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Written Question
Wales Office: Cultural Heritage
Friday 17th January 2025

Asked by: Nick Timothy (Conservative - West Suffolk)

Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether she plans to decolonise the (a) artwork and (b) heritage assets in (i) her Department and (ii) each of its arm’s length bodies; and what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the publication entitled Public Commemoration in Wales: Guidance for Public Bodies, published by the Welsh Government in March 2024.

Answered by Nia Griffith

There has been no change in the Wales Office’s management of artwork or heritage assets since the previous administration. The Wales Office does not have any arm’s length bodies.

While we have made no formal assessment of the implications of the publication ‘Public Commemoration in Wales: Guidance for Public Bodies’, the Wales Office would consult the guidance, as appropriate, in the context of any activity led by the department on future public commemorations in Wales.


Written Question
Wales Office: Industrial Disputes
Wednesday 15th January 2025

Asked by: Nick Timothy (Conservative - West Suffolk)

Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what industrial disputes are ongoing within (a) their Department and (b) each of the arm’s length bodies connected to their Department; how many (i) staff and (ii) contractors are involved in each dispute; what the form of industrial action is in each dispute; which recognised trade union is involved in each dispute; what the substantive matter is that is being disputed in each case; and what steps he plans to take to end each dispute.

Answered by Jo Stevens - Secretary of State for Wales

There are no ongoing industrial disputes in my Department and the Wales Office has no arm’s length bodies.