, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from item 4 of this meeting
Members, I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, that we resolve to exclude the public for item 4 of this meeting. For anybody who's watching, I just want you to be aware that we will be continuing in public session at 11:00 this morning, when we…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
That would be very useful. Thank you very much. May I thank you for your evidence this morning? It's been very useful. There will be a transcript sent to you for you to check that it's a fair reflection of what's been said. As I said, there are a few…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Certainly. Thank you.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you very much. We will go, then, to Heledd.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you for that. Thank you, Gareth. There are some questions, before we go to Heledd for the final question, that we haven't reached. Would it be okay if we wrote to you with those questions?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
But we'll try and keep it as close as we can to half past. We'll go to Gareth for a question now.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you. We've got just over five minutes left, so we're going to try and squeeze in as many questions as possible. If we run over a few minutes, I hope that's okay.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you. We'll have to move on, I'm afraid. And, by the way, it's great to see schoolchildren with us in the gallery this morning—you're very welcome to hear what's going today. So, a warm welcome to you. Heledd wants to come in with a timely question.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you very much. We'll move on to Alun.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Okay. We'll now move on to Julie.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
That would be useful, please.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Alun, you didn't want to come in. No.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
That's very useful. We'll have to go on. Heledd wants to come in.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Oh, God, the memories. [Laughter.]
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you for that. Julie wants to come in on this.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you, Gareth. You didn’t want to come in, did you, Alun?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you for that. We'll move on to Gareth.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you for that. We'll move on to Heledd.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you very much for your answer on that. Over the years, a large number of either Cabinet Secretaries or Ministers have made the point to the committee, and they’ve agreed with us, that there is a need for the Welsh language to be embedded across…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Nice to see you all again this morning—thank you very much. I'll go straight into questions, if that's okay. May I ask, first of all, in terms of the reduction in the budget for the current financial year, what impact has that had on the delivery of the…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
So, we'll move straight to item 2, namely scrutiny of the Welsh Government draft budget. We have an evidence session this morning with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language. I'll ask the Cabinet Secretary to introduce himself and also perhaps…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning. I'd like to welcome Members to this meeting of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee. Do Members have any declarations of interest? I don't see that there are any. So, we'll move straight on…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Since these queries were first raised in the Senedd about eHarleyStreet, about how this private company is managing GP surgeries in Blaenau Gwent and throughout the Rhymney valley, I think a number of us have been contacted by constituents who can't get…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
Funding for the arts and culture is in a perilous state. Modest uplifts will do little to ease the sense of strain on theatres, publishing, music companies, libraries, museums—a strain that has already led to job losses and cutbacks in creativity. We risk…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
Thank you for your response, Minister.
