I won’t have time, I’m sorry—otherwise I won’t get through it.

Plaid Cymru have entered five amendments to the Welsh Government’s motion. Amendments 1 and 2 concern S4C. We are pleased that the channel was positively referenced in the framework agreement, particularly the shared aim of S4C and the BBC working together to safeguard each other’s independence. We would also like the UK Government to ensure that next year’s review of S4C’s remit and funding considers the level and most appropriate way of funding it long term. So, we must consider the DCMS—the UK Government money is in the mix here as well. So, we want it to be independent, safeguarded and we want it to deliver high-quality programmes for years to come. Enhancing its remit should go some way to doing that.

So, the Assembly knows well the importance of S4C, not only to Welsh speakers, but to the wider economy also. The channel has been particularly successful in delivering well-paid jobs in areas outside of Cardiff, and we would like to see that enhanced.

We are also extremely concerned about the cash-flat licence, as I mentioned earlier—the cash-flat licence fee agreement. Will that affect the commitments made in the draft charter to audiences in Wales? BBC Wales have announced this month that it would need to find £9 million in savings each year by 2022 in order to cope with the cash-flat licence fee agreement. BBC Wales director Rhodri Talfan Davies has said that he hopes to limit savings in content areas to around £3 million over five years. We had a number of pledges in May this year from the BBC’s director general, including additional funding for improving services. This new money that was promised must be additional, as I said earlier, and not just cover some or all of the savings outlined by BBC Cymru Wales in its most recent statement.

As we’ve heard the Minister say, and I’ll finish on this, Ofcom has now the responsibility to ensure that the BBC delivers on the commitments outlined in the charter. For this to happen, it needs to understand what the people of Wales expect of the BBC over the next charter period, and that’s why I have asked Ofcom to come in to our committee to provide clear evidence as to how they see their role of regulating the BBC in future. I’m also pleased to have heard at a recent event in Cardiff Bay that there will be a Welsh board member on Ofcom’s main central board so that we can also have an input there. I think it’s important, especially with questions over plurality of media here in Wales, with potential difficulties in start-ups—the ‘Port Talbot Magnet’ has said that it will not be able to continue as an online and printed newspaper in my region—we must keep the pressure, not only on broadcasters but on the media in general, and show them that we are serious and that we will be holding them to account. Diolch yn fawr.