Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: The Deputy Minister is in charge of issues relating to the creative economy. What you will see is, shortly after the international strategy is launched, there will be a Creative Wales strategy that will be launched, and that will be the opportunity to put some more meat on the bone, which you were asking for. And that will go alongside the tourism strategy as well, so that's being refreshed....
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: Can I also offer my congratulations to Taron Egerton? We are very, very proud of him, and we look forward to the Oscars, where I'm sure we are hopeful that he will also be awarded. He was very helpful to us in the last Government, in helping us to promote Wales as a place to come and invest in relation to tv and film, back in November. So, it is a relationship that we're very proud to have....
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: We are aware that there is a need to do more in terms of language planning, and that's why we've brought forward the 2050 project. That will start with the Government and will look at language planning within the Government, and then it will ensure that we are effective outside Government, ensuring that we're pushing some of those opportunities in terms of the public services, to ensure that...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: I do think that there are differences across the country. I think if you look at somewhere such as Betsi, there is a commitment towards the Welsh language and it's something that is now being seen as something that is fundamental. They have to be aware of what the language requirements of the patients who come to see them are. And I do think there has been a change in the attitude within...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: Well, if I could add to what the First Minister said yesterday, it’s difficult for us to discuss personal matters regarding one individual, but it is important that we understand as well that there are clinical matters sometimes that mean that it is a requirement for people to leave our country. But I do agree with the First Minister when he said that there is a need for us to recognise...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: Thank you very much. May I too congratulate Ysgol y Preseli, which has been developing over the years? I know that in the past they had a good reputation. They went down a bit, but they have gone up once more, and we're very, very pleased with the difference that they're making to the pupils in that area. Of course there's an opportunity to learn, and one of the things that we're doing is to...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: Thank you very much, Vikki. Just to let you know that the education Minister has offered to meet you to discuss this further, but just to let you know that within the new Welsh in education strategic plans there is a provision that demands that ALN is taken into account. So, that is something that has been strengthened. I know that this is something that Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: I meet regularly with the Minister for Education. We had another meeting this week to discuss aspects of Cymraeg 2050 relating to her portfolio, and, following the consultation on the Welsh in Education Strategic Plans (Wales) Regulations 2019 and the associated draft guidance that went out to consultation, we'll be holding a conference now in March to discuss planning and promoting Welsh in...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: Thank you, and I think it's probably worth underlining that, in the past, the Conservative manifesto wanted to update the Human Rights Act—they previously wanted to scrap it altogether and to replace it with a British bill of rights. I've got to tell you that I've got more confidence in the system that we have at the moment than any other system that they are likely to introduce, because I...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: —direction of the country, I think is a really important strategic partnership for us—
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: —to consider.
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: I think it is worth underlining that it's not just us that have a relationship with Vietnam, but also UK Government. The Tory UK Government have a very close relationship as well. I do think we have to acknowledge that international relations in the area of human rights is always potentially quite difficult, but you have to make some decisions that are difficult sometimes, and we have made in...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: Thank you, Darren. I'm disappointed, because I think we should be very proud of the fact that we are developing a very strong education relationship with Vietnam. The fact that we are helping them to improve their education systems, that we're encouraging more people from that country to come and study in Wales, that this is an up-and-coming country and that there are opportunities for us,...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: The international strategy is underpinned by clear values and principles, including an emphasis on support for human rights. We have a long and proud tradition of being a welcoming nation to people of all cultures and countries and a commitment also to the United Nations sustainability goals.
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: Just very briefly, I'm aware that we're running out of time. So, yes, uncertainty is a big issue. In terms of food safety and security, there is the question of with whom are we going to align. Because if we do align with the United States, and we allow hormone-treated beef in, then the barriers with the rest of the continent will go up because they won't want that to enter their market. So,...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: I don't think I bear any relationship to Theresa May at all, other than the fact that, as my finance Minister has just pointed out, we're both vicars' daughters, as is she. But we are very, very different vicars' daughters. [Laughter.] Can I just say that—? Listen, I don't know which part of 'We accept that Brexit will happen' you didn't understand, but that's what we've made clear, I...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: Thank you. I think that you are absolutely right. I think that some of the templates exist already and you've been a part of those mechanisms in the past, where the Governments of the United Kingdom come together, you come to a common, shared position and then you go and speak at the EU together. So, this is not rocket science. It's all there. It needs to be picked up. It's just that there...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: First of all, of course we're interested in promoting trade. It's just that we're doing this at a really difficult time. The World Trade Organisation is currently in a situation where the United States have stopped appointing judges, so that anything that comes out of the World Trade Organisation now can only go so far in terms of the legal process, and people could potentially ignore what...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: First of all, can I thank the committee Chair for the really good paper, which I was able to read over Christmas? I thought that was really useful, and I think, if people are interested in this issue, particularly the legal aspects of where we stand as a body here in the Senedd, that that is very much worth looking at. Just on the JMC trade, I can't tell you—every single moment and...
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: Thank you very much, and a happy new year to you too. I do agree with you that our major aim now is to ensure that we safeguard the interests of Wales, and my concern too is the fact that the ministerial forum still hasn't met. It's not because of a lack of intervention and requests from us; we have been asking this month after month. Unfortunately, the general election came in December,...
