Agenda - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3, Senedd

Meeting date: 8 May 2025

Meeting time: 09.15
For further information contact:

Manon George

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddCulture@senedd.wales

Hybrid

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Pre-meeting registration

09:15 - 09:30

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

(09:30)

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2 Welsh Government's International Strategy - Oral evidence - Panel 1

(09:30 - 10:30) (Pages 1 - 79)

Ruth Cocks – British Council

Dr Elin Royles – Aberystwyth University

Walter May – Global Welsh

Attached Documents:
Research brief
Summary of international strategy consultation responses
Full list of actions contained in the International Strategy and action plans

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Break

10:30 - 10:40

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3 Welsh Government's International Strategy - Oral evidence - Panel 2

10:40 - 11:40

Susana Galván Hernández – Taith

Mali Thomas – Urdd Gobaith Cymru

Lowri Williams – Welsh Language Commissioner’s Office

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4 Papers to note

11:40

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4.1 International agreements in relation to diplomacy

(Pages 80 - 83)

Attached Documents:
Letter to the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs requesting information on UK-Africa relations - 4 March 2025
Letter from the Minister for Africa providing information on UK-Africa relations - 11 April 2025

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4.2 International agreements

(Page 84)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning providing an update on a potential agreement between the UK and EU on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures – 24 April 2025

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4.3 The video games industry

(Pages 85 - 90)

Attached Documents:
Letter to the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership reporting the findings of the Committee's inquiry: The video games industry - 4 March 2025
Letter from the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership responding to the findings of the Committee's inquiry: The video games industry - 28 March 2025

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4.4 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26

(Pages 91 - 92)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Chair of the Finance Committee seeking the Committee's views on the draft budget documentation provided by the Welsh Government - 1 April 2025

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4.5 The Ivory Prohibitions (Exemptions) (Process and Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

(Pages 93 - 95)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs advising of their intention to give consent to the Ivory Prohibitions (Exemptions) (Process and Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 - 2 April 2025
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs advising that consent has been given to the Ivory Prohibitions (Exemptions) (Process and Procedure) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 - 24 April 2025

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4.6 Forward work programme

(Pages 96 - 101)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages requesting an impact assessment of the proposed closures in languages and cultures at Cardiff University - 3 April 2025
Letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee advising of a petition relating to the planned closure of Cardiff University's Music department - 29 April 2025
Letter from the Advertising Standards Authority requesting a meeting with the Committee -  15 April 2025
Letter from the Advertising Standards Authority introducing the Advertising Standards Authority and Committees of Advertising Annual Report 2024 - 29 April 2025

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4.7 Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement

(Pages 102 - 106)

Attached Documents:
Copy letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee notifying the first meeting of the Tourism Inter-Ministerial Group on 7 May 2025 - 9 April 2025
Copy Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee notifying that the first meeting of the Tourism Inter-Ministerial Group has been postponed - 29 April 2025
Copy letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee providing a summary of discussions at the most recent meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee – 22 April 2025
Copy letter from the First Minister to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee notifying that the Celtic Heritage - Cornwall-Wales Collaboration Agreement: Annual Report 2023 – 2024 has been published - 29 April 2025

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4.8 UK-EU implementation review of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement

(Page 107)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Minister for the Cabinet Office offering an informal meeting to discuss the findings of the cross-committee inquiry on the UK-EU implementation review of the Trade and Co-operation agreement - 10 April 2025

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4.9 Welsh Government international relations

(Pages 108 - 109)

Attached Documents:
Ministerial International Engagement February 2025 - 13 March 2025
Ministerial International Engagement March 2025 – 11 April 2025

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4.10 Charging for exhibitions

(Pages 110 - 122)

Attached Documents:
Letter to Amgueddfa Cymru requesting information on the charging trial at the Big Pit National Coal Museum – 27 March 2025
Briefing from Amgueddfa Cymru providing information on the charging trial at Big Pit National Coal Museum – 15 April 2025

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4.11 Cymraeg for all?

(Page 123)

Attached Documents:
Letter from the Commission for Welsh Speaking Communities providing information on its work with young people - 16 April 2025

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4.12 Public Interest Journalism

(Pages 124 - 131)

Attached Documents:
Letter to the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership requesting an update on the work of the Wales Public Interest Journalism Working Group – 11 March 2024
Letter from the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership providing an update on the work of the Wales Public Interest Journalism Working Group – 24 April 2024

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4.13 UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly

(Pages 132 - 143)

Attached Documents:
UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (PPA) - Fifth meeting summary report - 29 April 2025

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

11:40

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6 Welsh Government's International Strategy - Consideration of evidence

11:40 - 12:00

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7 Charging for Exhibitions - Consideration of draft report

12:00 - 12:30 (Pages 144 - 165)

Attached Documents:
Charging for exhibitions draft report

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8 UK-EU implementation review of the Trade and Co-operation agreement – Consideration of key issues

12:30 - 12:45 (Pages 166 - 183)

Attached Documents:
UK-EU implementation review of TCA inquiry - key issues paper

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