Lord Moynihan, the outgoing chairman of the BOA, said he wanted new laws to force councils to ringfence money for leisure provision.
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The move should ringfence News Corp's profitable film and media business from its UK newspaper business, which is embroiled in the phone-hacking scandal.
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Minister for Economy and Transport Ieuan Wyn Jones AM criticised the opposition for electioneering given their manifesto pledge to ringfence spending on the Welsh NHS, which would in turn result in a reduction to his departmental budget.