Meetings
Inquiry into the BBC Charter Review
This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.
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Meeting: 14/07/2016 - Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)
5 Letter to Lord Hall, Director-General of the BBC
Supporting documents:
- CWLC(5)-01-16 (p.4) Letter to Lord Hall, Director-General of the BBC, item 5 PDF 36 KB View as HTML (5/1) 5 KB
Minutes:
5.2.1
The paper was noted by the Committee.
Meeting: 16/03/2016 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly (Item 10.)
Debate on the Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee's report on its inquiry into the BBC Charter Review
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.
Supporting
Document:
Communities,
Equality and Local Government Committee's report
Decision:
The item started
at 16.46
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.
Meeting: 01/03/2016 - Public Accounts Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)
5 Consideration of the draft revised memorandum of understanding relating to the BBC Charter Review
PAC(4)-08-16 Paper 7
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 9 , View reasons restricted (5/1)
Minutes:
5.1
Members noted and welcomed the draft revised Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) relating
to the BBC Charter Review.
5.2
It was agreed that the Chair would write to the Welsh Government thanking them
for inviting the Committee to consider the MoU and also advising that the
Committee’s Legacy Report will include a recommendation that its successor
Committee considers including the BBC’s accounts as part of its annual account scrutiny
work.
Meeting: 25/02/2016 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
Inquiry into the BBC Charter Review: consideration of the draft report
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 12 , View reasons restricted (2/1)
- Restricted enclosure 13 , View reasons restricted (2/2)
Minutes:
2.1
The Committee agreed the draft report in view of a few minor changes.
Meeting: 10/02/2016 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 8)
Consideration of the draft revised memorandum of understanding relating to the BBC Charter Review
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 16 , View reasons restricted (8/1)
Minutes:
8.1
The Committee discussed its approach to considering the draft revised
Memorandum.
Meeting: 10/02/2016 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 7)
Inquiry into the BBC Charter Review: consideration of the draft report
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 19 , View reasons restricted (7/1)
Minutes:
7.1
The Committee discussed the draft report.
Meeting: 02/12/2015 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Inquiry into the BBC Charter Review: evidence session 8 - Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg
Curon
Davies, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg
Colin
Nosworthy, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg
Aled
Powell, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 23 , View reasons restricted (2/1)
- CELG(4)-31-15 Paper 1, item 2 PDF 1 MB
Minutes:
2.1
The Committee received evidence from:
- Curon Davies, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg
- Colin Nosworthy, Cymdeithas yr Iaith
Gymraeg
- Aled Powell, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg
2.2 Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg agreed to provide
·
further information on a new multi-platform
broadcaster and the introduction of a levy for alternative sources of funding;
·
details of how a Welsh regulatory system would
work in practice.
Meeting: 02/12/2015 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)
Inquiry into the BBC Charter Review - discussion of key themes
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 27 , View reasons restricted (5/1)
Minutes:
5.1
The Committee discussed the key issues for inclusion in its report.
Meeting: 26/11/2015 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
3 Inquiry into the BBC Charter Review: evidence session 7 - BBC
Lord
Hall of Birkenhead CBE, Director-General, BBC
Rhodri
Talfan Davies, Director, BBC Cymru Wales
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 31 , View reasons restricted (3/1)
- CELG(4) - 30-15 - Paper 1, item 3 PDF 965 KB
Minutes:
3.1
The Committee received evidence from:
·
Lord
Hall of Birkenhead CBE, Director-General, BBC
·
Rhodri
Talfan Davies, Director, BBC Cymru Wales
3.2
Rhodri Talfan Davies agreed to provide the Committee with details of BBC Cymru
Wales’s tracking surveys which monitor overall media consumption in Wales.
Meeting: 26/11/2015 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)
Inquiry into the BBC Charter Review - discussion of evidence received in session 7
Minutes:
6.1
The Committee discussed the evidence received in item 3.
