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Lord Roberts of Llandudno
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Baroness Barran (Con)
The noble Viscount raises an important point. Our view is that this is a commercial issue between the platforms and the PSBs. We will continue to keep it under review as part of our review of the future of PSBs, but in the meantime, we hope that they will achieve a mutually beneficial arrangement.
Lord Roberts of Llandudno (LD) [V]
Will the Minister give an assurance that the Welsh language channel S4C will be defended? We depend on the licence fee and are supported by up to £70 million a year in that way. If there is any change, Welsh language broadcasting will be in danger.
Baroness Barran (Con)
I can reassure the noble Lord that this will be part of the review that we will be undertaking.