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29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 4
Jayne.
29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 4
Okay, thanks, Dominic. Thanks, Carolyn. Jayne Bryant.
29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 4
Okay—
29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 4
Okay. Thanks, Dominic. Thanks, Joel. Carolyn Thomas.
29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 4
And Dominic, I know these are difficult questions, but we have little time left, I'm afraid, so succinct answers would be appreciated.
29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 4
Okay. Joel James. Joel.
29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 4
So, it can work both ways.
29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 4
Oh, really? Oh right, yes. So, it can work—.
29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 4
Dominic, just before I bring in other committee members, could you give us some idea of the extent of union membership of local authority employees delivering these services compared to the other models?
29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 4
Yes, that's great. As you say, we will come on to these matters in more depth, Dominic. So, Mabon ap Gwynfor. Mabon.
29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 4
Okay, Dominic. So perhaps we could go on from your answer to ask you to outline the key challenges that local authorities face at the moment in maintaining and investing in that community leisure and library provision in Wales. What would you see as the key…
29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 4
Welcome back, everyone, to our fourth evidence session on the committee's work on local authority library and leisure services. I'm very pleased to welcome Dominic MacAskill, Unison Cymru Wales regional secretary. Welcome, Dominic, and thank you for coming in…
29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 3
Thank you very much, and thank you to both our witnesses. You will be sent a transcript to check for factual accuracy. Diolch yn fawr. Okay, a quick break for five minutes, and we'll be back at 11:35. Diolch yn fawr.
29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 3
I know these are big questions, but I'm afraid we've only got a few minutes left, I'm sorry. [Laughter.]
29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 3
Yes.
29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 3
Okay. Sam, do you want to briefly come in?
29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 3
Yes. It should be more systematic, rather than relying on particular individuals in particular positions at particular times, really. Okay. Jayne Bryant.
29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 3
Okay, Joel, I think we'll have to move on, I'm afraid. We're so tight for time, I'm afraid. Carolyn Thomas.
29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 3
Okay. Okay, Joel?
29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 3
Okay. Thank you, Fergus. It takes us on to social value, and Joel James. Joel.
29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 3
Fergus, would you agree with that?
29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 3
I'd be grateful if whatever work you mention to committee—. If you haven't already shared it with our committee clerks, it would be useful to receive that. Mabon ap Gwynfor.
29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 3
Thank you, Fergus. Thank you, Sam. Carolyn Thomas.
29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 3
Thank you very much for that, Fergus. Sam.
29 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 3
Fergus, could you tell the committee about the picture across Wales in terms of children learning to swim by attending swimming lessons with their school? I know, locally, for me, I think in the last year of primary, children from the schools in Newport go to…