Agenda - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 2, Senedd

Meeting date: 1 February 2024

Meeting time: 09.30 – 12.30
For further information contact:

Lleu Williams, Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddCulture@senedd.wales

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Pre-meeting registration

(09.15 - 09.30)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(09.30)

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2 Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: evidence session with the Welsh Rugby Union (1)

(09.30 - 10.30) (Pages 1 - 27)

§ Abi Tierney, Chief Executive Officer, Welsh Rugby Union (WRU)

§ Nigel Walker, Executive Director of Rugby, Welsh Rugby Union (WRU)

Attached Documents:

§ Research brief: Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights

§ Legal advice note: Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights

§ Evidence from the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU): Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights

§ Evidence from Six Nations Rugby Limited: Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights

§ Evidence from the Association for Commercial Broadcasters and On-demand Services (COBA): Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights

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Break

(10.30 - 10.40)

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3 Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: evidence session with other stakeholders (2)

(10.40 - 11.40)

§ Dave Chapman, Executive Director in Wales, UK Hospitality

§ Huw Llewellyn Davies, former BBC Cymru Wales rugby commentator

§ Professor Richard Haynes, Communications, Media and Culture, University of Stirling

§ Seimon Williams, Author of 'Welsh Rugby: What Went Wrong'

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4 Papers to note

(11.40)

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4.1 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25

(Pages 28 - 37)

Attached Documents:

§ Letter to the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism from the Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates: Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - 25 January 2024

§ Response from the First Minister: Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - 25 January 2024

§ Response from the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - 25 January 2024

§ Response from the Minister for Economy and the Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport, and Tourism - 29 January 2024

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4.2 Allegations surrounding the Welsh Rugby Union

(Pages 38 - 56)

Attached Documents:

§ Response from the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) to the Sport Resolutions: Independent review of the Welsh Rugby Union: Allegations surrounding the Welsh Rugby Union - January 2024

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5 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting

(11.40)

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Break

(11.40 - 11.50)

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6 Six Nations rugby broadcasting rights: consideration of evidence

(11.50 - 12.15)

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7 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25: consideration of the draft report

(12.15 - 12.30) (Pages 57 - 93)

Attached Documents:

§ Draft report: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget for 2024-25 - 2 February 2024

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