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

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:19 pm on 30 April 2019.

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Photo of Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas Independent 6:19, 30 April 2019

I have no interest in catching up with Scotland, because in the way that they've established Creative Scotland, they have done something else. But I'm not going to comment on what they have done with the Scottish Arts Council; that's a matter for them. Creative England is a commercial organisation. Creative Wales is going to be an organisation—and I have already explained this in this Assembly and to a committee—Creative Wales will be established within Government. We have established a model that we know works with Cadw and we will follow a similar structure. We will be recruiting in the next month the chief executive for the organisation. We will then be moving on to appoint a chair, and that chair, along with myself and colleagues, will ensure that we advertise for a board, similarly to the board that we've successfully advertised for in the case of Cadw. So, my intention is that the organisation will be able to take the substantial budgets that are currently being spent for the creative industries into their ownership, and there will be a clearly indicative budget of the order of £30 million that will be available for this organisation, and it will be functioning within the next six months.