I thank you, Minister, for your statement, and, genuinely, I hope this does work, for all of my constituents in Clwyd, but also for myself and my family. Certainly, with Betsi Cadwaladr health board, you never quite know when you're going there what's going…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I'm glad you brought up this question about music venues, because they are struggling. I want to talk about Arts Council Wales's core funding. Grass-roots music venues seem to get nothing from that, whereas other music genres, like opera, can receive millions…
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Papers to note
And then just the draft budget. Again, I'm not clear as to what exactly they want from this committee.
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Papers to note
I just wanted to have a discussion around the letter about Clic and S4C. There's a lot of questions and it's going to take some time for officers to respond to them, so we need to discuss how much time officers are going to put into it. From what I can…
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Annual scrutiny session with Sport Wales
A quarter of a billion?
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Annual scrutiny session with Sport Wales
We get it. [Laughter.]
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Annual scrutiny session with Sport Wales
Is there anything glaring that's an obvious, 'Oh, we're really missing on that'? Is there anything that's come out so far?
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Annual scrutiny session with Sport Wales
So, when the Government's got all this—and you can't particularly answer that, but can I have your opinion about it—information to hand, some sports require a lot of investment to do the sport, for example, swimming. I know there's such a backlog with…
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Annual scrutiny session with Sport Wales
You're leading on that review, okay. And is that just asking what we've got now, or is it asking people: 'This is what you've got; what do you want?' Is it a big ask? And are we talking down to every little club, or are you going through sports associations?
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Annual scrutiny session with Sport Wales
Yes, I wanted to ask about the review that's been commissioned, and presuming you are running it.
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Annual scrutiny session with Sport Wales
Okay. Thank you.
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Annual scrutiny session with Sport Wales
It's a double whammy, really, if you get reduced spending from there.
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Annual scrutiny session with Sport Wales
Anything will do, any increase. You've not given a percentage, just, 'Any more cash, please'.
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Annual scrutiny session with Sport Wales
Sure. Thank you for coming today. There are lots of warm words going around about how important sport is and embedded in life in Wales and within Government strategy, but, obviously, in the programme for government, we didn't see that come through in terms of…
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
—but I would be ticking, probably, 'None of the above.' So, the question is, what influence do we have over the census to change—? There's not a lot of space on there. And then secondly, I think we're doing better, and my plea is to keep up with the carrot…
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
I can speak Welsh—
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Particularly around the census. What influence do we have on what goes on the census, because it's not devolved? But we've got here, 'Can you understand, speak, read or write Welsh?' And you've just got, 'I can understand it, I can speak it, I can read it, I…
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Yes. Diolch. It's on the same theme as Steven was saying about understanding the data. I think we're doing better than all the data says, to be honest. That's my feeling—
