Group 6: Publication of notices (Amendment 19)

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:31 pm on 9 July 2024.

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Photo of Jenny Rathbone Jenny Rathbone Labour 5:31, 9 July 2024

I just wanted to pick up on some points here, because the principle behind this I think we all agree on: we want to ensure that local newspapers continue to be around, particularly for those who don't access information online. But, nevertheless, these particular notices go directly to people's homes anyway because, obviously, they're particular to the individual. And a lot of these newspaper notices are actually unreadable to most people, because they're in a font that is so small that particularly elderly people, who are some of the most avid readers of local newspapers, are simply not going to be able to read them. So, I think we have to think of a different way of supporting local newspapers, and I appreciate that there's agreement that we won't do anything radical, but this really isn't the best way of trying to do this.