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Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 2 - Evidence session with academics
I apologise, Chair. Do you believe that there are any opportunities within that to expand that sort of operation and look for other opportunities to enhance that more effectively and more strategically, and which people can see on a daily basis?
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 2 - Evidence session with academics
Yes. I think that's a very valid point, and I agree that COVID did show what can be achieved, I think, in that sense, despite it being a very challenging and difficult time for millions of people across the UK. Given that it was such a negative situation we…
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 2 - Evidence session with academics
Yes, and in response to that—you touched on it there—how accurately do UK broadcasters report the news in Wales, to flip that around slightly? I look at ITV, for example. They used to have a half-hour slot in the evening, which has been extended to an hour in…
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 2 - Evidence session with academics
Sorry to cut in, Professor Cushion. Is there a specific example of that that you can provide to the committee—just an example of where that might have happened in broadcast that would be relatable?
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 2 - Evidence session with academics
Thank you very much, Chair. Good morning, everyone, and in particular, Professor Cushion, who I'll be directing the questions on news coverage towards. To start, how sufficient is news coverage within Wales, in your view, and how could it be improved?
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 1 - Evidence session with ITV
Thank you very much.
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 1 - Evidence session with ITV
Yes, and that's—. Sorry for coming in, but that's the point I'm generally making—that you're right in saying that a lot of the FA Cup coverage has moved on to pay-per-view television, TNT Sports. I made the point over the weekend on my own social media…
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 1 - Evidence session with ITV
But it's not—. With respect, it's not an immediate threat within the context of the current deal being in place until 2029, but issues that are more global in terms of sports content coming away from your traditional likes of terrestrial tv may dictate a…
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 1 - Evidence session with ITV
Thank you, Chair. It's been a very interesting discussion. It's been a pleasure to listen to it so far. My questions are going to be in relation to sports, essentially, broadly within the context of the discussions that have already taken place. And I want to…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Today I would like to share the voices of some very thoughtful young people from my constituency, the pupils of Ysgol Bodfari, who took the time to write to me before the Christmas recess about protecting our seas, beaches and wildlife. Their letters were…
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, isn't it just amazing—isn't it just amazing—that the Member for North Wales tables a question on the north Denbighshire community hospital development at the Royal Alex after five years of silence on this issue in this Chamber? Now, three…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Employment
It's a pleasure to close this debate this evening. I've been scribbling away for the past hour or so and I think it's fair to come to the conclusion that Labour have failed the economy, Labour have failed Welsh workers, and Labour have failed in all of these…
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Topical Questions
I think we're all united in this Chamber in the belief that the six nations must remain free to air, and we're a rugby nation, and the bid expressed by TNT broadcasting rights does not mean that the six nations being behind a paywall is a dead cert. It was…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Cancer services
It's a pleasure to take part in this debate this afternoon. I think it’s important to be quite frank and honest in saying that the findings of this report are scandalous, and also to be quite frank and honest and put it into context about what we’re debating…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
The local government settlement announced in the draft budget prioritised the Labour Party's cash-reserve-rich heartlands in south Wales and the Valleys, thus ignoring the needs of other councils such as Flintshire, which has only seen a 3.3 per cent change…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
6. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on Welsh Government funding support for local authorities in north Wales? OQ62150
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Business Statement and Announcement
Can I raise a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care regarding screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms or AAAs in Wales? Currently, screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms are routinely offered to men over the age of 65, but are not…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
Thank you. Diolch.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
Thank you again, Chair. Just finally—it's on a similar theme—I just want to push a bit more on the Minister's ambition in regard to preventative areas such as sport and the population's health. I know you mentioned mental health but, equally, there are…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
Thanks, Steffan. In terms of—. Obviously, we know the preventative health benefits of spending on sport and physical activity. I’m wondering has the Welsh Government been able to improve cross-sector contribution to sport, and what discussions has the Minster…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
I am wondering, Minister, how you are coming to that conclusion, given that the revenue funding for the year and your proposition is lower than 2023-24, because that’s not going to be viewed as progress and a step in the right direction, surely?
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership
Thank you very much, Chair. Good morning, everybody. I'd like to focus on Sport Wales in my initial question, but with a similar line of questioning to Heledd's initial question around the allocation to Sport Wales in 2025-26, which is lower than what it was…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
In terms of, if I may, just in—. Your evidence paper notes that the increase will be from around £60,000 to £100,000. Given that the uplift hasn't been forthcoming within a decade, or possibly over, do you think that figure is sufficient or do you think that…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Could the Cabinet Secretary explain why the core grant for the mentrau iaith has not increased for a decade or more, and whether the minimum grant uplift proposed for 2025-26 will be baselined for future years?
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you very much.
