10 July 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report, 'Six Nations Rugby Championship broadcasting rights'
I'm just going to leave that there. I'm not going to give context. It was about Sky. I'm not going to do that to Hefin. It was about Sky. It was a joke. But Hefin did indeed push for recommendation 3 in this report, to ensure the protections are there for the…
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report, 'Six Nations Rugby Championship broadcasting rights'
As Sam set out, this, yes, when you look at it first, does seem like a simple question, but, as Sam has pointed out, it perhaps hides complexities, and we as a committee too had sympathy, certainly, with the WRU's position. Ours was not a glib response in any…
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report, 'Six Nations Rugby Championship broadcasting rights'
As Heledd said, rugby is a game that fires the imagination. Supporters, of course, are very important to the business of the WRU—I agree with that—and I thank Heledd for emphasising how important live rugby broadcasting is for the Welsh language, to hear the…
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report, 'Six Nations Rugby Championship broadcasting rights'
No, I'm not going to quote all of these.
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report, 'Six Nations Rugby Championship broadcasting rights'
Thank you for that, Carolyn. [Interruption.]
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report, 'Six Nations Rugby Championship broadcasting rights'
Carolyn, in this debate, firstly outlined the unique cultural significance that rugby has to our psyche. When Carolyn was reliving some of the famous victories, there were whoops from the Chamber—that says it all, doesn't it? I loved the puns, Carolyn—we must…
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report, 'Six Nations Rugby Championship broadcasting rights'
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. I thank all the Members who took part in this debate, and I should have said at the start of the debate that I thank the committee team for their work on this.
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report, 'Six Nations Rugby Championship broadcasting rights'
Media rights alone account for £20 million of the union's total revenue of £90 million. The WRU was of the view that retaining tension in the market—that is, for competition to remain between public and on-demand broadcasters—would allow for sufficient income…
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report, 'Six Nations Rugby Championship broadcasting rights'
‘the negative financial implications of moving international rugby matches in the Six Nations Rugby Championship to the protected list could have a devastating impact on the whole of the game in Wales in the medium and long term.’
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report, 'Six Nations Rugby Championship broadcasting rights'
As such, we decided, as a committee, to explore the question of whether the six nations should become a group A listed event, by speaking to the Welsh Rugby Union and rugby and broadcasting experts in February 2024. During the course of our evidence…
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report, 'Six Nations Rugby Championship broadcasting rights'
'We've always said that if the Welsh Parliament argued very strongly that, for the good of sport in Wales, we needed to look again at the listed events, we would look at it, certainly. So, it's not closed.'
10 July 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee Report, 'Six Nations Rugby Championship broadcasting rights'
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. The committee has, for some time now, been investigating public broadcasting in Wales. A key part of this work was our inquiry into the rights to broadcast the six nations championship. The debate over whether the six nations…
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
So, I propose, under Standing Order 17.42, to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and to continue in private. For anyone who is watching, this is not the end of our proceedings; we will now continue in private and carry on our…
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Paper(s) to note
Right, it looks as if there's certainly no disagreement. So, thank you very much for saying that.
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Paper(s) to note
Lee agrees.
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Paper(s) to note
Does anyone want to say anything or note anything else? Thank you for that, Heledd.
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Paper(s) to note
Did any Members want to say anything or put anything on the record about any of these papers? Heledd.
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Paper(s) to note
We really appreciate the fact that people have written to us as a committee outlining some of their concerns, outlining some of their personal circumstances. We treat those very seriously and we're very grateful to you for writing to us.
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Paper(s) to note
Members, we have several papers to note, from 3.1 in your packs right up until 3.9. I would like to put on the record that I know that a number of people have written to us expressing concerns, and some people have written to us highlighting some of their…
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
Thank you very much to you all for your time. A transcript of what's been said today will be sent to you for you to check. There are a few other things, like Laura's question, that we will write to you about, if that's okay, to catch up on that. There were…
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
Are you sure? Okay. Right.
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
Laura, was your question a 'yes' or 'no' answer question?
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
Thank you so much. Alun wanted to ask a supplementary, I'm afraid. I'm sorry, Laura. Alun, if you could be very brief, because we have 10 seconds left.
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
Great. Thank you. Well, Carolyn, you have a couple of minutes. You wanted to ask a supplementary question earlier.
10 July 2024 , Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice
Thank you. Right. The final six minutes. Lee, over to you to be as pithy as you like.
