Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:55 pm on 20 June 2017.
I saw that the town of Pembroke had erected a new statue for Henry VII, in an attempt to attract tourism and to reflect the close relationship of that family with Pembroke. Today, I have hosted an exhibition in the Assembly of another statue that it is hoped will be established in Pembrokeshire—a statue of Chelsea Manning, another character that was raised and educated in Pembrokeshire, and that has had a great influence on the world in which we live at present.
Can the First Minister tell us what the Government are doing to promote public art generally and empathy with public art as part of tourism, reflecting all our history as a nation? Can the Government look at the intention to erect a statue to Chelsea Manning in order to support her in Pembrokeshire?