Concise Minutes - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 2, Senedd

Meeting date: Thursday, 25 September 2025

Meeting time: 09.18 - 12.50
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15661


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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Delyth Jewell MS (Chair)

Mick Antoniw MS

Alun Davies MS

Gareth Davies MS

Heledd Fychan MS

Witnesses:

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Sport Wales

Graham Williams, Sport Wales

Hayley Roberts, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales

Christopher Catling, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales

James Morris, Welsh Government

Jackie Price, Welsh Government

Elizabeth Thomas, Welsh Government

Chloë Davies, Welsh Government

Kate Frawley, Welsh Government

Committee Staff:

Haidee James (Second Clerk)

Lowri Barrance (Deputy Clerk)

Manon George (Clerk)

Manon Huws (Legal Adviser)

Robin Wilkinson (Researcher)

 

1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1        The Chair welcomed the Members to the meeting.

1.2        Apologies were received from Lee Waters MS.

1.3        Apologies were received from Heledd Fychan MS for items 7 and 8, and Llyr Gruffydd MS attended as a substitute for these items.

2       Annual scrutiny with arms-length bodies: Evidence session with Sport Wales

2.1 The Committee held an annual scrutiny session with Sport Wales.

2.2 The Committee agreed to write to the witnesses with any of the questions that were not reached during the session.

3       Annual scrutiny of arms-length bodies: Evidence session with the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales

3.1 The Committee held an annual scrutiny session with the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.

3.2 The Committee agreed to write to the witnesses with any questions that were not reached during the session.

4       Papers to note

4.1 The papers were noted.

4.1   Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27

</Inter-institutional Relations Agreement

5       Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting.

5.1 The motion was agreed.

6       Annual scrutiny with arms-length bodies - Consideration of evidence received

6.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

7       Prohibition of Greyhound Racing (Wales) Bill: Technical briefing

7.1 The Committee received a technical briefing from the Welsh Government on the Prohibition of Greyhound Racing (Wales) Bill.

8       Prohibition of Greyhound Racing (Wales) Bill: Approach to scrutiny

8.1 The Committee considered its approach to the scrutiny of the Prohibition of Greyhound Racing (Wales) Bill, and agreed to consider updated survey questions at the following week’s meeting.

9       Chairs' Forum consultation on reviewing Committee effectiveness in the Sixth Senedd – Consideration of the draft consultation response

9.1 The Committee considered and agreed the draft consultation response.