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Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Hybrid) - Thursday, 10 July 2025 09.05

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Transcript: Transcript for 10/07/2025 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Items
Expected timing	No.	Item
09:20	1.	Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest View the background to item 1. Minutes: 1.1 The Chair welcomed the Members to the meeting. 1.2 Apologies were received from Lee Waters MS.
09:20	2.	Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 3, 6 and 9 of this meeting View the background to item 2. Minutes: 2.1 The motion was agreed.
09:20-09:50	3.	Private briefing on the new Ireland-Wales Shared Statement 2030 View the background to item 3. Iain Quick - Welsh Government Representative to Ireland, Welsh Government Minutes: 3.1 The Committee received a briefing on the new Ireland-Wales Shared Statement 2030.
09:50-10:50	4.	Cymraeg for all? inquiry - Evidence session with experts on language behaviour change - Panel 9 View the background to item 4. Dr Osian Elias – Director, Iaith Dr Kathryn Jones - Executive Director, Iaith Dr Elin Royles – Reader, Aberystwyth University Supporting documents: Restricted enclosure 4 View the reasons why document 4./1 is restricted Minutes: 4.1 The Members questioned the witnesses as part of the Cymraeg for all? inquiry.
11:00-12:00	5.	Cymraeg for all? inquiry - Evidence session with experts on language behaviour change - Panel 10 View the background to item 5. Dr Rhian Hodges – Bangor University Professor Bernadette O’Rourke – University of Glasgow Minutes: 5.1 The Members questioned the witnesses as part of the Cymraeg for all? Inquiry.
12:00-12:15	6.	Cymraeg for all? inquiry - Consideration of the evidence received View the background to item 6. Minutes: 6.1 The Committee considered the evidence received during items 4 and 5 of the meeting.
13:00-14:15	7.	Cymraeg for all? inquiry - Evidence session with international experts - Panel 11 View the background to item 7. Professor Nikolay Slavkov – University of Ottawa Dr Ruth Kircher - European Centre for Minority Issues Dr Robert James Talbot – Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada Professor Michael Hornsby - Adam Mickiewicz University Minutes: 7.1 The Members questioned the witnesses as part of the Cymraeg for all? Inquiry.
14:15	8.	Papers to note View the background to item 8. Minutes: 8.1 The papers were noted.
	8.1	The Welsh Government's Draft Budget 2025-26 View the background to item 8.1 Supporting documents: Copy letter from the Chair of the Finance Committee to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Providing a summary of the Senedd Committee consultation responses on maximising budget scrutiny – 16 June 2025 , item 8.1 PDF 144 KB
	8.2	Welsh Government's International Strategy View the background to item 8.2 Supporting documents: Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture, the Scottish Government: Providing written evidence for the Committee’s inquiry into the Welsh Government’s International Strategy – 16 June 2025 , item 8.2 PDF 221 KB
	8.3	Welsh Government International Relations View the background to item 8.3 Supporting documents: Letter to the Welsh Government: Requesting further information about the UK-Ukraine 100-year agreement – 29 May 2025 , item 8.3 PDF 96 KB Letter from the First Minister: Providing further information about the UK-Ukraine 100-year agreement – 17 June 2025 , item 8.3 PDF 151 KB Ministerial inward/outward visits for May 2025 – 20 June 2025 , item 8.3 PDF 269 KB View as HTML (8.3/3) 13 KB Letter to the Prime Minister: Raising concerns about the impact of the Immigration White Paper on Wales – 23 May 2025 , item 8.3 PDF 119 KB Letter from the Minister for Migration and Citizenship: Responding to the Committee’s letter raising concerns about the impact of the Immigration White Paper on Wales – 17 June 2025 , item 8.3 PDF 92 KB
	8.4	Legislative Consent Memoranda on the Data (Use and Access) Bill View the background to item 8.4 Supporting documents: Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy & Planning: Responding to the Committee’s report on the first two Legislative Consent Memoranda on the Data (Use and Access) Bill – 17 June 2025 , item 8.4 PDF 134 KB
	8.5	UK-EU implementation review of the Trade and Co-operation Agreement View the background to item 8.5 Supporting documents: Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Providing written evidence on the Welsh Government’s engagement with EU institutions – 18 June 2025 , item 8.5 PDF 133 KB
	8.6	Inter-institutional Relations Agreement View the background to item 8.6 Supporting documents: Copy letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs to the Chair of the Legislation and Justice Committee: Providing information about the date of the next Inter-Ministerial Standing Committee – 24 June 2025 , item 8.6 PDF 113 KB Copy letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee: Notifying the date of the next meeting of the Tourism Inter-Ministerial group – 25 June 2025 , item 8.6 PDF 133 KB
	8.7	General scrutiny of Sport Wales View the background to item 8.7 Supporting documents: Letter from the Chief Executive of Sport Wales: Confirming that final award funding allocations to national governing bodies have been made publicly available – 26 June 2025 , item 8.7 PDF 136 KB
14:15-14:30	9.	Cymraeg for all? inquiry - Consideration of the evidence received View the background to item 9. Minutes: 9.1 The Committee considered the evidence received during item 7 of the meeting.

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