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Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Hybrid) - Wednesday, 19 November 2025 09.30

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Transcript: Transcript for 19/11/2025 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Items
Expected timing	No.	Item
09:30	1.	Introductions, apologies and substitutions 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 and Mick Antoniw MS.
09:30-11:00	2.	Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Draft Budget 2026-27: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership View the background to item 2. Jack Sargeant MS, Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership Jason Thomas, Director – Tourism, Marketing, Events and Creative Elin Burns - Director of Culture, Heritage, Sport and Welsh Language Paul Kindred - Deputy Director, Culture, Heritage, Sport and Welsh Language Supporting documents: Restricted enclosure 4 View the reasons why document 2./1 is restricted Written Evidence: Welsh Government , item 2. PDF 725 KB Minutes: 2.1 The Committee questioned the witnesses as part of the Scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget 2026-27.
11:00	3.	Papers to note View the background to item 3. Minutes: 3.1 The papers were noted.
	3.1	Scrutiny of Sport Wales View the background to item 3.1 Supporting documents: Letter to Sport Wales following the evidence session on 25 September – 10 November 2025 , item 3.1 PDF 103 KB
	3.2	Inter-institutional Relations Agreement View the background to item 3.2 Supporting documents: Copy letter from the Deputy First Minster and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice, and Constitution Committee: Informing that the Independent Intergovernmental Relations secretariat has now published its annual reports for 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 – 11 November 2025 , item 3.2 PDF 188 KB
	3.3	Scrutiny of the Arts Council of Wales View the background to item 3.3 Supporting documents: Letter from the Arts Council of Wales providing the additional information requested in the Committee's letter of 5 November, following the recent scrutiny session – 12 November 2025 , item 3.3 PDF 204 KB View as HTML (3.3/1) 23 KB
	3.4	Funding pressures facing the Welsh publishing sector View the background to item 3.4 Supporting documents: Letter from Lucent Dreaming on the funding pressures facing the Welsh publishing sector – 13 November 2025 , item 3.4 PDF 36 KB
	3.5	Forum on EU-UK Culture and Media Relations View the background to item 3.5 Supporting documents: Correspondence from the Forum on EU-UK Cultural & Media Relations: Informing that Cultural and Creative Sectors have published joint policy recommendations to strengthen EU-UK relations – 13 November 2025 , item 3.5 PDF 2 MB
	3.6	UNESCO City of Literature View the background to item 3.6 Supporting documents: Letter from the Chair congratulating Professor Mererid Hopwood and all involved in Aberystwyth's successful bid to become the first UNESCO City of Literature – 14 November 2025 , item 3.6 PDF 77 KB
	3.7	Review of Public Bill and Member Bill processes View the background to item 3.7 Supporting documents: Letter to the Llywydd: Providing views on the practice of publishing pre-introduction versions of Bills – 14 November 2025 , item 3.7 PDF 83 KB
11:00	4.	Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and for the start of the meeting on 27 November View the background to item 4. Minutes: 4.1 The motion was agreed.
11:10-11:40	5.	Scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget 2026-27 - Consideration of evidence and key issues View the background to item 5. Minutes: 5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.
11:40-12:10	6.	Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Draft Budget 2026-27: Research briefing on the budget for international relations View the background to item 6. Supporting documents: Restricted enclosure 21 View the reasons why document 6./1 is restricted Written evidence: Welsh Government , item 6. PDF 277 KB Minutes: 6.1 The Committee received a briefing on the budget for international relations as part of its scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget 2026-27.

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