Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:57 pm on 28 November 2018.
Thank you very much, Llywydd. And thank you to everyone who has contributed to this important debate, and first of all to David Melding for his kind words and also for outlining the history, of course, because we are talking here about a number of challenges in this field of fundraising for the benefit of the arts. And, of course, I’m very pleased to hear about the Mabinogion—it’s not every day that we talk about the Mabinogion here in the Chamber—one of the masterpieces in Europe, certainly, in terms of literature. I’m very pleased that David also recognises that, and makes the wider point that London isn’t Wales in terms of fundraising, but also that we should have the confidence to go to London and to pursue those funds, and to have the confidence not just to go to London, but to go internationally to seek those connections with the Welsh diaspora, which was part of the debate that we heard in the previous debate. Mark is on his feet.