Concise Minutes - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee


Meeting Venue:

 Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Wednesday, 10 May 2023

Meeting time: 09.30 - 12.33
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13326


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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Delyth Jewell MS (Chair)

Hefin David MS

Alun Davies MS

Heledd Fychan MS

Tom Giffard MS

Carolyn Thomas MS

Witnesses:

Mark Drakeford MS, First Minister of Wales

Desmond Clifford, Welsh Government

Andrew Gwatkin, Welsh Government

Paula Walsh, Welsh Government

Committee Staff:

Lleu Williams (Clerk)

Haidee James (Second Clerk)

Rhea James (Deputy Clerk)

Robin Wilkinson (Researcher)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee.

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2       Papers to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

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2.1   Safeguarding the national collections

2.1.1 The Committee agreed to respond to the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism.

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2.2   Impact of increasing costs

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2.3   Welsh Government international relations

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2.4   Inter-institutional relations agreement

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3       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 4 and 5 of the meeting

3.1 The Motion was agreed.

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4       Allegations surrounding the Welsh Rugby Union: consideration of the draft report on the Committee's initial findings

4.1 The Committee considered and agreed the report as drafted.

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5       Wales-Ireland relations: consideration of the key issues

5.1 The Committee considered the key issues of the inquiry and agreed to discuss further at a following meeting.

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6       Welsh Government international relations: scrutiny of the First Minister

6.1 The Committee heard evidence from the First Minister.

 

6.2 The Committee agreed to send supplementary questions to the First Minister after the meeting.

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7       Wales-Ireland relations: evidence session with the First Minister

7.1 The Committee heard evidence from the First Minister.

 

7.2 The Committee agreed to send supplementary questions to the First Minister after the meeting.

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8       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting

8.1 The Motion was agreed.

 

8.2 Under Standing Order 17.42, the Committee also agreed to exclude the public from the beginning of the following meeting (25 May 2023).

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9       Wales-Ireland relations: consideration of evidence

9.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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10    Welsh Government international relations: consideration of evidence

10.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

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