NDM7421 - Opposition Debate
Tabled on 30/09/2020 | For debate on 07/10/2020To propose that the Senedd:
1. Recognises the importance of the Welsh Arts, Culture and Heritage sectors, and the challenges these sectors face as a result of COVID-19.
2. Welcomes the renewed exploration of Wales’s diverse heritage during the months of the pandemic in light of the Black Lives Matter movement and other campaigns.
3. Supports calls to ensure that our heritage is promoted and presented in a sensitive manner and inclusive of all of its rich diversity in future.
4. Regrets that the UK Government’s job support scheme is unlikely to save many arts and live music venues and cultural attractions from closure, and to save arts workers’ careers (freelance and salaried), despite the fact that they were viable prior to COVID-19.
5. Opposes proposals to develop one or more military museums in Cardiff Bay.
6. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) work with the Arts Council of Wales, the Wales Freelance Task Force and other groups and organisations within the arts and culture sector to implement the recommendations of the report, 'Rebalancing and Reimagining: Strategies to Support Arts and Performance Freelancers’';
b) use the planning system to restrict and manage the ability of buildings that were used for arts, cultural and heritage purposes prior to the Coronavirus Act 2020 to receive planning permission for a change of use whilst the pandemic continues to impact on the ability to use those venues for their intended purpose;
c) explore the creation of a National Museum for Black and People of Colour History and Heritage, to be based in Tiger Bay as a potential alternative to the proposal for one or more military museums;
d) ensure more black and people of colour involvement in arts and cultural bodies, as called for in Race Alliance Wales’s Manifesto for An Anti-Racist Wales;
e) ensure that the Welsh language is at the heart of the workforce and output of the arts sector in its entirety going forward;
f) introduce statutory protections to prevent the loss of Welsh language place names from the built and natural environments.
g) ensure that each government department works strategically towards the delivery of the sixth pillar of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015, a Wales of vibrant culture and thriving Welsh language, and, in so doing, engages deeply and meaningfully with the arts, culture and heritage sectors.
Rebalancing and Reimagining: Strategies to Support Arts and Performance Freelancers
Race Alliance Wales: Our Manifesto for an Anti-racist Wales
Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015
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To propose that the Senedd:
Recognises the importance of the Welsh and British arts, culture and heritage sectors, and the challenges these sectors face partly because of government-imposed lockdowns and restrictions.
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Notes that the Black Lives Matter movement:
a) is a violent far-left group;
b) is co-founded by Patrisse Cullors who confessed that the group are trained Marxists;
c) aims to end capitalism and defund the police; and
d) should not have any influence on Wales's heritage and culture.
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Supports wholeheartedly a United Kingdom and Wales in which meritocracy, equality of opportunity and a tolerance for diverse alternative opinions is at the forefront of policy-making, including in the arts, culture and heritage sectors.
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Supports calls to ensure that our heritage is protected and respected, and rejects association with those politically motivated groups who wish to destroy statues and erase Welsh and British history.
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Believes that anti-racist groups, including Black Lives Matter, attempt to manufacture division for political gain and have undermined race relations in Wales and the United Kingdom.
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Welcomes Her Majesty's Government's £1.57 billion arts rescue package and the £59 million consequential arising from it for Wales.
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Welcomes plans for a museum of military medicine in Cardiff Bay and acknowledges the importance of venues across Wales which celebrate Wales's rich military heritage.
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In sub-point 6 b), delete 'use the planning system' and replace with 'explore using the planning system'.
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In sub-point 6 c), delete 'as a potential alternative to the proposal for one or more military museums'.
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notes the outcome of the independent review into funding of the National Library of Wales and calls for an increase of £1.445 million in baseline funding in the next financial year to put the finances of the institution on a sustainable footing for the future.
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In point 6, delete sub-points b) and c) and replace with:
b) recognise the importance Planning Policy Wales places on cultural well-being through plan making and planning decisions, which supports the continued provision of cultural uses for communities through its approach to place making;
c) work to ensure that BAME history is embedded and reflected throughout the museum network in Wales and explore with community leaders future options to ensure this history is given rightful prominence.
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In point 6, delete sub-points e) and f) and replace with:
e) work to ensure the Welsh language is at the heart of the workforce and output of the arts sector;
f) recognise the importance of Welsh language place names and continue to explore options to prevent them from being lost from the built and natural environments.