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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Certainly, Cabinet Secretary, you have Plaid Cymru's full support in trying to get that full reimbursement because it does leave our budgets with a shortfall in future years and a concerning picture. In terms of the issue of student finance in particular, I'm…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Thank you for that clarity, and I'm sure all of us will be looking forward to hearing progress following that FISC meeting. Obviously, we've well rehearsed the unfairness of the Barnett formula, and this was evident, of course, when it came to the…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language
Diolch, Llywydd. Cabinet Secretary, last year, the Deputy First Minister—and I'm pleased that he's here for this question—publicly announced that a meeting had been secured with the UK Government on Barnett reform. It has since become clear that this is…
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Legislative Consent Motion: The Finance (No. 2) Bill
I'd like to confirm that Plaid Cymru will be supporting this motion today, although, if we look at the Bill as a whole, we do regret some of the elements that have been included, but certainly, if we look at the specific impact of this legislative consent…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, I'm sure Members will have heard me raise the plight of the residents of Clydach Terrace in Ynysybwl, who face the highest risk to life from flooding, more than any other community in Wales. Yesterday, Rhondda Cynon Taf council's cabinet agreed to…
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Debate: The Final Budget 2026-27
—strengthened our health services, and delivered greater certainty for our vital public services. That's what we can deliver in opposition; imagine what we can deliver in Government.
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Debate: The Final Budget 2026-27
So, the Conservatives chose irrelevance with their approach to the budget. Rather than bring forward credible proposals, they indulged in fantasy economics—uncosted cuts straight out of the Liz Truss playbook. Wales deserves better from what was then the…
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Debate: The Final Budget 2026-27
Before an agreement was struck between Plaid Cymru and the Welsh Government, independent experts such as the IFS and the Wales Governance Centre made it very clear that portraying the budget as originally laid as a neutral one that would allow for business as…
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Debate: The Final Budget 2026-27
So, it will come as no surprise to fellow Members today, I'm sure, that Plaid Cymru will be abstaining on the budget today, so that it passes. This is not an endorsement of the budget, but rather Plaid Cymru providing much-needed stability for public services…
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Debate: The Final Budget 2026-27
Thank you to the Cabinet Secretary for his positive comments on the negotiations that we had. I do think that it is a sign of co-operation for the benefit of the people of Wales that we were able to provide assurance prior to Christmas, as you emphasised…
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Debate: Welsh Rates of Income Tax 2026-27
Thank you to the Cabinet Secretary. I think it is important that we reflect, nearly a decade since we were first granted tax-raising powers, on why it's important that we see the devolution of these powers and the benefits that come to Wales. As you outlined…
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 6 - Evidence session with Channel 4
Thank you.
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 6 - Evidence session with Channel 4
Thank you. I think, if you were in a position to share in future with us as a committee or future committee, I think that would be really helpful, because obviously one of the things we're looking at is public service broadcasting in its totality. And…
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 6 - Evidence session with Channel 4
I just wondered in terms of your reflections on the Green Paper that we see with the BBC charter. I presume we won't want to spend as much time as we did with S4C and BBC on this.
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 5 - Evidence session with Ofcom
Can I just ask specifically in terms of the online world? We've heard increasingly—and Professor Cushion from Cardiff University was mentioning this in terms of his research—and perhaps in the traditional broadcast sense, there's better awareness through…
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 5 - Evidence session with Ofcom
Okay.
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 5 - Evidence session with Ofcom
And can I ask what is Ofcom's role, then? Obviously, the upcoming Senedd election is going to be really important with the changes and so on and, but also in terms of devolution and people understanding when news is reported that, actually, that it is correct…
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 5 - Evidence session with Ofcom
Thank you for that. If I may ask specifically about the review currently under way, the Green Paper regarding the BBC charter, I would be interested in hearing Ofcom's view on how you hope the interests of Wales will be best reflected in that charter review.
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 5 - Evidence session with Ofcom
Thank you very much. I wanted to ask about the Act and radio, because we saw some commercial radio stations in Wale, saking the decision not to continue with their content offered through the medium of Welsh. Is there anything that you're doing in this…
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 5 - Evidence session with Ofcom
But the challenge was should it be their role or should it be Ofcom's role to do this. Is there a role for Ofcom? I wonder why you think it's up to S4C rather than Ofcom.
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 5 - Evidence session with Ofcom
I'm sure that you must have heard S4C's comments earlier in terms of this very point. I just wondered if you want to respond, because they said how inadequate the dispute resolution would be, and would like to see Ofcom take a prominent role, rather than…
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 4 - Evidence session with S4C
I know time is beating us. One thing I was interested in was the relationship with Creative Wales and the potential there in terms of developing content. Perhaps we haven't got time to go into that, but I wonder, if you had a view, whether you could perhaps…
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 4 - Evidence session with S4C
And may I ask how much of a challenge it is to invest in these platforms? Because, often, I think that the content on Instagram has been excellent, and, often, it's seeing something on Instagram that will draw me in to watch a programme on S4C nowadays. But…
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 4 - Evidence session with S4C
In that regard, clearly, as part of the current agreement, your funding has been increasing in line with inflation on the consumer price index. How important has that been for S4C, and what is your call, therefore? Is it the same level of assurance? Because…
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Public service broadcasting in Wales: Panel 4 - Evidence session with S4C
Thank you for that. I now want to turn to the BBC charter. There is a prominent role in the Green Paper in terms of the Welsh language and so on, but it would be good to have your views in terms of the licence fee and so on and the role, perhaps, that you're…
