Start with the business item
The Senedd's media FAQ says Plenary and committee meetings are available live and on demand through Senedd TV. It specifically explains that agenda items link to the relevant video section and that earlier meetings are also linked from agendas and transcripts.
Imagine a viewer knows that a housing discussion happened at a committee meeting but remembers no speaker or exact time. Find the committee meeting agenda for the correct date first. Read the item titles and supporting papers to distinguish an evidence session from a later discussion of the report. The shared subject does not make those two meetings the same record.
Use the linked section as a locator
Follow the agenda item's video link and verify that the opening words concern the intended business. Note the meeting's full date, committee or Plenary identity, agenda item number and recording URL. Those four fields describe the passage more reliably than 'the Senedd housing video'.
For a question involving several witnesses, keep the whole agenda item's context initially. Then write down the approximate positions of the relevant question and response. This prevents a later viewer from starting halfway through an answer and attributing it to the wrong topic. If the linked opening is slightly before the discussion, use the chair's transition to identify the real boundary rather than changing the meeting reference.
Pair watching with the written record
Use the linked transcript when the purpose is to recover a name, an exact term or the sequence of contributions. Use the video when the purpose includes delivery, interpretation or the surrounding exchange. Retain both URLs in a research note with a brief description of why each is useful.
During a live meeting, the publisher documents pause and rewind functions. That can help catch the beginning of the current item, but an older meeting should still be recovered from its dated agenda or on-demand record. If the agenda leads to an unexpected destination, compare the date and committee title first and report the specific broken relationship if necessary.
For the housing example, the completed reference should lead directly to the committee item and explain whether the passage is opening evidence, a question or a later response. If the agenda link lands near a transition, retain the chair’s introduction as a second locator. Another viewer can then recover the exchange even when a saved player position changes.
Questions about this guide
Must I know a speaker's name to start?
No. The committee, meeting date and agenda item can provide a route to the relevant section.
Is an agenda paper the same as the spoken record?
No. Keep supporting papers, the transcript and the audiovisual recording as distinct records of the meeting.