Concise Minutes - Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 2 - Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 10 July 2019

Meeting time: 09.34 - 12.14
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5516

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Bethan Sayed AM (Chair) Mick Antoniw AM John Griffiths AM Delyth Jewell AM David Melding AM
Witnesses:	Shan Morgan, Welsh Government Eluned Morgan AM, Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language Dylan Hughes, Welsh Government Bethan Webb, Welsh Government Baroness Kay Andrews OBE
Committee Staff:	Robert Donovan (Clerk) Lowri Jones (Deputy Clerk) Osian Bowyer (Researcher) Robin Wilkinson (Researcher) Gwyn Griffiths (Legal Adviser)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

1.2 Apologies were received from Carwyn Jones AM.

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2 General scrutiny session with the Permanent Secretary and the Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language

At 10.00am, the Committee observed a minute of silence in remembrance of the two individuals who lost their lives in the tragic rail incident in Margam last week.

2.1 The Permanent Secretary and the Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language answered questions from members of the Committee.

2.2 The Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language agreed to provide details of which festivals received funding this year.

2.3 The Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language also agreed to provide further details on the e-sgol digital programme.

2.4 The Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language agreed to provide information regarding the Camau scheme and the roll out of nursery schemes.

2.5 The Permanent Secretary and the Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language agreed to keep us informed with the development of the new Welsh Language strategy.

2.6 The Permanent Secretary and the Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language agreed to provide details of the complaints received regarding Welsh Language Standards.

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3 Count me in! - Inquiry into the role of arts and culture in addressing poverty and social exclusion: evidence session with Baroness Kay Andrews OBE

3.1 Baroness Kay Andrews OBE responded to questions from members of the Committee.

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4 Paper(s) to note

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4.1 Correspondence with Equity regarding the need to hold local auditions for Welsh Government funded productions

4.1 Members noted the paper.

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4.2 Letter to the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding the National Health Service (Welsh Language in Primary Care Services) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2019

4.2 Members noted the paper.

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4.3 Letter to the Minister for Education regarding the transferability of teaching skills

4.3 Members noted the paper.

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

5.1 The motion was agreed.

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6 Private debrief

6.1 Members discussed the evidence received at its evidence session on 26 June and the evidence session at today’s meeting.  

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7 Film and Major Television Production in Wales: discussion ahead of Plenary debate on the Committee's report

7.1 Members held a discussion ahead of the Plenary debate on the Committee report. 

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