4 Hydref 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl Plaid Cymru: Gwasanaethau bws
Bydd yr Aelodau'n gwybod fy mod i bob amser yn hapus—
4 Hydref 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl Plaid Cymru: Gwasanaethau bws
Os gwnewch chi, fe wnewch chi—
4 Hydref 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Dadl Plaid Cymru: Gwasanaethau bws
Wel, mae rhywun bob amser yn meddwl sut rydych chi'n dilyn cyflwyniad fel hwnnw. Ac mae'n dweud wrthych chi am y Ceidwadwyr, onid yw? Rydych chi'n darllen yr araith rydych chi wedi'i pharatoi ymlaen llaw, ac nid ydych chi'n caniatáu unrhyw ymyriad. Nid ydych…
4 Hydref 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu Gwasanaeth Cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ofcom (2)
I accept that.
4 Hydref 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu Gwasanaeth Cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ofcom (2)
But this, you see, goes back to my original questions on values: you used the term 'buck the market'—that's what Margaret Thatcher said. I disagree with that because we provide the 103 slot on the EPG, we're going to protect that further through the media…
4 Hydref 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu Gwasanaeth Cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ofcom (2)
I'm grateful to you for that. I think the points that Lord Grade has made are very well made, and I think that everybody celebrates the success of the creative industries in Wales, and there is no issue there at all. There's been intervention by Government to…
4 Hydref 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu Gwasanaeth Cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ofcom (2)
No, I'm fine.
4 Hydref 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu Gwasanaeth Cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ofcom (2)
No.
4 Hydref 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu Gwasanaeth Cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ofcom (2)
I'd like to come back on that—[Inaudible.]
4 Hydref 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu Gwasanaeth Cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ofcom (2)
No, that's fine.
4 Hydref 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu Gwasanaeth Cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ofcom (2)
Okay, thank you for that. I'll just finish on this question; I know other people want to ask questions. That case that you describe, Lord Grade, can be a single incident—as we discussed, Laurence Fox—or it can be a pattern of behaviour, of course, which…
4 Hydref 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu Gwasanaeth Cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ofcom (2)
Lord Grade gave evidence to a committee I chaired, I think it's over a decade ago now, when he was at the BBC. I thought the evidence was first class, and I very much enjoyed the session that we had. I read through it, actually, in preparing for this session…
4 Hydref 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu Gwasanaeth Cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ofcom (2)
I think opinions do count—
4 Hydref 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu Gwasanaeth Cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ofcom (2)
I'm not sure I accept that final point, but, look, let me say this: you've appeared in front of a committee—
4 Hydref 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu Gwasanaeth Cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ofcom (2)
You were. I accept that.
4 Hydref 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu Gwasanaeth Cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ofcom (2)
Yes, but I'm saying there's the comment about the woke brigade and the Laurence Fox issue. It builds up a picture, and I want you to reassure me, I want you to reassure us in Wales, that we can rely on Ofcom, because, as you've said yourself, Ofcom is an…
4 Hydref 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu Gwasanaeth Cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ofcom (2)
I accept that. I accept that, and you defended your position by explaining that you'd cancelled The Black and White Minstrel Show and a number of other things. I understand the context, but I'm trying to delve a little deeper, Lord Grade, and its values that…
4 Hydref 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu Gwasanaeth Cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ofcom (2)
I recognise that. I recognise that, although you didn't say that you enjoyed the programme. You said, 'At last a voice for us', which is slightly different. I think that's different to just enjoying a bit of television. The problem with having a long career…
4 Hydref 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu Gwasanaeth Cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ofcom (2)
I've no—
4 Hydref 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu Gwasanaeth Cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ofcom (2)
My question to Lord Grade was about him being a fan of Laurence Fox. He defended his position—Lord Grade, I'm paraphrasing you before the break, and correct me if I'm wrong, but what you said was that it was an important role of Ofcom to defend free speech…
4 Hydref 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu Gwasanaeth Cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ofcom (2)
No, I was actually repeating what you just said in the last few minutes.
4 Hydref 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu Gwasanaeth Cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ofcom (2)
No, I want Lord Grade to answer the question.
4 Hydref 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu Gwasanaeth Cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ofcom (2)
It's very difficult to conduct scrutiny like this. So, Ofcom and you believe that freedom of speech should enable somebody like Laurence Fox to abuse young female journalists. You think that that's a fair use of freedom of speech. This goes to the heart of…
4 Hydref 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu Gwasanaeth Cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ofcom (2)
The reason I asked you the question is because values are important. You told the House of Commons culture committee in the spring that you cheer when you hear Laurence Fox on Question Time, and you thought that Laurence Fox was, at last, I quote, 'a voice…
4 Hydref 2023 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Darlledu Gwasanaeth Cyhoeddus yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ofcom (2)
I think he was finishing the answer. Lord Grade, the reason I asked you the question is because I believe—. Can he hear me? He seems to have frozen.
