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services. Are the wages of council chiefs out of control? Should decide | 0:01:19 | 0:01:29 | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 2447 seconds | 0:01:29 | 0:42:16 | |
bosses get paid? And some tourism operators are | 0:42:16 | 0:42:25 | |
feeling gloomy. We have Plaid Cymru MP Elfyn Llywd | 0:42:25 | 0:42:35 | |
and Julie Morgan from Labour. But first the murder of April Jones by | 0:42:35 | 0:42:43 | |
Mark Bridger has called -- has led to calls for internet service | 0:42:43 | 0:42:53 | |
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providers to further restrict access to online Child pornography. | 0:43:04 | 0:43:08 | |
Government and police have worked with the industry to take down | 0:43:08 | 0:43:13 | |
explicit images very quickly. It is difficult for people to casually | 0:43:13 | 0:43:20 | |
come across these images. However determined people are still able to | 0:43:20 | 0:43:30 | |
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get to it. We need other countries to do the same thing as the UK. | 0:43:36 | 0:43:41 | |
easy is it going to be for agencies to get these global internet | 0:43:41 | 0:43:48 | |
companies on board? Some of the big companies need to wake up. They need | 0:43:48 | 0:43:55 | |
to engage Buckley. They can be part of the solution. -- to engage | 0:43:55 | 0:44:05 | |
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quickly. It is better if they have the example we have shown in the | 0:44:17 | 0:44:22 | |
UK. An industry that respects what the public wants and what the | 0:44:22 | 0:44:32 | |
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protection of children requires. Our internet providers going to come | 0:44:39 | 0:44:48 | |
on board? I hope they will. It is not acceptable that these images of | 0:44:48 | 0:44:58 | |
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children can be accessed. They could be more proactive. Organisations had | 0:45:03 | 0:45:13 | |
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to be more proactive. They must make sure this stuff is not available. | 0:45:20 | 0:45:30 | |
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There is more that should be done. Google has a zero tolerance policy. | 0:45:31 | 0:45:38 | |
It will be difficult to read the internet office. It is our world | 0:45:38 | 0:45:48 | |
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wide then. -- it is a worldwide thing. We need an international | 0:45:49 | 0:45:59 | |
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approach. I would like to see it completely and. Can you see a | 0:46:02 | 0:46:12 | |
situation where that is possible? completely prohibited. We need to | 0:46:12 | 0:46:22 | |
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act Buckley. -- we need to act quickly. Government should be | 0:46:23 | 0:46:33 | |
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involved. If the internet providers do not | 0:46:33 | 0:46:37 | |
come on board we could end up going down a road of legislation which | 0:46:38 | 0:46:47 | |
might not tackle the problem as well as working collaboratively could. | 0:46:47 | 0:46:52 | |
Legislation is not always the most effective way of doing things. The | 0:46:52 | 0:46:56 | |
number of these sites is going up drastically. This year it is 40% | 0:46:57 | 0:47:05 | |
higher than last year. I believe that Dougal and others will see that | 0:47:05 | 0:47:14 | |
they must be more proactive. -- Google. The Welsh Government has | 0:47:14 | 0:47:17 | |
been accused of failing to reel in big salaries for Government chief | 0:47:17 | 0:47:27 | |
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executives. Then arrive over value for money our | 0:47:27 | 0:47:37 | |
reporter has been to Swansea market. Local councils are in a competitive | 0:47:37 | 0:47:46 | |
market. That has led to damaging headlines. Our councils paying over | 0:47:46 | 0:47:53 | |
the odds? The size of these salaries is | 0:47:53 | 0:47:59 | |
causing some controversy. Some opposition members are calling on | 0:47:59 | 0:48:06 | |
the Welsh Government to rein them in. They want an independent panel | 0:48:06 | 0:48:15 | |
to decide how much officers are paid. The idea was rejected by the | 0:48:15 | 0:48:24 | |
Welsh Government which says local council pay is a local matter. | 0:48:24 | 0:48:34 | |
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It is out of control. Senior management is earning more than the | 0:48:35 | 0:48:45 | |
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first Minister. It is out of control. This is a big issue. The | 0:48:49 | 0:48:52 | |
Welsh Labour Government has a duty to make sure that fairness is the | 0:48:53 | 0:49:00 | |
common thread that goes through the setting of senior officer he. It is | 0:49:00 | 0:49:10 | |
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not happening at the moment. -- indoor market. You get what you pay | 0:49:32 | 0:49:37 | |
for. It is a similar story for local councils. They are operating in a | 0:49:37 | 0:49:47 | |
