, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 1 - Evidence session with ITV
I suppose one thing that would be useful to know is would there be any plans, or would it be something that ITV would consider, to look at how navigable that is, rather than having to go through as many stages to find it—if it's something that you'd consider.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 1 - Evidence session with ITV
We asked the witness to answer.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 1 - Evidence session with ITV
Okay, I'm going to bring Lee in.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 1 - Evidence session with ITV
Okay. Let the witness answer.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 1 - Evidence session with ITV
Thank you so much. On some of those points, I think Alun would like to come in.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 1 - Evidence session with ITV
Well, you're very welcome. Thank you very much for being with us this morning. If I could ask, firstly, please, what your views are on how effectively you think the Media Act 2024 is being implemented.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 1 - Evidence session with ITV
If you'd like to introduce yourselves.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 1 - Evidence session with ITV
So, we'll move on to item 2. We are looking at public service broadcasting. We have an evidence session with ITV this morning, and I will ask the witnesses to introduce themselves for the record.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Thank you very much. Does anyone else have any declarations of interest? I don't see that there are.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Good morning and a happy new year to you all. Welcome to this meeting of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee. Do any Members have any declarations of interest to make? Lee.
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
I'd like to call for a statement, please, setting out how dignity and tolerance are being taught in schools. Since the Caerphilly by-election, I've been made aware twice of incidents where children have been taunted and physically attacked on their way home…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Of course, the over-centralisation of hospitals and where those hospitals are located—that can be a real problem as well. In Caerphilly, since the miners hospital closed, patients across the Rhymney valley have been left without an A&E. Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr was…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Thank you. I won't pursue it more. I know we’re running out of time. That's helpful, thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Very briefly, then. Councillor Morgan, thank you for raising that concern about private companies potentially destabilising, or the risk of them destabilising, tips because of extracting coal, doing this in a private way. Do you think that the Bill itself…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Thank you. I just want to check if anyone else on the panel felt the same.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Diolch. Kevin, do you think, in that instance, that there should always be an in-person inspection, particularly if we're talking about coal tips? Should there be a distinction there in the Bill between non-coal tips and coal tips, that there should be an…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Diolch. This is something that we've been bringing up in each of the evidence sessions. One of the differences between what was proposed originally in the White Paper and the Bill as it's drafted is how much is not going to be included, even in secondary…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Diolch. Hi, again. I wanted to ask you about registering tips, please. The Law Commission has recommended that a comprehensive register should be set up of all disused tips, but as the Bill is drafted, it provides only for tips that pose a threat to human…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Thank you, Kevin.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Right, okay. In that case, Councillor Morgan, if you could hold that for a minute, I know that Kevin—
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Would it make sense, Cadeirydd—? I know that Kevin has indicated he'd like to come in as well, but, Cadeirydd, would you prefer Councillor Morgan to go into that now or to come back to that later?
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Yes, of course.
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Could I come back in? That's very helpful. That's exactly the kind of thing that we are keen to look at. With that potential ambiguity about the word 'serious' and where the threshold is, would any other members of the panel share that potential concern? And…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Thank you, all, for that. I'm going to ask you about how some of it is framed in the Bill, and whether you think that the definitions are right at the moment, because, obviously, we could be making recommendations about what things need to be either…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Thank you. Oh, forgive me—
