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Topical Questions
Minister, I think it's important that we stress here that this was due to be a twenty-first century state-of-the-art school with local facilities for children with additional learning needs and a new pool as well, which is much needed in the community. But…
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Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
I thank Peredur Owen Griffiths for tabling this question. I just wanted to follow up as well on the point about reserves, because I think it is important, and you're right—people don't necessarily understand the definition of usable reserves, particularly…
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Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with arts and culture organisations
Thank you. And I just totally appreciate that these things are more nuanced perhaps than my basic question suggested, so I do understand that there's a nuance to it. Thank you.
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Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with arts and culture organisations
One quick follow-up, just on what Gillian said there about you doing the training. I'm just wondering the extent to which you see yourselves as a pathway towards the private sector, or would you see yourselves more as part of that ecosystem, alongside the…
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Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with arts and culture organisations
Thanks, Clara. Can I just ask a similar question to our other two guests in terms of what role you guys think private companies have in improving skills and training—is it happening? And if not, can we encourage it, and how?
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Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with arts and culture organisations
Sorry, Clara, I'm not picking on you, I promise, but just another one for you specifically. I'm aware, obviously, that a lot of the venues that you mention that you deal with day to day are more in the private sector, perhaps, than some of the other witnesses…
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Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with arts and culture organisations
And how is someone involved in the music sector in the way that you are—how do you propose addressing that misbalance, if you like, of focus towards your sector?
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Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with arts and culture organisations
I actually wanted Clara's response to what Gillian said, because Gillian said that it was geared towards tv and film, and, obviously, you're someone involved in the music sector. Would you say that the Welsh Government's creative skills action plan…
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Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with arts and culture organisations
Diolch, Delyth. Can I ask about the Welsh Government's creative skills action plan, what your assessment of it is and whether it sufficiently identifies and seeks to mitigate any skills and training gaps that there are in the sector?
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Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with academics
Sorry, just on Carolyn's opening question, I think, I think you talked generally about the strength of the sector in south Wales, in the context of Carolyn's question about north Wales. But I think the point about south Wales is that, sometimes, we can get…
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Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with academics
And just one final question—I think, Tom, you've touched on this a little bit—but what do you envisage the role should be for private sector companies in terms of improving training and skills? What's the role for academia? I think we've talked a little about…
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Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with academics
And is that something that can be done from a governmental perspective, to say, ‘These are the long-term skills that we will need’, or is it—and the examples you’ve cited are emerging technology—that it is quite hard for a Government to keep up with? Would…
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Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with academics
Just really quickly, when you said about the way skills are being delivered by the sector, quite reactive to short-term needs, can you give me an indication or a feel for some of the longer term structural skills gaps that that’s causing? What skills are they…
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Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with academics
Diolch yn fawr. Can I talk about skills and training? I wanted to ask about the Welsh Government’s creative skills action plan, and what your honest assessment of it is, and whether it identifies and mitigates gaps in skills and training.
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Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, you'll be aware of the recent report by Loughborough University that showed that, in 2020-21, child poverty across the UK went down by 4 per cent, but, in Wales, it had gone up by 5 per cent. So, can you tell us, First Minister, why the…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Diolch, Llywydd. If the Welsh Government is going to implement a tourism tax—and I sincerely hope you don't—what we're calling for is for the Welsh Government to exempt those with disabilities and armed forces personnel, at a minimum, from paying a tourism…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
I'm afraid I have to disagree with you, Minister. The fact that you're the Minister responsible for tourism, but haven't really had anything proactive to say on the topic, whilst the finance Minister has been introducing tourism taxes and changes to…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Thank you, Minister. I'm grateful to you for making that clear and I think the Senedd stands united in distancing us from those comments as well. As you say, sport and politics are intertwined and it's very important that we make that very clear to those…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Diolch, Llywydd. Good afternoon, Minister. This is my last opportunity to question you before Cymru begin their historic first world cup campaign in 64 years. I wanted to highlight though what Nasser Al Khater, the chief executive of Qatar 2022, recently said…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, Minister. The pleasure is all mine. While we're all urged to do our bit to recycle at home, I want to draw your attention, Minister, to the policy of Swansea council of preventing the recycling of wood at Clyne in Gorseinon recycling centre. That…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
6. Will the Minister make a statement on the role of local councils in helping the Welsh Government meet its recycling targets? OQ58561
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Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with local government representatives
Just one more question from me: what could the Welsh Government do to encourage or incentivise local authorities to strengthen Welsh-medium provision within their areas, particularly in relation to the English-medium sector?
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Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with local government representatives
In the previous session, when we mentioned the English-medium sector and staff, some of the people who gave us evidence mentioned skills—. Well, two things—one was skills and the other was confidence—as problems. They were telling us that not everyone knew…
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Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with local government representatives
Are they doing what they are intended to do—the WESPs?
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Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (WESPS): Evidence session with local government representatives
Yes. We are going to move on to the continuum. But I wanted to know about the experience of learning Welsh in English-medium schools and colleges now. Are the WESPs delivering?
