Janet Finch-Saunders

First Minister, the draft charter provides an opportunity for further scrutiny of the BBC, to include the appointment of a non-executive director to be agreed by the UK and Welsh Governments. Amid concerns that the National Assembly for Wales will not be afforded, however, the same weighting as the House of Commons and the House of Lords, what representations are you making on behalf of this Assembly to ensure that we are part of that decision-making process as regards the appointment of a non-executive director and also the further workings of the BBC?

Carwyn Jones – The First Minister

It’s an important point that the Member raises. It is something that we’re considering at the moment. What I can say is that the Assembly will now have powers to scrutinise the BBC—it’s not happened before, of course—to call it to appear before the Assembly and to hold it directly to account, which puts it on a par with the UK Parliament. In terms of the issue that the Member raises, it is something that is still, as I say, under discussion in terms of the ability and the role of the National Assembly as part of that process.