Decision details
Debate by Individual Members under Standing Order 11.21(iv)
Decision Maker: Plenary - Fifth Senedd
Status: Complete
Is Key decision?: Yes
Purpose:
NDM6027
Bethan Jenkins
(South Wales West)
Lee Waters
(Llanelli)
Russell George
(Montgomeryshire)
Jeremy Miles
(Neath)
Jenny Rathbone
(Cardiff Central)
Simon Thomas
(Mid and West Wales)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
1. Regrets that
the amount of money spent by the BBC on programmes for Wales in English has
fallen by 25 per cent in the last decade.
2. Believes BBC
Wales has a vital role to play in reflecting the lives, aspirations and
challenges of the people of Wales.
3. Notes Lord
Hall's admission that the funding for English language content made in Wales
for a Welsh audience has dropped to unsustainable levels, and therefore calls
upon the BBC to outline in detail its spending commitments to Wales in the near
and further future.
Decisions:
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NDM6027
Bethan Jenkins (South
Wales West)
Lee Waters (Llanelli)
Russell George
(Montgomeryshire)
Jeremy Miles (Neath)
Jenny Rathbone (Cardiff
Central)
Simon Thomas (Mid and West
Wales)
To propose
that the National Assembly for Wales:
1.
Regrets that the amount of money spent by the BBC on programmes for Wales in
English has fallen by 25 per cent in the last decade.
2.
Believes BBC Wales has a vital role to play in reflecting the lives,
aspirations and challenges of the people of Wales.
3.
Notes Lord Hall's admission that the funding for English language content made
in Wales for a Welsh audience has dropped to unsustainable levels, and
therefore calls upon the BBC to outline in detail its spending commitments to
Wales in the near and further future.
The
motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Publication date: 13/07/2016
Date of decision: 13/07/2016
Decided at meeting: 13/07/2016 - Plenary - Fifth Senedd