Meeting: 18/11/2015 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)
Inquiry into the BBC Charter Review - discussion of evidence received in sessions 5 and 6
Minutes:
6.1
The Committee discussed the evidence received under items 2 and 3.
Meeting: 18/11/2015 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
3 Inquiry into the BBC Charter Review: evidence session 6
Dr
Ruth McElroy, University of South Wales
Dr
John Geraint, Green Bay Media
Angela
Graham, Institute of Welsh Affairs (IWA)
Professor
Tom O’Malley, Aberystwyth University
Supporting documents:
- CELG(4)-29-15 Paper 2, item 3 PDF 90 KB View as HTML (3/1) 28 KB
- CELG(4)-29-15 Paper 3, item 3 PDF 148 KB View as HTML (3/2) 16 KB
Minutes:
3.1
The Committee received evidence from:
·
Dr
Ruth McElroy, University of South Wales
·
Dr
John Geraint, Green Bay Media
·
Angela
Graham, Institute of Welsh Affairs (IWA)
·
Professor
Tom O’Malley, Aberystwyth University
Meeting: 18/11/2015 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Inquiry into the BBC Charter Review: evidence session 5 - Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism
Ken
Skates AM, Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism
Natasha
Hale, Deputy Director of Sectors & Business, Welsh Government
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 45 , View reasons restricted (2/1)
- CELG(4)-29-15 Paper 1, item 2 PDF 665 KB
Minutes:
2.1
The Committee received evidence from:
·
Ken
Skates AM, Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism
·
Natasha
Hale, Deputy Director of Sectors & Business, Welsh Government
The
Deputy Minister agreed to provide the Committee with the following information;
·
The
Welsh Government’s views on whether the BBC has responded adequately to the
King Report recommendations;
·
details
of the work of, and outputs from, the Welsh Government’s Broadcasting Advisory
Panel;
·
the
correspondence relating to the Welsh Government’s call for S4C’s budget to be
protected;
·
the
funding for BBC Alba and its comparison with funding for S4C;
·
figures
relating to the production companies and supply chains that have benefited from
moving production out of London to Wales;
·
the
representations the Welsh Government has made in respect of the proposed
changes to the Terms of Trade between public service broadcasters and
independent producers;
the
correspondence relating to the Welsh Government’s concerns regarding the July
2015 licence fee changes
Meeting: 12/11/2015 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)
Inquiry into the BBC Charter Review - discussion of evidence received in sessions 3 and 4
Minutes:
6.1
The Committee discussed the evidence received under items 2 and 3.
Meeting: 12/11/2015 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
3 Inquiry into the BBC Charter Review: evidence session 4 - TAC and PACT
Iestyn
Garlick, Teledwyr Annibynnol Cymru (TAC)
Gareth
Williams, Teledwyr Annibynnol Cymru (TAC)
John
McVay, Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television (PACT)
Supporting documents:
- CELG(4)-28-15 - Paper 2, item 3 PDF 770 KB
- CELG(4)-28-15 - Paper 3, item 3 PDF 116 KB View as HTML (3/2) 46 KB
Minutes:
3.1
The Committee received evidence from:
·
Iestyn
Garlick, Teledwyr Annibynnol Cymru (TAC)
·
Gareth
Williams, Teledwyr Annibynnol Cymru (TAC)
·
John
McVay, Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television (PACT)
3.2
TAC agreed to seek to provide the Committee with further information on BBC
Alba’s funding and whether S4C and BBC Alba will be treated comparably in the
future.
