Welsh and Scottish Gaelic Language Television (Enhancement) Bill 2016

A bill to enhance the service given by S4C and BBC Alba.

BE IT ENACTED by The Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Commons in this present Parliament assembled, in accordance with the provisions of the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Section 1: Funding

1) S4C shall receive an increase in funding, to £120 million a year.

2) BBC Alba shall receive an increase in government funding, to £30 million a year, and a minimum of £10 million a year of BBC funding.

Section 2: Guidelines

1) S4C and BBC Alba shall be mainly broadcast in HD, at least 60% of its programmes from 4pm until 12 (midnight) must be in HD.

2) S4C and BBC Alba shall be able to broadcast all sporting events relating to Wales and Scotland respectively, that the BBC has rights to, in HD.

3)The S4C and BBC Alba news service shall be broadcasted in HD. They shall receive input, if requested, from the BBC News graphics team.

4) 5% of the BBC dramas shall be filmed in both Welsh and English, but they shall be shown first in Welsh on S4C. This shall follow the formula of ‘Y Gwyll’ or ‘Hinterland’.

5) All original BBC shows may be used by S4C, and changed in order to accompany the Welsh language and Welsh culture.

6)All original BBC shows may also be used by BBC Alba, and changed in order to accompany the Gaelic language and Scottish culture.

7) All programmes must have subtitles in both English and the language of the programme.

Section 3: S4C Dysgwyr

1) S4C Dysgwyr shall be a new T.V channel, it will be broadcast from 12 pm until 2 pm, daily. It will

a. Provide an additional service to the learners of the Welsh language.

b. Show all of its programs on Clic, for at least 3 years, in order to provide a backlog of high quality educational videos for the learners of the Welsh Language.

Section 4: Gaelic Education

1) BBC Alba shall have 2 hours from 12pm to 2pm daily reserved for content for Gaelic learners.

2) All programmes for learners shall be available on BBC IPlayer for at least 3 years, in order to provide a backlog of high quality educational videos for the learners of the Gaelic Language.

Section 5: Commencement, Extent and Short Title

1) This bill shall commence at the beginning of the 2017 financial year.

2) This bill extends to Scotland and Wales only.

3) This bill may be referred as the Welsh and Scottish Gaelic Language Television Act 2016

This bill was written by /u/YCymrobach (SOS Wales) and /u/BwniCymraeg (SOS Scotland) on behalf of The 11th Government and is sponsored by /u/AlmightyWibble , /u/PurpleSlug, /u/JellyTom, /u/AlexWagbo, /u/VowelmanIscariot (SOS Justice), /u/Mg9500 (Attorney General) and /u/IrelandBall (SOS CMS)

This reading will end on 25 July 2016.