, Local Government and Housing Committee
Group 4: Fire risk assessments (Amendments 150, 152, 151, 153, 154, 155, 156)
Yes, I just want to say I've been in correspondence with the Minister on some of these matters as well, and I welcome what she said and the spirit in which she is going to engage with the concerns. I think the arguments she sets out against some of the…
, Plenary
Debate: The Final Budget 2026-27
Your finance spokesperson started the debate by saying that he'd have put all the money that was unallocated into cutting stamp duty—[Interruption.] A substantial amount of money paying stamp duty. That would not have left money to pay uplift or the things…
, Plenary
Debate: The Final Budget 2026-27
Thank you for giving way. You've run a local authority and you know that if you're going to spend more in one area, you have to spend less in another. You've called for cuts in various things, but you haven't been able to identify an equivalent amount of…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 6 - Evidence session with Channel 4
How about we try and come at it in a different way? So, it's 40 per cent of your out-of-England spend. What total of your overall spend is your England spend? Are you spending 95 per cent of your budget on England, and then we're getting 40 per cent of the 5…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 6 - Evidence session with Channel 4
Do you know what that represents in population share? Because Wales has roughly got 5 per cent share of the UK population. Do you know what that spend represents as a population share for the UK?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 6 - Evidence session with Channel 4
Before he does, can I just try and nail you down on the figure point? You mentioned £15 million. What does that represent as a proportion of your overall spend?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 6 - Evidence session with Channel 4
That's good to hear about. I'd be interested to know if you have any figures for what percentage of Welsh representation there is for your output. Perhaps you could answer that, if you have those figures. But just to make a broader point, we had an…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 6 - Evidence session with Channel 4
Thank you. I'd like to know what measurements you take of representation of Wales on Channel 4.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 5 - Evidence session with Ofcom
That's a condition of its licence; it's not an act of kindness.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 5 - Evidence session with Ofcom
Thank you.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 5 - Evidence session with Ofcom
Sorry, but, with respect, you're not answering my question and we need to move on. It's a very simple question. What specifically are you going to do, using your soft power, to get them to increase their production? Could you reflect on it and maybe come back…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 5 - Evidence session with Ofcom
So, what specifically are you doing to get them to increase their level of production in Wales?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 5 - Evidence session with Ofcom
Can I, just very briefly, just to finish that point—
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 5 - Evidence session with Ofcom
You have soft power, though, don't you?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 5 - Evidence session with Ofcom
But you're not going to do anything about it.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 5 - Evidence session with Ofcom
Well, I hope that it's what you'd like to see too.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 5 - Evidence session with Ofcom
But not made quite highly in Wales.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 5 - Evidence session with Ofcom
It's not made quite highly in Wales.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 5 - Evidence session with Ofcom
Okay.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 5 - Evidence session with Ofcom
Look, I intend to lose weight, and my weighing scale gives me data that I need to lose weight—that's not going to make me lose weight. Again, my question is not a trick one, it's a straightforward one: what powers do you have as regulators to get them to…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 5 - Evidence session with Ofcom
Your data shows there's a problem—what can you do about it?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 5 - Evidence session with Ofcom
Do you have any powers to get them to produce more in Wales?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 5 - Evidence session with Ofcom
Meanwhile, you're still having to regulate the existing system and the obligations on current broadcasters for their licences. We had a discussion with ITV about their success rate at providing content relevant to Welsh audiences, specifically producing…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 5 - Evidence session with Ofcom
Isn't the principle of public service broadcasting unchanged, but the technology to deliver it has changed? So, the principle was, if you are broadcasting to audiences in the UK, you have to provide content that reflects the UK. So, why should that be any…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 5 - Evidence session with Ofcom
And do you have an interim view?
