Decision details

An inquiry which looked at the implications of BBC Charter review for Wales, with a focus on:

• The future provision of the BBC’s services in Wales, in both the English and Welsh languages;
• The BBC’s current and future funding, governance and accountability arrangements as they relate to Wales;
• S4C’s future, including its funding, operating and governance arrangements, and the services it provides;
• How Wales’s interests are being represented during the renewal process.

The Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee issued a call for evidence, which closed on Friday 30 October 2015.

Schedule of oral evidence

Report on the BBC Charter Review – March 2016

Report on the BBC Charter Review – March 2016 – Conclusions and recommendations

The Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism responded to the Committee’s Report during the Plenary debate on 16 March 2016.

Welsh Government response – April 2016

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NDM6009 Christine Chapman (Cynon Valley)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes the report of the Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee on the inquiry into the BBC Charter Review, which was laid in the Table Office on 2 March 2016; and

2. Agrees that the BBC, if it accepts the committee's recommendation, should lay before the Assembly annual reports and audited statements of accounts.

The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.