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Welsh Government international relations
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Meeting: 15/05/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 3.1)
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3.1 Welsh Government international relations
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Meeting: 15/05/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 7.)
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7. International Relations Monitoring Report
International Relations Monitoring Report – May 2024 Issue 2
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- Restricted enclosure 6 , View reasons restricted (7./1)
Meeting: 09/05/2024 - Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee (Item 2.7)
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2.7 International Relations
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Meeting: 14/03/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 3)
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3 Welsh Government international relations
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Meeting: 28/02/2024 - Plenary (Item 5)
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee report - International Relations: Annual Report 2022-23
NDM8495 Delyth
Jewell (South Wales East)
To propose that the Senedd:
Notes the report of the Culture,
Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
‘International Relations: Annual Report 2022-23’, which was laid in the Table Office on 24 November 2023.
Note: The response of the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 24 January 2024.
Minutes:
The item started at 15.13
NDM8495 Delyth Jewell (South
Wales East)
To
propose that the Senedd:
Notes
the report of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and
International Relations Committee ‘International Relations: Annual Report
2022-23’, which was laid in
the Table Office on 24 November 2023.
Note:
The response of the Welsh Government to the report was laid in
the Table Office on 24 January 2024.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Meeting: 28/02/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 5)
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5 Welsh Government international relations
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Meeting: 31/01/2024 - Plenary (Item 10)
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee report - International Relations: Annual Report 2022-23 - Postponed
Minutes:
This
item has been postponed
Meeting: 24/01/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 4.5)
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4.5 International Relations in Welsh Government
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Meeting: 24/01/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 7.)
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7. Welsh Government international relations: analysis of overseas visits - Autumn term 2023
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- Restricted enclosure 27 , View reasons restricted (7./1)
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- Annex 3 - Welsh Government international visits - December 2023, item 7. PDF 201 KB View as HTML (7./4) 8 KB
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- Overseas travel by Minister in 2021-22 costing more than £500 per trip, item 7. PDF 267 KB
- Welsh Government international relations: response from the First Minister to the International Relations Annual Report 2023-24 - 6 July 2023, item 7. PDF 315 KB
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Meeting: 11/01/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 6.)
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6. Welsh Government international relations: ways of working proposal regarding overseas visits
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- Restricted enclosure 37 , View reasons restricted (6./1)
Meeting: 11/01/2024 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 9.16)
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9.16 Welsh Government international relations
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- Welsh Government report: Supporting Shared Learning – Ireland and Wales - October 2023, item 9.16 PDF 438 KB View as HTML (9.16/1) 19 KB
- Welsh Government international visits - November 2023, item 9.16 PDF 309 KB View as HTML (9.16/2) 18 KB
Meeting: 23/11/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 6.)
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6. Welsh Government international relations: analysis - Outward Ministerial visits (December 2022 - October 2023)
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- Restricted enclosure 44 , View reasons restricted (6./1)
Meeting: 16/11/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 4.6)
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4.6 Welsh Government international relations
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- Welsh Government international visits - October 2023, item 4.6 PDF 181 KB View as HTML (4.6/1) 13 KB
Meeting: 19/10/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 2.1)
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2.1 Welsh Government international relations
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- Welsh Government international visits - September 2023, item 2.1 PDF 483 KB View as HTML (2.1/1) 20 KB
Meeting: 19/10/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 5.)
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5. Welsh Government international relations: consideration of the draft annual report 2022-23
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- Restricted enclosure 53 , View reasons restricted (5./1)
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Meeting: 19/10/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 4.)
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4. Welsh Government international relations: overseas visits and visitors (May - September 2023)
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- Restricted enclosure 57 , View reasons restricted (4./1)
Meeting: 14/09/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 2.11)
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2.11 Welsh Government international relations
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- Welsh Government international visits - July 2023, item 2.11 PDF 352 KB View as HTML (2.11/1) 9 KB
- Welsh Government international visits - August 2023, item 2.11 PDF 305 KB View as HTML (2.11/2) 12 KB
Meeting: 12/07/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 3)
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3 Welsh Government international relations
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- Response from the First Minister: Welsh Government international relations - 6 July 2023, item 3 PDF 315 KB
- Welsh Government international visits - June 2023, item 3 PDF 597 KB View as HTML (3/2) 12 KB
Meeting: 14/06/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 2)
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2 Welsh Government international relations
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- Letter to the First Minister: International relations scrutiny follow-up - 7 June 2023, item 2 PDF 294 KB View as HTML (2/1) 42 KB
- Welsh Government international visits - May 2023, item 2 PDF 354 KB View as HTML (2/2) 11 KB
Meeting: 25/05/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 11)
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11 Welsh Government international relations: discussion of the forward work plan
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- Restricted enclosure 74 , View reasons restricted (11/1)
Minutes:
11.1.1 The Committee considered and agreed the forward work
plan.
Meeting: 25/05/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 11)
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Welsh Government international relations
Meeting: 25/05/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 11)
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11 Welsh Government international relations: consideration of draft correspondence
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Minutes:
11.1.3 The Committee considered and agreed the draft
correspondence.
Meeting: 25/05/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 11)
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11 Welsh Government international relations: overseas visits and visitors (February - April 2023)
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- Restricted enclosure 87 , View reasons restricted (11/1)
Minutes:
11.1.2 The Committee received a briefing on the Welsh
Government international relations: overseas visits and visitors (February -
April 2023).
Meeting: 10/05/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 10)
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Welsh Government international relations: consideration of evidence
Minutes:
10.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.
Meeting: 10/05/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 6)
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6 Welsh Government international relations: scrutiny of the First Minister
§ Mark Drakeford MS, First Minister for Wales
§ Andrew Gwatkin – Director, International Relations and Trade
§
Paula Walsh – Deputy Director, International
Relations
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- Restricted enclosure 93 , View reasons restricted (6/1)
- Welsh Government: Annual Report on the Overseas Network - 2022-23, item 6 PDF 2 MB
Minutes:
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.
Meeting: 14/03/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 3)
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3 Welsh Government international relations
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- Letter to First Minister regarding Welsh Government international relations - 17 February 2023, item 3 PDF 337 KB View as HTML (3/1) 55 KB
- Response from the First Minister regarding Welsh Government international relations - 7 March 2023, item 3 PDF 152 KB
- Welsh Government international visits - February 2023, item 3 PDF 117 KB View as HTML (3/3) 36 KB
Meeting: 11/01/2023 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 3)
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3 Letter from the First Minister to the Chair of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee regarding follow up from scrutiny on International Relations
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Meeting: 10/11/2021 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Item 5)
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5 Response from First Minister on International Relations
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