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market. Should they be decided locally? This former leader of | 0:49:48 | 0:49:56 | |
Swansea council says things will have to change. He says there are | 0:49:56 | 0:50:02 | |
already salary guidelines that should be followed. I have sympathy | 0:50:02 | 0:50:12 | |
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with councillors trying to do the right thing. It has reached a stage | 0:50:23 | 0:50:29 | |
that anybody paying above the level but had to explain why they are | 0:50:29 | 0:50:39 | |
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sector local Government salaries are at the lower end of the league | 0:50:45 | 0:50:55 | |
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table. Every council has two had -- every council has two publish an | 0:50:57 | 0:51:05 | |
annual statements. For those who want tougher action the site of | 0:51:05 | 0:51:09 | |
higher salaries is leading a sour taste in the mouth. | 0:51:09 | 0:51:19 | |
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Our Chief Executive's paid to match? Yes. There is something drastically | 0:51:22 | 0:51:25 | |
wrong. They do have a lot of responsibility but I question | 0:51:25 | 0:51:30 | |
whether they have the same level of responsibility as the first Minister | 0:51:30 | 0:51:34 | |
in Cardiff and the UK prime minister. It has spun out of can | 0:51:34 | 0:51:44 | |
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roll. They will get the right people at a lower level as well. In some | 0:51:52 | 0:51:55 | |
instances 170,000, well above the Prime Minister's salary. That is out | 0:51:55 | 0:52:05 | |
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beset independently? There is a joint negotiating Oddie. -- a joint | 0:52:31 | 0:52:38 | |
negotiating body. They would be giving the power to somebody | 0:52:38 | 0:52:43 | |
independent. They would be passing legislation. Local councils are | 0:52:43 | 0:52:47 | |
democratically elected. They have the right to settle their own | 0:52:47 | 0:52:56 | |
affairs. I am not taking powers away from locally elect bodies. We need | 0:52:56 | 0:53:06 | |
to reinforce them. What do you think of the claim that chief executives | 0:53:06 | 0:53:16 | |
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are paid to match? The councils have to respond. Employees have been on | 0:53:19 | 0:53:25 | |
pay freezes. There is an issue. But that is what the councils and the | 0:53:25 | 0:53:35 | |
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joint committee have to respond to. Would legislation be able to clamp | 0:53:36 | 0:53:43 | |
down on this list to Mac the chief executive decides his own increase. | 0:53:43 | 0:53:51 | |
That is not acceptable. That is being addressed. I am not sure other | 0:53:51 | 0:53:56 | |
legislation would have captured that. I think there should be | 0:53:56 | 0:53:59 | |
intervention by the Welsh Government. The current system is | 0:53:59 | 0:54:05 | |
not working. There should be some reflection of the austerities that | 0:54:05 | 0:54:13 | |
everyone else is going through. That is not happening. We need our review | 0:54:13 | 0:54:23 | |
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body. Why don't we have a body to deal with the whole issue and | 0:54:26 | 0:54:33 | |
thereby give better value for money for taxpayers? It is a ridiculous | 0:54:33 | 0:54:39 | |
situation where a Chief Executive in one council is paid well above UK | 0:54:39 | 0:54:46 | |
prime minister. That is ridiculous. We need a concerted effort to make | 0:54:46 | 0:54:54 | |
the leaders of the councils accept their responsibilities. Tourism | 0:54:54 | 0:54:57 | |
operators say rules designed to stop second home owners are avoiding | 0:54:57 | 0:55:00 | |
paying council tax on their holiday homes are threatening hundreds of | 0:55:00 | 0:55:05 | |
businesses. The orders of self catering properties face an increase | 0:55:05 | 0:55:10 | |
in the rates that they pay if they feel to rent out their properties | 0:55:10 | 0:55:20 | |
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for several days - macro for 70 days in any financial years. | 0:55:22 | 0:55:26 | |
Rainy summers and the Calder Spring for 50 years combined Liverpool and | 0:55:26 | 0:55:36 | |
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economic climate has had business. It has been a nightmare. One of my | 0:55:45 | 0:55:53 | |
properties field by six days. I lost my business rates. That is costing | 0:55:53 | 0:56:03 | |
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Those who fail to attract guests to stay in their holiday homes for more | 0:56:14 | 0:56:19 | |
than 70 days face hundreds or thousands of pounds of rate | 0:56:19 | 0:56:25 | |
increases. That is because some operators will now have to pay | 0:56:25 | 0:56:30 | |
council taxes instead of less expensive business rates. For some | 0:56:30 | 0:56:37 | |
operators these extra costs have a dramatic effect will stop it could | 0:56:37 | 0:56:47 | |
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be the final straw stop -- final straw. When you are running a | 0:56:48 | 0:56:55 | |
