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| BBC cuts put S4C at risk, Labour's Chris Bryant claims | BBC cuts put S4C at risk, Labour's Chris Bryant claims |
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| Cuts to the BBC threaten the future of S4C, Labour's shadow culture secretary has told the House of Commons. | Cuts to the BBC threaten the future of S4C, Labour's shadow culture secretary has told the House of Commons. |
| Rhondda MP Chris Bryant called for reassurances over the Welsh-language channel as the UK government announced a full-scale review of the BBC. | Rhondda MP Chris Bryant called for reassurances over the Welsh-language channel as the UK government announced a full-scale review of the BBC. |
| Culture Secretary John Whittingdale restated his view that S4C should aim for similar savings to the BBC. | Culture Secretary John Whittingdale restated his view that S4C should aim for similar savings to the BBC. |
| Mr Bryant said S4C's budget had been cut by a third since 2010 with another 20% likely after the licence fee deal. | Mr Bryant said S4C's budget had been cut by a third since 2010 with another 20% likely after the licence fee deal. |
| S4C receives the bulk of its money - £75m - from the BBC licence fee, with £7m from the UK government plus some commercial income. | S4C receives the bulk of its money - £75m - from the BBC licence fee, with £7m from the UK government plus some commercial income. |
| 'Shrinkage' fear | 'Shrinkage' fear |
| Launching a Green Paper and public consultation on the future of the BBC on Thursday, Mr Whittingdale told MPs S4C was one of the services whose funding had been protected during the previous BBC charter period. | |
| Referring to his statement on the licence fee deal earlier in July, the minister added that "S4C will be expected to find similar savings to those in the BBC". | |
| However, Mr Bryant called for a guarantee of the Welsh channel's future, urging Mr Whittingdale to consult the Welsh government and the Welsh people. | However, Mr Bryant called for a guarantee of the Welsh channel's future, urging Mr Whittingdale to consult the Welsh government and the Welsh people. |
| "The secretary of state says that the funding of S4C was protected in the last charter period - that is not the view of anybody in Wales," he said. | |
| "It was not. It's actually been cut by a third since 2010 and he's just suggested that the further 20% cut to the BBC would bring in a similar shrinkage to S4C. | "It was not. It's actually been cut by a third since 2010 and he's just suggested that the further 20% cut to the BBC would bring in a similar shrinkage to S4C. |
| "It's barely mentioned in the Green Paper at all, so I presume that he's not really looking at this with any seriousness." | "It's barely mentioned in the Green Paper at all, so I presume that he's not really looking at this with any seriousness." |
| In response to similar calls from Llanelli MP Nia Griffith, Mr Whittingdale said there was a commitment to S4C "within the next couple of years" and he hoped to have discussions with its management in the near future. | In response to similar calls from Llanelli MP Nia Griffith, Mr Whittingdale said there was a commitment to S4C "within the next couple of years" and he hoped to have discussions with its management in the near future. |