, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
We had 14 years of austerity. During that time, the Tories have brought our criminal justice system to a precipice, to a state of near collapse, due to underfunding and due to a cut of 20,000 police officers, which are only now just being restored. The issue…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 6: Appointing the BSL adviser (Amendments 20, 21, 22)
No, it was just that point.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 6: Appointing the BSL adviser (Amendments 20, 21, 22)
Just on that, I respect that amendment 20, which is—. I understand the logic and the reasoning being put for it, and that it's quite a restrictive clause, but I understand from, I think, earlier discussions that there may be a competence issue. I was…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Group 5: Co-production (Amendments 19, 18)
In respect of those two points that Mark has just moved, it seems to me that there is actually broad agreement in terms of the principle of the objectives of these. It's basically an issue of drafting and construction. Presumably, if these are proceeded with…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 6 - Evidence session with Channel 4
Can I just, very quickly, ask you, then—? Because you talk about skills and you talk about freelancers: one of the criticisms that's been around, of course, is that what happens is you have, obviously, locations, for example, in Manchester, Leeds, Bristol and…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 6 - Evidence session with Channel 4
That's why I asked about the broadening out of the remit, because is it being part of a plan and strategy, or is this really a sort of one-off? I'm just wondering if, perhaps, you could expand a little bit on what your future look is in respect of Wales.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 6 - Evidence session with Channel 4
Can I just ask then, just following on from that, because you started talking about the skills, the skill mix, developing local skills and so on, how do you see that developing? Because, at the moment, it is a good news story in terms of some very important…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 6 - Evidence session with Channel 4
Thank you. Following on from those questions that you've had now, in terms of your engagement within the four nations of the UK, you have an office in Leeds, you have an office in Manchester, you have a hub in Glasgow. Your presence in Wales is pretty…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 4 - Evidence session with S4C
Just bearing in mind time and progress et cetera, obviously, with S4C, there's been turmoil over the not-too-distant past. You said, when you came here in May, that there's a new culture and that it's being embedded and so on. I'm just wondering how…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 4 - Evidence session with S4C
And presumably there'll be engagement as well with the Electoral Commission in terms of the mechanics of that, because, obviously, they're doing a lot of work in this area, and it is a major cultural and political challenge, isn't it?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 4 - Evidence session with S4C
One of the challenges, of course, is always trying to keep Senedd elections focused on Wales, isn't it, within the global news image? Do you have any particular strategy as to how you intend to do that or to do the best that you can whilst maintaining that…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 4 - Evidence session with S4C
Just a couple of, I think, fairly succinct questions, moving on a little bit. Obviously, we have the Senedd elections coming up. These are going to be a major political event in Wales, and maybe the most interesting ones in a while, since the commencement of…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 3 - Evidence session with the BBC
Well, I mean in terms of the BBC board and so on. There will be clear engagement, with, for example, Rhuanedd and so on, but the extent to which that then gets reflected.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 3 - Evidence session with the BBC
Is there a strong enough Welsh voice at the central level in this process?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 3 - Evidence session with the BBC
Now, broadcasting devolved, there is a whole variety of differing views as to what it actually means. My concern, I think, is really what the Welsh voice is within these processes. So—perhaps more taking this a little bit to Rhuanedd, really—what is the level…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 3 - Evidence session with the BBC
—to basically direct the nature of our society, I think, in the coming—. So, creating a sort of twenty-first century public service broadcasting, I think, is really important.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 3 - Evidence session with the BBC
It's clear that we're at a watershed and the issue of public service broadcasting, I think, both culturally and in terms of our democracy, is one of the most important watershed challenges that we have—
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 3 - Evidence session with the BBC
Undoubtedly, enormous progress has been made. I think we all understand that, when you have nations that represent a minority of the global UK population, there are real challenges in terms of how you present that, and divergence is clearly something that is…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Thank you for that answer. Of course, Hillsborough was a terrible tragedy. It followed on from another tragedy, an area waiting for an inquiry, which of course was the Orgreave events. The issue around the duty of candour is that had that existed at the time…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
1. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the implications for Wales of the proposed Hillsborough Law? TQ1429
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
Thank you for that answer. The loss to the UK gross domestic product is £100 billion per annum, the cost to the Welsh economy is assessed at up to £4 billion, and the trade with the European Union—exports reduced by approximately £1 billion. The geopolitical…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
7. What assessment has the Cabinet Secretary made of the economic benefits to Wales of the UK joining a customs union with the EU? OQ63686
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for that answer, First Minister. Two, I think, of Welsh Labour's really successful projects have been, firstly, the investment in the metro and the impact that that has had in my constituency, and the second is twenty-first century schools. Now, we…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
5. Will the First Minister make a statement on Welsh Government investment in Taff Ely? OQ63687
, Standards of Conduct Committee
Senedd Commissioner for Standards: evidence session
Okay. Thank you.
