20 Tachwedd 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Such as?
20 Tachwedd 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
I don't have any disagreement with that. I understand that. But the legislation, of course, allows you to do a lot more. And I recognise the force of the commitment made by the Counsel General, but, as somebody once said, Ministers come and Ministers go. If…
20 Tachwedd 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
But the legislation, of course, gives you the right to do far more than that single pilot.
20 Tachwedd 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
I appreciate that, Counsel General, and I'm grateful to you for that response, but, in terms of how these technical matters, as you describe them, are taken forward, might it not be useful for us to understand on the face of the Bill how you expect to…
20 Tachwedd 2023 , Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Y Bil Etholiadau a Chyrff Etholedig (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Could I look at the question of the delegated powers that you are taking in this legislation? Since it's your Bill, Minister, I assume that you're content with the balance that exists in the Bill as published.
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Papurau i'w nodi
Ie, cytuno'n llwyr.
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Papurau i'w nodi
Dwi'n cytuno â Llyr, fel mae'n digwydd. Mewn termau'r mater mae'r llythyr yma yn trafod, a hefyd natur y llythyr, y ffordd mae wedi'i ysgrifennu, dwi'n cytuno â hynny. I fi, fel rhywun sy'n bancio gyda HSBC, beth fuasai yn fwy pwysig i fi yw defnyddio'r ap…
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu gwasanaeth cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r BBC
Okay. I think we're not going to get any further there this morning.
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu gwasanaeth cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r BBC
That wasn't my question, was it?
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu gwasanaeth cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r BBC
Of course you don't, and I'm not pretending—
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu gwasanaeth cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r BBC
It's the reductions I'm talking about.
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu gwasanaeth cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r BBC
—over successive years, and when I think back to—. And I don't want to get too rose-eyed specs about this, but when I think back to the old days, there was a HTV that was an absolutely rock-solid Welsh broadcaster, and it was incontestable. Now, we have an…
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu gwasanaeth cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r BBC
It hasn't worked overly effectively, though, has it? Because you've made the cuts to regional funding, to regional programming, in the way we discussed earlier, so I can understand you saying—and I don't disagree, actually, about the mixed economy; I don't…
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu gwasanaeth cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r BBC
It'll take some time to decipher that for a while. [Laughter.] Can I take you on, though, in that conversation, because we're going to be debating in the next few years the future of the BBC licence fee? Now, ITV may or may not have a view on that, and I…
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu gwasanaeth cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r BBC
[Inaudible.]—any other outlet in the ITV family?
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu gwasanaeth cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r BBC
I accept that.
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu gwasanaeth cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r BBC
But that person sitting in front of that screen in a region of England doesn't have decisions on public services, for example, and governance taken in that region. So, I think there are particular issues in Wales and Scotland about the delivery of—. For…
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu gwasanaeth cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r BBC
But those are two different issues, aren't they? And I accept that, by the way, and I make no criticism of ITV's output in terms of the global output. I think the numbers demonstrate that people actually enjoy what ITV produces. I've got no issue with any of…
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu gwasanaeth cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r BBC
Yes, but my nation is Wales.
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu gwasanaeth cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r BBC
Look, I don't make any criticism of the programming in terms of what is produced. I enjoy watching it as a consumer. Every so often, I even make an appearance to frighten your viewers. [Laughter.] I've got no issue with any of that, and the quality that is…
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu gwasanaeth cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r BBC
We know that.
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu gwasanaeth cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r BBC
Yes. There's no debate about this.
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu gwasanaeth cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r BBC
And it's why we would support you having it, quite frankly. We've got no issue with that, but I think we would probably say it generates a significant value in its own right. And that's interesting, because, the content, the expenditure in Wales has been…
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu gwasanaeth cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r BBC
—which is why you want it.
16 Tachwedd 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu gwasanaeth cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda’r BBC
But it has value to it—
