11. Plaid Cymru Debate: Coverage of the Six Nations

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:46 pm on 11 March 2020.

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Photo of Rhun ap Iorwerth Rhun ap Iorwerth Plaid Cymru 5:46, 11 March 2020

I love sport. I love taking part in sport and watching it. I love following and watching our national football and rugby teams. We in Wales love our sport. It permeates deep into our national psyche, our culture. Football—Euro 2016 was a wonderful experience, and I look forward to many similar experiences through football again. But as an annual competition, there's something about the six nations that really binds us like nothing else—that amazing figure of 82 per cent of people watching it. And take access to it on free-to-air tv away from the population, you rip away not just a television programme, but a core part of our nation's culture, and you threaten directly the health of rugby as a participation sport. So, let's vote together on this today, and make a clear and unambiguous statement as our national Parliament.