Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is on devolving responsibility for (a) S4C and (b) all aspects of broadcasting to the National Assembly for Wales.

Following cross-party talks on the recommendations in Silk II there was (a) consensus to reject plans to devolve responsibility for funding public expenditure element of S4C to Assembly and (b) consensus to agree that the regulation of broadcasting should remain responsibility of the UK Government.