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Hefin, before you come back in—
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Your video is working. I know that Hefin's video was not working well earlier, so let me just see your face, Hefin.
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We'll move on to Hefin David, if Hefin is with us.
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No.
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Great. Alun, was there anything else you wanted to ask at this point?
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Would you be happy?
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Okay, thank you. Over to Alun.
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Carolyn, I was going to go to Alun for a supplementary, was there anything else you wanted to come back on?
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Yes, of course, and then we'll come to Alun after that.
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Yes, of course.
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We'll move on to Carolyn Thomas.
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Diolch. Thank you very much.
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Thank you for that, First Minister. Alun, did you want to come in? No. Finally from me, when the visits with ambassadors take place, is the Senedd informed of that usually as a routine? If not, would it be possible for our committee to be informed when those…
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Thank you for that, First Minister. In terms of to what extent you're able to meet stakeholders or Welsh non-governmental organisations, is that something that would come into your role or is it something that you would share with another Minister?
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Right. Thank you very much for that. Just moving on, I want to ask about ministerial changes, and I'll try to put this into one question. Since the role of the international relations Minister was discontinued in 2021, could you talk us through how…
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Get your bids in now. [Laughter.]
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Thank you for that, First Minister. I think Altaf wants to come in on this as well. After Altaf's question, we may need to move on.
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That's great. Thank you so much. I think Peredur wanted to come in on this as well.
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Yes, of course.
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Diolch yn fawr iawn. Obviously, our committee will be very interested—we'd be very grateful if we could be kept abreast of that work; it's something that we're very interested in. I think Alun wants to come in on this point.
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Diolch yn fawr iawn. Useful people to have with you, in that case. The worst thing is when that happens to me and I can't remember the English or the Welsh word, and then that's not helpful at all. Anyway, thank you again for being with us. We'll go straight…
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Swyddogion—thank you. The word had just gone out of my head. Could you please introduce your officials for the record?
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Ministerial scrutiny
Welcome back to this session. We're now on item 5, which is ministerial scrutiny of the First Minister as a result of his ministerial responsibilities on international relations. We're very pleased to see you this morning, and a warm welcome to the officials…
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from items 4, 6, and 8 of this meeting
So, if Members are content, I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, to resolve to exclude the public from items 4, 6 and 8 of the meeting. If anyone is watching us now, we'll be back live when the First Minister will be with us. But, for now, are…
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Papers to note
Item 2 this morning is papers to note. Item 2.1: additional information from Cricket Wales following the meeting on 4 May. Item 2.2: a letter from the Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in the UK…
