7. Statement by the Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism: Creative Wales

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:08 pm on 30 April 2019.

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Photo of Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas Independent 6:08, 30 April 2019

(Translated)

Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. It gives me great pleasure to provide the Assembly with an update on our support for the creative industries sector. The creative industries sector gives us an opportunity to realise the benefits that the sector brings from two directions, from the economic side, and from the cultural side. We're trying to look at those two aspects of creative activity together. That allows us also to enrich what Wales has to offer to the world. We can showcase our arts and our natural scenery, and we can couple that with the thriving industries and those who can develop businesses in the creative industries, and there is, of course, a very close connection between the creative industries and the industries and businesses in the tourism sector and also in the media generally.