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Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee (Hybrid) - Wednesday, 28 January 2026 09.30

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Transcript: Transcript for 28/01/2026 - Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee

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Introductions, apologies and substitutions

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Minutes:

1.1 The Chair welcomed the Members to the meeting.

1.2 Apologies were received from Heledd Fychan MS. Llyr Gruffydd MS attended as substitute.

09:30

Papers to note

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Minutes:

2.1 The papers were noted.

2.1

Public service broadcasting in Wales

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Supporting documents:

2.2

Culture and the new relationship with the EU

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Supporting documents:

Letter from the Danish Government Minister for Culture, Media, and Sports: Responding to the Committee’s letter - welcoming the Declaration on the necessity of culture and media as a safeguard for our European democracies – 23 January 2026 , item 2.2 PDF 71 KB

2.3

Appointment of the new Chair of S4C

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Supporting documents:

Letter from the UK Government Minister for Creative Industries, Media and Arts: Responding to the Committee’s letter on the Senedd’s involvement in the appointment of the Chair of S4C – 23 January 2026 , item 2.3 PDF 135 KB

2.4

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27

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Supporting documents:

09:30-11:30

Prohibition of Greyhound Racing (Wales) Bill - Stage 2 Proceedings

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Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs

Jackie Price, Head of the Greyhound Team, Welsh Government

Holly Miles, Lawyer, Welsh Government

Documents relevant to Stage 2 proceedings will be available on the Bill page.

The Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee agreed on 15 January 2026, under Standing Order 26.21, that the order of consideration for Stage 2 proceedings would be:

Sections 1-3; Schedule 1; Section 4; Schedule 2; Sections 5-6; Long Title.

Minutes:

Amendment 1 (Huw Irranca-Davies, MS) was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 17.34(i).

Amendment 2 (Rhys ab Owen, MS)

In Favour	Against	Abstain
	Mick Antoniw MS	Gareth Davies MS
	Alun Davies MS	Delyth Jewell MS
	Lee Waters MS
	Llyr Gruffydd MS
Amendment 2 was not agreed.

As amendment 2 was not agreed, amendment 3 fell.

Amendment 4 (Rhys ab Owen, MS)

In Favour	Against	Abstain
Delyth Jewell MS	Mick Antoniw MS
	Alun Davies MS
	Lee Waters MS
	Llyr Gruffydd MS
	Gareth Davies MS
Amendment 4 was not agreed.

As amendment 4 was not agreed, amendment 6 fell.

Amendment 5 (Rhys ab Owen, MS)

In Favour	Against	Abstain
Delyth Jewell MS	Mick Antoniw MS
	Alun Davies MS
	Lee Waters MS
	Llyr Gruffydd MS
	Gareth Davies MS
Amendment 5 was not agreed.

Amendment 7 (Rhys ab Owen, MS)

In Favour	Against	Abstain
Delyth Jewell MS	Mick Antoniw MS
Llyr Gruffydd MS	Alun Davies MS
Gareth Davies MS	Lee Waters MS
As the vote was tied, the Chair used her casting vote in the negative (in accordance with SO 6.20(ii)). Therefore amendment 7 was not agreed.

Amendment 8 (Rhys ab Owen, MS)

In Favour	Against	Abstain
Delyth Jewell MS	Mick Antoniw MS
Llyr Gruffydd MS	Alun Davies MS
Gareth Davies MS	Lee Waters MS
As the vote was tied, the Chair used her casting vote in the negative (in accordance with SO 6.20(ii)). Therefore amendment 8 was not agreed.

As amendments 7 and 8 were not agreed, amendment 9 fell.

Amendment 11 (James Evans, MS)

In Favour	Against	Abstain
Llyr Gruffydd MS	Mick Antoniw MS
Gareth Davies MS	Alun Davies MS
	Lee Waters MS
	Delyth Jewell MS
Amendment 11 was not agreed .

As amendment 11 was not agreed, amendment 15 fell.

Amendment 12 (James Evans, MS)

In Favour	Against	Abstain
Llyr Gruffydd MS	Mick Antoniw MS
Gareth Davies MS	Alun Davies MS
	Lee Waters MS
	Delyth Jewell MS
Amendment 12 was not agreed .

As amendment 12 was not agreed, amendment 16 fell.

Amendment 13 (James Evans, MS)

In Favour	Against	Abstain
Llyr Gruffydd MS	Mick Antoniw MS	Delyth Jewell MS
Gareth Davies MS	Alun Davies MS
	Lee Waters MS
Amendment 13 was not agreed.

As amendment 13 was not agreed, amendment 17 fell.

Amendment 14 (James Evans, MS)

In Favour	Against	Abstain
Gareth Davies MS	Mick Antoniw MS
	Alun Davies MS
	Lee Waters MS
	Delyth Jewell MS
	Llyr Gruffydd MS
Amendment 14 was not agreed .

As amendment 14 was not agreed, amendment 18 fell.

Amendment 10 (Rhys ab Owen, MS)

In Favour	Against	Abstain
	Mick Antoniw MS	Delyth Jewell MS
	Alun Davies MS
	Lee Waters MS
	Llyr Gruffydd MS
	Gareth Davies MS
Amendment 10 was not agreed.

Amendment 19 (James Evans, MS)

In Favour	Against	Abstain
Llyr Gruffydd MS	Mick Antoniw MS
Gareth Davies MS	Alun Davies MS
	Lee Waters MS
	Delyth Jewell MS
Amendment 19 was not agreed.

Amendment 20 (James Evans, MS)

In Favour	Against	Abstain
Llyr Gruffydd MS	Mick Antoniw MS
Gareth Davies MS	Alun Davies MS
	Lee Waters MS
	Delyth Jewell MS
Amendment 20 was not agreed.

The Committee agreed under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and for the meeting on 4 February 2026.

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