business with tight margins that could push it over the edge. There | 0:56:55 | 0:57:04 | |
is always a job that needs doing at these cottages. This couple have | 0:57:04 | 0:57:11 | |
nine cottages and flats available for rent. Business is down on | 0:57:11 | 0:57:21 | |
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previous years. They are business assets. That distinction should be | 0:57:28 | 0:57:38 | |
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made. The Welsh Government will provide a strategy next month. | 0:57:50 | 0:57:56 | |
Business owners will look for words to the research being published. | 0:57:56 | 0:58:05 | |
The tourism industry figures generated a sixth of the size of the | 0:58:05 | 0:58:11 | |
Welsh economy. What do you make of what we heard from some of the | 0:58:11 | 0:58:17 | |
people in that piece? I have every sympathy for people in that | 0:58:17 | 0:58:26 | |
situation. The tourism industry is so important. There are real things | 0:58:26 | 0:58:32 | |
affecting the industry is the economy and the weather. We cannot | 0:58:32 | 0:58:39 | |
do anything about the weather. We are doing our best to improve the | 0:58:39 | 0:58:49 | |
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economy. This particular issue, the Welsh Government is looking at, we | 0:58:51 | 0:58:58 | |
have made a big push for people to diversify. That is part of the | 0:58:58 | 0:59:05 | |
strategy. It is important that we have this review. The weather and | 0:59:05 | 0:59:12 | |
the economy are hitting businesses. Is enough being done for the tourist | 0:59:12 | 0:59:22 | |
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industry? Not enough is being done will stop -- being done. It is not | 0:59:33 | 0:59:43 | |
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acceptable. We have got everything in Wales. The whole point of the | 0:59:53 | 1:00:03 | |
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regulation was to prevent misuse we are by second home owners | 1:00:04 | 1:00:09 | |
registering as a business and it was not a business at all will stop I | 1:00:09 | 1:00:12 | |
welcome the fact that the Welsh Government is looking to review | 1:00:12 | 1:00:22 | |
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this. A lot of people in the industry have said that Judaism | 1:00:24 | 1:00:30 | |
should have its own minister. -- tourism should have its own | 1:00:30 | 1:00:40 | |
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minister. It has got an advantage being in their business portfolio. | 1:00:48 | 1:00:55 | |
And Minister for tourism is not necessarily an answer. We have got | 1:00:55 | 1:01:05 | |
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fantastic festivals in Wales. We have got to build on those sort of | 1:01:08 | 1:01:16 | |
things. We are very successful. need to invest more in bringing it | 1:01:16 | 1:01:26 | |
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book ended. -- bringing the Berlin. -- bringing people in. | 1:01:31 | 1:01:40 | |
Time for a look at the stories of the week. | 1:01:40 | 1:01:50 | |
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The Welsh Government said it would go ahead with plans for a 111 49. -- | 1:01:52 | 1:01:59 | |
111 telephone line. David Davies revealed that he met | 1:01:59 | 1:02:06 | |
the same journalist posing as lobbyists. The Panorama programme | 1:02:06 | 1:02:12 | |
says Patrick Mercer broke lobbying rules. David Davies says he left the | 1:02:12 | 1:02:22 | |
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meeting. The regalia used by Prince Charles | 1:02:26 | 1:02:32 | |
in 1969 should be put on permanent display according to their heritage | 1:02:32 | 1:02:42 | |
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You will be returning to Parliament after the break this week. There | 1:02:51 | 1:02:59 | |
will be another debate on lobbying. We need to grasp this metal. It is | 1:02:59 | 1:03:06 | |
not acceptable. The National Assembly has a tighter system. Even | 1:03:06 | 1:03:12 | |
local Government has a better system. It is high time we did | 1:03:12 | 1:03:22 | |
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something about it in Westminster will stop -- Westminster. It is | 1:03:27 | 1:03:37 | |
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unacceptable. It is time we cleaned out of the stable. Was discussed. | 1:03:49 | 1:03:59 | |
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That has not happened. We are being lobbied all the time. I have | 1:04:02 | 1:04:07 | |
voluntarily bodies and charities coming in to lobby for changes will | 1:04:07 | 1:04:17 | |
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stop -- changes. The issue is about commercial bodies. There was a | 1:04:19 | 1:04:26 | |
report about this years ago. This issue has got to be grasped. But we | 1:04:26 | 1:04:30 | |
must remember that we are there for people to approach as. Have you ever | 1:04:31 | 1:04:40 | |
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