Commenting on the Welsh Government's plan to establish a Shadow Broadcasting and Communications Authority for Wales, Paul Davies MS, Shadow Minister for the Welsh Language, Culture, Tourism and Sport, said:
"The Welsh Government is wasting time and taxpayers' money on setting up a shadow authority in an area that isn't even devolved, while the issues people actually care about are being neglected.
"Families are waiting months for NHS treatment, educational standards have declined and the Welsh economy continues to lag behind the rest of the UK. Ministers should be focusing on growing the economy and improving public services, not creating new bodies with no real powers.
"The Welsh Government has already committed £45,000 to this project, but this is just the start. Ministers have failed to explain what the total cost will be, how much more public money will be spent or what practical difference this body will make.
"The Welsh Conservatives do not support the devolution of broadcasting. Rather than campaigning for more constitutional change, the Welsh Government should concentrate on delivering on the responsibilities it already has."
