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Allegations surrounding the Welsh Rugby Union: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union
Okay, and were there any outcomes from that meeting? Was there anything that was taken forward as a consequence?
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Allegations surrounding the Welsh Rugby Union: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union
Thank you very much. Can I ask about the relationship the WRU has with the Welsh Government? Have you met with the Deputy Minister for sport to discuss the independent review and its recommendations?
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Economy: Tata Steel
Minister, I wanted to first of all acknowledge, obviously, what the town of Port Talbot is going through at the moment. Many workers there locally will be facing a degree of uncertainty. As a regional representative for the area, I know many local people who…
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism and the Minister for Economy
Okay.
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism and the Minister for Economy
Okay. And just finally, as you mentioned potential redundancies in arm's-length bodies, have you got an idea of the scale of that?
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism and the Minister for Economy
No, no, no, I understand that.
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism and the Minister for Economy
But the culture strategy may not appear until the end of the co-operation agreement, which would be—
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism and the Minister for Economy
So, will the amendments to these remit letters take place before or after the publication of the strategy, because it seems like the two are quite intertwined?
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism and the Minister for Economy
Are they going to be amended in any way to reflect this?
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism and the Minister for Economy
You set five-year remit letters for Welsh Government arm's-length bodies.
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism and the Minister for Economy
I was copied into it, which is how I'm aware of it. But they mentioned a lot of the things that you're mentioned—that this budget would have an impact on the ability of Cadw to deliver against the well-being of future generations Act, the ability for them to…
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism and the Minister for Economy
You had a letter the day before yesterday, Monday, from the Council for British Archaeology.
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism and the Minister for Economy
Thank you. We had the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language here last week, talking about the consequences for his portfolio, and we talked quite a lot about the overarching 'Cymraeg 2050' strategy. I was just wondering what consequence this budget…
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism and the Minister for Economy
Okay. You mentioned the consequences of some of the changes in the budget on the cultural strategy. Can you inform the committee of the elements of the cultural strategy that perhaps were initially intended that will no longer be taken forward as a…
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism and the Minister for Economy
But what's the cause of you being further away?
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism and the Minister for Economy
Thank you. I'll come on to the impact of the budget shortly, but just to understand the delay, if you like, just to be clear, because, I think, in the very first committee session we had we talked about the culture strategy and you said that that was a…
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Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism and the Minister for Economy
That was earlier than I thought. Diolch yn fawr. [Laughter.] Deputy Minister, when can we expect the culture strategy to be published?
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Deputy Minister, having read the Capital Law report, it was clear to me that this was very disappointing; it was incredible to think that this was going on within S4C in Wales. We know that responsibility for broadcasting is reserved to Westminster, and we as…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Labour-run Bridgend council's draft budget this week saw the council propose to close the town's bus station and cut the education budget by 5 per cent, as well as a massive proposed 9.5 per cent council tax increase. That's because the council has repeatedly…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
6. How does the Welsh Government monitor the effectiveness of decisions made by local authorities? OQ60536
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Allegations concerning bullying at S4C: evidence session with S4C
Just very finally from me on the appointment of a new chief executive, you've mentioned that there's no real time frame on that appointment yet. Is it your intention that that will happen in the remainder of your term?
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Allegations concerning bullying at S4C: evidence session with S4C
Can I build on one point in terms of understanding the process around the termination and employment of staff. I understand you were responsible for the termination of the employment of the chief content officer, when that took place, and not the chief…
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Allegations concerning bullying at S4C: evidence session with S4C
I'm not saying that happens all the time, but it's far more likely that staff—
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Allegations concerning bullying at S4C: evidence session with S4C
No, I appreciate that. But if there is a problem, you would be aware of it, if the exit interviews are happening. Because if the culture of fear was that current staff felt unable to come forward, then staff on their way out would probably have less qualms…
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Allegations concerning bullying at S4C: evidence session with S4C
What I'm trying to—. You mentioned, 'I would have liked an early warning system', but it seems that one clear way that organisations get that warning system is by having those exit interviews, so that people—people in your position—when individuals leave an…