Meeting: 12/11/2015 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Inquiry into the BBC Charter Review: evidence session 3 - BBC Trust
Rona
Fairhead, Chairman, BBC Trust
Elan
Closs Stephens, National Trustee for Wales, BBC Trust
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 57 , View reasons restricted (2/1)
- CELG(4)-28-15 - Paper 1, item 2 PDF 201 KB View as HTML (2/2) 90 KB
Minutes:
2.1
The Committee received evidence from:
·
Rona
Fairhead, Chairman, BBC Trust
·
Elan
Closs Stephens, National Trustee for Wales, BBC Trust
2.2
The Trust agreed to provide the Committee with the Trust’s monitoring reports, or
a precis of the reports, which assess the progress made in relation to the June
2008 King Report.
Meeting: 12/11/2015 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Consultation Responses: Inquiry into the BBC Charter Review
Supporting documents:
- Consultation Responses: Inquiry into the BBC Charter Review, item 2 PDF 31 KB View as HTML (2/1) 22 KB
- BCR 01 - Tom O'Malley, item 2 PDF 91 KB View as HTML (2/2) 40 KB
- BCR 02 - Ffilm Cymru Wales, item 2 PDF 489 KB
- BCR 03 - Teledwyr Annibynnol Cymru, item 2 PDF 541 KB
- BCR 04 - Equity, item 2 PDF 325 KB
- BCR 05 - Dame Rosemary Butler AM, item 2 PDF 2 MB
- BCR 06 - Welsh Language Commissioner, item 2 PDF 430 KB
- BCR 07 - Councillor Philip Rapier, item 2 PDF 29 KB View as HTML (2/8) 7 KB
- BCR 08 - BBC Trust, item 2 PDF 202 KB View as HTML (2/9) 89 KB
- BCR 09 - Creative Skillset Cymru, item 2 PDF 111 KB View as HTML (2/10) 34 KB
- BCR 10 - Arts Council of Wales, item 2 PDF 771 KB
- BCR 11 - S4C, item 2 PDF 590 KB
- BCR 12 - National Union of Journalists, item 2 PDF 212 KB View as HTML (2/13) 83 KB
- BCR 13 - BECTU, item 2 PDF 19 MB
- BCR 14 - Cymdeithas (Welsh Only), item 2 PDF 841 KB
- BCR 15 - Welsh Government, item 2 PDF 577 KB
- BCR 16 - Pact, item 2 PDF 117 KB View as HTML (2/17) 46 KB
- BCR 17 - BBC, item 2 PDF 575 KB
Meeting: 04/11/2015 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)
Inquiry into the BBC Charter Review - discussion of evidence received in sessions 1 and 2
Minutes:
6.1
The Committee discussed the evidence received.
Meeting: 04/11/2015 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
3 Inquiry into the BBC Charter Review: evidence session 2 - BECTU, Equity and NUJ
Simon
Curtis, Equity
David
Donovan, BECTU
Paul
Siegert, National Union of Journalists (NUJ)
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
3.1 The Committee received evidence from:
·
Simon
Curtis, Equity
·
David
Donovan, BECTU
·
Paul
Siegert, National Union of Journalists (NUJ)
Meeting: 04/11/2015 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Inquiry into the BBC Charter Review: evidence session 1 - S4C
·
Huw
Jones, Chairman, S4C
·
Ian
Jones, Chief Executive, S4C
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 89 , View reasons restricted (2/1)
- CELG (4)-27-15 Paper 1 Supplementary Pack, item 2 PDF 337 KB
Minutes:
2.1
The Committee received evidence from:
·
Huw
Jones, Chairman, S4C
·
Ian
Jones, Chief Executive, S4C
2.2
Alun Davies AM declared the following relevant interest under Standing Order
17.24A:
·
He
is a former employee of S4C.
2.3
S4C agreed to provide the Committee with a copy of their document ‘S4C: Looking
to the Future’.
Meeting: 22/10/2015 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)
Inquiry into the BBC Charter Review - discussion of future work
Minutes:
4.1
The Committee considered further details regarding the inquiry into the BBC
Charter Review and agreed to invite additional people/organisations to provide
evidence.
Meeting: 24/09/2015 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 9)
Inquiry into the BBC Charter Review - consideration of scoping paper
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 95 , View reasons restricted (9/1)
Minutes:
9.1
The Committee discussed the inquiry into the BBC Charter Review.