Written question WQ87684

This work was carried out in collaboration with Siân Gwenllian MS, the Plaid Cymru designated member, as part of the Co-operation Agreement between the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru.

I worked with the Designated Member and Welsh Government officials to develop a long list of individuals, whom we felt could provide valuable input into the work of developing the new Culture Strategy.

Individuals on the long list were approached with a request to submit an expression of interest in the work, and these expressions of interest were assessed via a formal sift process.

In line with Welsh Government recruitment practices, the review panel included officials from the Culture division and Cadw, and an assessor from outside the directorate leading on the development of the strategy. This process returned a short-list of candidates for approval.

There was full disclosure of conflicts of interest throughout the process.