, 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. We'll move on. Carolyn.
, 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
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
And just quickly, before we move on, the points that you've been making notwithstanding, would you accept that S4C is unique in a way because of the offer that it provides, because of its history, because of the status that it has, that there is a value to…
, 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
I think Llyr wants to come in on this.
, 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. I think Alun wanted to come in on this, and then I'll go to Carolyn.
, 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
We'll move on to Tom Giffard.
, 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
We'll move on.
, 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
Thank you. Thank you very much for that.
, 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
Thank you, Carolyn. I appreciate that you might like to answer us in writing, because I know that that is slightly—. Well, it's outside the scope, but it's related, of course.
, 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
Thank you. And, of course, obviously there is very much a view, cross-party, in Wales that the Welsh language, Cymraeg, belongs to everyone regardless of whether they speak it, but that fact notwithstanding and to reinforce that point, I think that getting…
, 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, very briefly.
, 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
I know that we're going to have to move on in a moment, but I'd also be interested to know—. Because you've been saying, Minister, how important it is and how welcome it is that, through S4C, Welsh speakers get, very clearly, a Welsh view. Do you think that…
, 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
We're not allowed an exclusive.
, 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
Thank you. Okay. Gwnawn ni symud ymlaen. We'll move on to Alun Davies.
, 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. And then to Tom.
, 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
Thank you for that. Llyr, and then I'll come to Tom. Llyr.
, 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
Thank you for that. I've got Alun, first, who'd like to come in for a supplementary, and then I'll go to Llyr. So, Alun.
, 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
Thank you for that, and just before I go, because I've got a couple of Members who've indicated already that they'd like to come in with some supplementaries, a predecessor committee of ours, when looking at the media landscape, had said that, 'The supply of…
, 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
We're very pleased to have you with us. Thank you very much for coming to give us evidence this morning. If it's all right, we'll go straight into questions. As you'll be aware, we've got quite a wide remit, as a committee, but part of that remit is the media…
, 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
Croeso nôl—welcome back. We are moving to our next item, which is a ministerial session with the Rt Hon Sir John Whittingdale OBE. You're very welcome to be with us. Would you be happy for us to go straight into questions with you? You're very welcome to, if…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from items 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 of the meeting
Therefore, unless anyone is unhappy for us to do so, I propose in accordance with Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from items 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 of today's meeting. Are you content to agree the motion? Okay, we'll wait to hear that…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Papers to note
For anyone who's watching, we will be going live later this morning, at 11:50, but, for now, we have a number of papers to note. Members will see that these papers, from 2.1 onwards to 2.11, are in your packs. Are Members content for us to note those papers?…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning. I'd like to welcome everybody to this meeting of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee. May I ask first of all whether any Members have any declarations of interest for today? I don't see that…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
—with some of that detail, that would be very useful, please.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Infrastructure (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Minister for Climate Change
No, although perhaps, Minister, if you could write to us—
