The Armed Forces

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:16 pm on 5 October 2021.

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Photo of Darren Millar Darren Millar Conservative 2:16, 5 October 2021

Thank you for that response, First Minister. One of the things that the armed forces community in Wales really does value and appreciate is the opportunity to commemorate significant events in military history and to reflect and remember those who have fallen in those periods of conflict. One of the successes that we've seen in Wales in recent years in terms of being able to commemorate events has been the Cymru'n Cofio programme, which I thought was absolutely superb and ought to have continued into the future. What consideration has the Welsh Government given to picking the Cymru'n Cofio programme back up so that it can incorporate future anniversaries of significance, including, for example, next year's fortieth anniversary of the Falklands war, in which 48 people from Wales were killed and there were 97 casualties? These are the sorts of significant events that I think we need to be able to plan well in advance for. I wonder what you're able to tell us today about commemoration of that particular event and whether you can set up another sort of Cymru'n Cofio-type programme for the future.