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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
To maximise local impact and create lasting benefits from major transport investment such as the A465, we ensure the infrastructure is complemented by targeted skills development, business support and place-based regeneration. This includes apprenticeships…
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Statement by the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership: Creative Wales
Diolch, Rhys, for that. I'm grateful for his support for the creative industries in Wales as well. On the comparison on the table, I'm not sure that's a direct like-for-like comparison with other European countries, so I'll just say that to him. But we do…
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Statement by the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership: Creative Wales
Can I thank Mike Hedges for that? Mike, over the Christmas recess, I'm sure you were as excited as I was to welcome Bluey to Wales, which I've found myself watching on repeat for the last few weeks. Thanks for highlighting the two points, the previous…
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Statement by the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership: Creative Wales
I thank Jane Dodds for that. Again, thank you for the importance you place on the mental health of the workforce in the creative industries, and I think the programmes that we have managed to deliver with CULT Cymru are welcome and go a long way. I'm aware of…
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Statement by the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership: Creative Wales
Can I thank Lesley Griffiths for that question? Lesley is absolutely right to say the spotlight is on Wrexham like never before. The eyes of the world are on all of the exciting things happening in Wrexham, particularly through the Welcome to Wrexham…
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Statement by the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership: Creative Wales
Diolch, Heledd. I'm very grateful for the series of questions there. I'll try and get through as many as I possibly can in the time, Presiding Officer, but I'm happy to have an ongoing conversation around some of the other points. Firstly, I do agree there is…
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Statement by the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership: Creative Wales
Diolch yn fawr, Gareth, for the series of comments from you there. The Member did try, I think, to celebrate the success of Creative Wales, and I'm grateful to him for that. I do agree there are many successes from the investments that Creative Wales has…
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Statement by the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership: Creative Wales
But our support is not just about quantity. It's about delivering quality. At the Emmy awards in September, the Creative Wales-supported productions Lost Boys and Fairies and Until I Kill You took home prestigious accolades, receiving international…
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Statement by the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership: Creative Wales
Diolch yn fawr, Deputy Presiding Officer. Today is Creative Wales's birthday and, as we celebrate six years since launch, we have much to be proud of. Recognised as one of our successes, latest available data on the creative sectors supported by Creative…
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Topical Questions
Diolch, Delyth, for the question. Again, I'm grateful for the committee's work on this topic, as I said earlier. It is of national significance, isn't it, and we will do all we can to make the case for the coverage of the six nations to be free to air…
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Topical Questions
I'm grateful to Alun Davies for that, Llywydd. My history doesn't stretch as far back as Alun's, but I think the passion, no doubt, is the same, as Alun represents the country in that passion. And I agree with him: it is a matter of national identity, isn't…
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Topical Questions
Diolch, Gareth, and I'm grateful for your questions on this particular matter. We often have disagreements in this Senedd Chamber, Presiding Officer, and Gareth and I have had many over the years that we've been here. On this occasion, we do stand shoulder to…
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Topical Questions
Diolch yn fawr, Heledd, for raising the question in the first place and, indeed, your supplementary question. Llywydd, I think rugby, particularly at the national level, is one of those topics that does bring the Senedd together. Rugby is of cultural…
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Topical Questions
Diolch yn fawr. We continue to stress to the UK Government the importance of the tournament to Welsh audiences and the need for continued free-to-air coverage. We have written to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to reiterate this point and…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
Thank you.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
I will leave before I infect you all with something I have—a chest infection or something.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
We will take your request seriously, Chair. Obviously, it depends how many there are, but we will certainly seek to get answers back to you, given the importance of the work of the committee.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
The team in Creative Wales are actively in conversation with the Music Venue Trust. I've had conversations with the Music Venue Trust. They're a member of our stakeholder advisory group, so we're working with them to recognise challenges in the sector, and we…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
Excuse me, Chair, because I think I'm starting to lose my voice. We are actively engaging with stakeholders in the industry to look at all of the challenges, not just business rates relief, but we engage in that way to consider what the challenges are, and…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
Thank you, Heledd, for that. We do go on supporting music. We've supported music through Creative Wales: £1.1 million over the last 12 months, including into music venues. In Swansea, the Bunkhouse is a good example of where we've helped fund. There is an…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
They've had an increase of 3.6 per cent. I was very keen to make sure the books council was in line with other arm's-length bodies. I think that's a £120,000 increase.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
The new hall would be a great wedding venue for someone.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
There would be a range of different income streams—innovative income streams—in Cadw sites. I think over 100 Cadw sites are free. Caerphilly isn't free.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
So, I think there are lots of things, aren't there, with Caerphilly castle? There's the investment from Cadw. There's the investment in the train services. There's investment from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government around the town centre…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
Yes. So, if you could—. This April, yes. I'll confirm that to the Member. If you could try and find some time to go in to see what the investment looks like.
