Speeches and questions

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters

Thank you very much to you all for that. Thank you. We'll move to Alun Davies.

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters

Thank you for that, Sian.

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters

Thank you, Siân.

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters

Sorry, Hefin. That's fine. That's fine.

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters

Okay, Hefin. Fine.

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters

Perhaps there's time for one more question. But if I can ask you to be as brief as possible in your answers. Sorry, I know this is an important subject.

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters

Okay.

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters

Okay, thank you for that. Hefin, I think we'll have to move on now, because of time, unless there was something briefly that you wanted to ask.

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters

Thanks, Hefin. That did emanate from the session that we had in the University of South Wales in terms of bullying, and that this particularly can be an issue when people come into the sector initially. So, whoever wants to go first on that.

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters

Yes, we can hear you perfectly.

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters

Right. Thank you, Nia. We'll go back to Hefin.

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters

Thank you for that, Sian. Before we come to you, Nia, Alun, did you want to come in on this? No, okay. Nia.

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters

You Welsh was perfect, Hefin.

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters

It wasn't that, Hefin, no, no, no—your Welsh was perfect.

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters

Because there was a problem in terms of the sound. Just in terms of what role you think private and public organisations have in tackling poor pay and precarious work and problematic working conditions.

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters

Thank you, Hefin. Who wants to start with that?

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters

Yes, fantastic. Hooray for technology. Okay.

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters

Okay, thank you, Carolyn. We'll try Hefin again. Hefin, can you hear us now? And can we hear you?

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters

I'm sorry. We'll have to move on, I'm afraid. I know that there is a great deal to say on this issue, but because of time pressures we'll move to Hefin David. I think we have a problem with Hefin's sound. Can you hear me now? Okay. We can't hear you, Hefin…

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters

If it’s quick.

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters

It's great to have the three of you with us this morning. We'll go straight to questions and I'll go straight to Heledd Fychan.

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters

Thank you. And Nia.

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters

Thank you. Sian.

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with national broadcasters

We'll move on, therefore, to item 2 this morning. We're looking at the challenges facing the creative industry workforce. We have an evidence session with national broadcasters. May I ask our witnesses to introduce themselves for the record? I'll go from left…

11 January 2023, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Good morning. Happy new year to you all. I'd like to welcome Members to this meeting of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee. Are there any declarations of interest at the start of the meeting? No, I don't…