, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with the Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries
—so if you've got five minutes. It's quite interesting to go around. Thank you.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with the Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries
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, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with the Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries
Okay. Just in the light of what you just said then about creative industries and IT, we do feel it's a really growing industry, and I recently met with businesses and public bodies in north Wales who are hoping to grow it in north Wales. You talked about…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with the Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries
That's really good to hear. Thank you.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with the Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries
Okay. Thank you very much. And then our committee in the previous Senedd recommended that the Channel 3 licence should require the holder to produce a greater proportion of network content in Wales and Welsh Government should have a formal role in the…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with the Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries
Okay. Thank you. In 2022, ITV's UK network spend in Wales had plummeted to close to 0 per cent of their qualifying UK spend, so do you think that's appropriate?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with the Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries
Okay. Thank you. So, how do you feel that public services broadcasting regulations have changed to reflect that we now have our national Parliament and devolved Government here in Wales?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with the Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries
Yes, thank you.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with the Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries
So, broadband is not devolved, but we have many areas across Wales—north Wales is the area I represent—that can't access broadband still. And we have areas of expertise like the Digital Signal Processing Centre of Excellence in Bangor, who have actually…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: evidence session with the Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries
It was just what you said before about people receiving media in different ways. Funding for S4C is protected under the licence fee; many people listen to the radio all the time, and Radio Cymru is really important as well to people. So, I was just wondering…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Breaking the class ceiling—Building an egalitarian Wales
I would like to thank Rhianon Passmore for a minute of her time. To create a fairer, more equal Wales, we need to have more equal representation of people in all levels of government making decisions, including the introduction of gender quotas and people…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Homelessness
Across the UK, housing represents one of our great domestic challenges. The idea that a home is a human right and that everybody is entitled to a roof over their head, like so many other areas of our economy, is now subordinated to the whims of market forces…
, Plenary
Debate on the Local Government and Housing Committee Report, 'Local Authority Library and Leisure Services'
The importance of libraries and leisure services to communities right across Wales cannot be overstated. They're often used as warm hubs, well-being centres, to access information about services, and links to online information. They've become more vibrant…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
As a former leader of a north Wales council, my colleague Sam Rowlands knows just as well as I do, as a former deputy leader and cabinet member, the pressures local authorities are under following 13 years of Tory austerity. Councils right across the UK have…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Minister, Grŵp Llandrillo Menai will soon be opening up a new building focused on developing engineering skills in Rhyl. The centre will include a section for the RWE wind turbine apprentices, and this fantastic new £30 million development has been funded by…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Update on 2023-24 Financial Position
Diolch. This is a toxic combination of a decade of austerity, the Conservatives' mishandling of the economy, Brexit and inflationary pressures arising out of the disastrous Truss budget. I don't envy the decisions you're having to make, and I know the Welsh…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I'm proud to say that, through partnership working with the Welsh Government, local authorities and residents, we are the third best at recycling in the world. It's brought a culture change, leading children and adults to think about the environment and the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
On that point, though, could you explain why there's no corresponding duty on Welsh Government to formally respond to any committee recommendations under section 19 of the Bill?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Okay, thank you. Following the conclusion of any review into job sharing, under section 7 of the Bill, Welsh Ministers are required to formally respond to the report setting out what steps, if any, they intend to take in response to the recommendations. Are…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Okay. It says here that, if established, the committee, under section 19, would be required to review 'the extent to which the elements of a healthy democracy are present in Wales'. So, can you explain what the elements of a healthy democracy encompass?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you. Can you explain what other legislative options the Welsh Government considered for post-legislative review as an alternative to requiring the Presiding Officer to table a motion proposing the establishment of this new Senedd committee for that task?
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Okay. I'll just ask some questions regarding section 19. So, a committee established under section 19, if any, would be required to review the operation and effect of electoral changes made by Parts 1 and 2 of the Bill, which includes the increase in the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Okay. Thank you.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Thank you. And then going on, regulations to implement the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru boundary recommendations in time for the 2026 elections must be laid within 14 weeks of its report being laid before the Senedd. Regulations to implement…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: Evidence session with the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Oh, that's my question—sorry. Sorry to hold you up there. Regulations made to implement the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru boundary recommendations under paragraph 9 of Schedule 1, and new section 49J of Schedule 2 must be laid in the Senedd, but are…
