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NDM7421 Plaid Cymru debate - The challenges facing the Arts, Culture and Heritage sectors.
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Meeting: 07/10/2020 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd (Item 10)
Plaid Cymru Debate - The challenges facing the Arts, Culture and Heritage sectors
NDM7421 Sian
Gwenllian (Arfon)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Recognises the importance of the
Welsh Arts, Culture and Heritage sectors, and the challenges these
sectors face as a result of COVID-19.
2. Welcomes the renewed exploration of
Wales’s diverse heritage during the months of the pandemic in light of the
Black Lives Matter movement and other campaigns.
3. Supports calls to ensure that our
heritage is promoted and presented in a sensitive manner and inclusive of all
of its rich diversity in future.
4. Regrets that the UK Government’s job
support scheme is unlikely to save many arts and live music venues
and cultural attractions from closure, and to save arts workers’
careers (freelance and salaried), despite the fact that they were viable prior
to COVID-19.
5. Opposes proposals to develop one or more
military museums in Cardiff Bay.
6. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) work with the Arts Council of
Wales, the Wales Freelance Task Force and other groups and organisations
within the arts and culture sector to implement the recommendations of the
report, 'Rebalancing and Reimagining: Strategies to Support Arts and
Performance Freelancers’'.
b) use the planning system to
restrict and manage the ability of buildings that were used for arts, cultural
and heritage purposes prior to the Coronavirus Act 2020 to receive planning
permission for a change of use whilst the pandemic continues to impact on the
ability to use those venues for their intended purpose;
c) explore the creation of
a National Museum for Black and People of Colour History and Heritage, to be
based in Tiger Bay as a potential alternative to the proposal for one or more
military museums;
d) ensure more black and people
of colour involvement in arts and cultural bodies, as called for in Race
Alliance Wales’s Manifesto for An Anti-Racist Wales;
e) ensure that the Welsh language is
at the heart of the workforce and output of the arts sector in its entirety
going forward;
f) introduce statutory protections to
prevent the loss of Welsh language place names from the built and natural
environments.
g) ensure that each government department
works strategically towards the delivery of the sixth pillar of the Well-being
of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, a Wales of vibrant culture and thriving
Welsh language, and, in so doing, engages deeply and meaningfully with the
arts, culture and heritage sectors.
Rebalancing
and Reimagining: Strategies to Support Arts and Performance Freelancers
Race
Alliance Wales: Our Manifesto for an Anti-racist Wales
Well-being of Future
Generations (Wales) Act 2015
In accordance with Standing Order 12.23 (iii) amendment 1 tabled to
the motion has not been selected.
Amendment 2 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Delete point 4 and replace with:
Welcomes Her Majesty's Government's £1.57
billion arts rescue package and the £59 million consequential arising from it
for Wales.
Amendment 3 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Delete point 5 and replace with:
Welcomes plans for a museum of military
medicine in Cardiff Bay and acknowledges the importance of venues across Wales
which celebrate Wales's rich military heritage.
[If amendment 3 is agreed, amendment 4 will
be de-selected]
Amendment 4 Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
Delete point 5 and renumber accordingly
Amendment 5 Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
In point 6, delete sub-points b) and c) and
replace with:
recognise the importance Planning Policy
Wales places on cultural well-being through plan making and planning decisions,
which supports the continued provision of cultural uses for communities through
its approach to place making;
work to ensure that BAME history is
embedded and reflected throughout the museum network in Wales and explore with
community leaders future options to ensure this history is given rightful
prominence.
In accordance with Standing Order 12.23
(iii) amendments 6 and 7 tabled to the motion have not been selected.
Amendment 8 Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
In point 6, delete sub-points e) and f) and
replace with:
work to ensure the Welsh language is at the
heart of the workforce and output of the arts sector;
recognise the importance of Welsh language
place names and continue to explore options to prevent them from being lost
from the built and natural environments.
Amendment 9 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Add as new sub-point at end of point 6:
notes the outcome of the independent review
into funding of the National Library of Wales and calls for an increase of
£1.445 million in baseline funding in the next financial year to put the
finances of the institution on a sustainable footing for the future.
In accordance with Standing Order 12.23
(iii) amendments 10, 11, 12 and 13 tabled to the motion have not been selected.
Minutes:
The
item started at 17.38
Voting
on the motion and amendments under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
A
vote was taken on the motion without amendment:
NDM7421 Sian
Gwenllian (Arfon)
To
propose that the Senedd:
1.
Recognises the importance of the Welsh Arts, Culture and Heritage
sectors, and the challenges these sectors face as a result of COVID-19.
2.
Welcomes the renewed exploration of Wales’s diverse heritage during the months
of the pandemic in light of the Black Lives Matter movement and other
campaigns.
3.
Supports calls to ensure that our heritage is promoted and presented in a
sensitive manner and inclusive of all of its rich diversity in future.
4.
Regrets that the UK Government’s job support scheme is unlikely to save
many arts and live music venues and cultural attractions
from closure, and to save arts workers’ careers (freelance and salaried),
despite the fact that they were viable prior to COVID-19.
5.
Opposes proposals to develop one or more military museums in Cardiff Bay.
6.
Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a)
work with the Arts Council of Wales, the Wales Freelance Task Force and
other groups and organisations within the arts and culture sector
to implement the recommendations of the report, 'Rebalancing and
Reimagining: Strategies to Support Arts and Performance Freelancers’'.
b)
use the planning system to restrict and manage the ability of buildings that
were used for arts, cultural and heritage purposes prior to the Coronavirus Act
2020 to receive planning permission for a change of use whilst the pandemic
continues to impact on the ability to use those venues for their intended
purpose;
c) explore
the creation of a National Museum for Black and People of Colour History
and Heritage, to be based in Tiger Bay as a potential alternative to the
proposal for one or more military museums;
d) ensure
more black and people of colour involvement in arts and cultural bodies, as
called for in Race Alliance Wales’s Manifesto for An Anti-Racist Wales;
e)
ensure that the Welsh language is at the heart of the workforce and output of
the arts sector in its entirety going forward;
f)
introduce statutory protections to prevent the loss of Welsh language place
names from the built and natural environments.
g)
ensure that each government department works strategically towards the delivery
of the sixth pillar of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, a
Wales of vibrant culture and thriving Welsh language, and, in so doing, engages
deeply and meaningfully with the arts, culture and heritage sectors.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
10 |
0 |
42 |
52 |
The motion without amendment was not agreed.
The
following amendments were tabled:
In
accordance with Standing Order 12.23 (iii) amendment 1 tabled to the motion has
not been selected.
Amendment
2 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Delete
point 4 and replace with:
Welcomes
Her Majesty's Government's £1.57 billion arts rescue package and the £59
million consequential arising from it for Wales.
A
vote was taken on amendment 2:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
14 |
1 |
37 |
52 |
Amendment 2 was not agreed.
Amendment
3 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Delete point 5 and replace with:
Welcomes plans for a museum of military medicine in
Cardiff Bay and acknowledges the importance of venues across Wales which
celebrate Wales's rich military heritage.
A
vote was taken on amendment 3:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
15 |
0 |
37 |
52 |
Amendment 3 was not agreed.
Amendment
4 Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
Delete
point 5 and renumber accordingly
A vote was taken on
amendment 4:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
37 |
3 |
12 |
52 |
Amendment 4 was agreed.
Amendment 5 Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
In point 6, delete sub-points b) and c) and replace
with:
recognise the importance Planning Policy Wales
places on cultural well-being through plan making and planning decisions, which
supports the continued provision of cultural uses for communities through its
approach to place making;
work to ensure that BAME history is embedded and
reflected throughout the museum network in Wales and explore with community
leaders future options to ensure this history is given rightful prominence.
A
vote was taken on amendment 5:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
32 |
4 |
16 |
52 |
Amendment 5 was agreed.
In
accordance with Standing Order 12.23 (iii) amendments 6 and 7 tabled to the
motion were not selected.
Amendment
8 Rebecca
Evans (Gower)
In
point 6, delete sub-points e) and f) and replace with:
work
to ensure the Welsh language is at the heart of the workforce and output of the
arts sector;
recognise
the importance of Welsh language place names and continue to explore options to
prevent them from being lost from the built and natural environments.
A
vote was taken on amendment 8:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
36 |
3 |
13 |
52 |
Amendment 8 was agreed.
Amendment
9 Darren
Millar (Clwyd West)
Add
as new sub-point at end of point 6:
notes
the outcome of the independent review into funding of the National Library of
Wales and calls for an increase of £1.445 million in baseline funding in the
next financial year to put the finances of the institution on a sustainable
footing for the future.
A
vote was taken on amendment 9:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
24 |
0 |
27 |
51 |
Amendment 9 was not agreed.
In
accordance with Standing Order 12.23 (iii) amendments 10, 11, 12 and 13 tabled
to the motion were not selected.
A
vote was taken on the motion as amended:
NDM7421 Sian
Gwenllian (Arfon)
To
propose that the Senedd:
1.
Recognises the importance of the Welsh Arts, Culture and Heritage
sectors, and the challenges these sectors face as a result of COVID-19.
2.
Welcomes the renewed exploration of Wales’s diverse heritage during the months
of the pandemic in light of the Black Lives Matter movement and other
campaigns.
3.
Supports calls to ensure that our heritage is promoted and presented in a
sensitive manner and inclusive of all of its rich diversity in future.
4.
Regrets that the UK Government’s job support scheme is unlikely to save
many arts and live music venues and cultural attractions
from closure, and to save arts workers’ careers (freelance and salaried),
despite the fact that they were viable prior to COVID-19.
5.
Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a)
work with the Arts Council of Wales, the Wales Freelance Task Force and
other groups and organisations within the arts and culture sector
to implement the recommendations of the report, 'Rebalancing and
Reimagining: Strategies to Support Arts and Performance Freelancers’'.
b) recognise the importance Planning Policy Wales
places on cultural well-being through plan making and planning decisions, which
supports the continued provision of cultural uses for communities through its
approach to place making;
c) work to ensure that BAME history is embedded and
reflected throughout the museum network in Wales and explore with community
leaders future options to ensure this history is given rightful prominence.
d) ensure
more black and people of colour involvement in arts and cultural bodies, as
called for in Race Alliance Wales’s Manifesto for An Anti-Racist Wales;
e)
work to ensure the Welsh language is at the heart of the workforce and output
of the arts sector;
f)
recognise the importance of Welsh language place names and continue to explore
options to prevent them from being lost from the built and natural
environments.
g)
ensure that each government department works strategically towards the delivery
of the sixth pillar of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, a
Wales of vibrant culture and thriving Welsh language, and, in so doing, engages
deeply and meaningfully with the arts, culture and heritage sectors.
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
28 |
1 |
23 |
52 |
The motion as amended was agreed.