, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Future of public service media: Public service broadcasters
Why don't you surmount them, then? I agree with you, Rhuanedd, in what you're saying. And, as I said, you and Phil produce excellent English-language programming and I've got no criticism to make of it. In fact, my criticism is that I want to see more of it…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Future of public service media: Public service broadcasters
I know you did—in the Cynon valley; I know that.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Future of public service media: Public service broadcasters
I just want to challenge you on that, Rhuanedd. You sound very comfortable in what you're saying, and I don't understand the reason for your comfort. We all have different identities. I speak English and I speak Welsh, and, in terms of my Welsh language…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Future of public service media: Ofcom
I would appreciate any information from Ofcom on the increase in provision from PSBs for Wales, because I haven't seen it, and I don't think that any PSBs have really argued that case in front of us. I'd also be very interested in any work that Ofcom has…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Future of public service media: Ofcom
We could carry on all morning, but—.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Future of public service media: Ofcom
Time is passing, but I do think we do need to return to that, because I'm not sure you have answered the question, if I'm entirely honest. I have read the Ofcom reports like this, and you have presented them for several years, and we've discussed reports of…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Future of public service media: Ofcom
Can I just stop you there? I have a mobile phone here, an Apple phone, so how would you ensure that public broadcasters have that kind of priority that they need in the Apple store or whichever other store it might be? How would that work? I see what you're…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Future of public service media: Ofcom
Thank you very much, and welcome to the committee meeting, we've met before, of course. I hear what you say about prominence, and in the old days, it was simple enough, wasn't it? It was the electronic programme guide, and you could regulate who was prominent…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Nature, biodiversity and local places for nature
I'm grateful to you, Minister, for the statement this afternoon. I think it contains a lot of things that we have the right to look forward to. Also, I'm very grateful and pleased to hear your answer to Delyth Jewell earlier in this session, where you…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Could I ask for two statements from the Government please? Firstly, on the implications of the Supreme Court decision last week to rule two Scottish Acts to be out of competence. Those Acts contained a number of provisions that we have already enacted in this…
, Plenary
The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 17) Regulations 2021
I'm grateful to you, Presiding Officer, for that. When I look at these matters I ask myself, 'Is this a proportionate response to the public health challenges we face?' We've all wrestled with these challenges over the last 18 months. We've all asked…
, Plenary
The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 17) Regulations 2021
I should say that our committee's not debated these matters, so I don't understand how the Chair can speak as the Chair of the committee. But the debate we're having today goes to the heart of what a democracy is and the role of a Parliament in debating these…
, Plenary
The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 17) Regulations 2021
The Home Secretary, speaking at the Conservative conference today, outlined plans to prevent people moving freely around the United Kingdom if their intention is to take part in a protest. If you do not believe in a checkpoint society, I'm sure you will join…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I'm grateful to you for that answer, First Minister; you’ll have support for all of that across the whole of the Chamber. But, it’s also important to support serving armed forces today, and to ensure that we have bases and locations in Wales that are able to…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner’s Annual Report 2020-21 and Assurance Report 2020-21
No, I'm comfortable with the commissioner's responses.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner’s Annual Report 2020-21 and Assurance Report 2020-21
I'm sure that there are.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner’s Annual Report 2020-21 and Assurance Report 2020-21
I was a member of the committee that put all of this in place, so I've had a decade of my life with people telling me that they're going to learn lessons, and what I want to see is action. I think the past decade has been more than enough time to learn these…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner’s Annual Report 2020-21 and Assurance Report 2020-21
Give me an example. Give an example of that.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner’s Annual Report 2020-21 and Assurance Report 2020-21
Thank you. In responding to Heledd's questions, you've been discussing the processes that you've gone through, and I would like to ask for your view on that. I assume that you will have had initial conversations with Jeremy as the new Minister, but that…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
General scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner
—and I would hope we would then write to the Minister or bring the Minister to the committee.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
General scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner
—and send it to the committee, the committee can then consider that—
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
General scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner
I would agree with you on that. So, if you could gather that information together—
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
General scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner
Yes, I've seen the—
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
General scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner
Thank you for that. I agree with that analysis, as I said earlier. Perhaps—and I don't want to spend too much time on this this morning—it would be an idea if the commissioner were to write to the committee with his analysis, in more detail that can be…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
General scrutiny of the Welsh Language Commissioner
Thank you very much. I agree with the commissioner's analysis. May I ask you, Aled, what kind of conversations or meetings or discussions you've had with the Minister and with the Welsh Government to express your concerns? And how have you been working on…
