11. Plaid Cymru Debate: Coverage of the Six Nations

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:44 pm on 11 March 2020.

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Photo of Rhun ap Iorwerth Rhun ap Iorwerth Plaid Cymru 5:44, 11 March 2020

(Translated)

I’ll continue. Going to a pub isn’t always an option for everyone, and certainly not for young people, for example. It’s not for people with mobility problems and people who don’t want to be in big crowds of people. Yes, in rugby clubs around Wales we do show the game and we can carry on doing that, but that’s for people who already have an interest in the game.

We, as a party, have written to the Secretary of State for DCMS in the UK Government, arguing the case for adding the six nations to the category A events that have to be shown on free-to-air tv. There was a review in 2009. That was the last review of that, and it came to this conclusion: