Campaigners and union members have held a lobby outside a meeting between Chris Patten new Chair of BBC and Assembly Members in Cardiff Bay concerning the future of Welsh broadcasting (17.30 (June 22).Last autumn the BBC agreed to take financial control over S4C as part of a deal which would mean a 40% cut in real terms in the channel's budget. The government grant to the channel will be cut by a further 94% over the next four years.Yesterday, the BBC confirmed that there will be no cuts to news services in Cambridgeshire, since the Prime Minister, David Cameron, who is an MP in the area has opposed them. Today the government has confirmed that there will be further investment in the BBC's World Service because of lobbying by Chris Patten.Bethan Williams Chair of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg said:"The BBC should withdraw from this last minute deal which threatens the future of the only Welsh language channel in the world. The BBC refuses to answer fundamental questions regarding S4C. They refuse to guarantee that there will be any money for the channel after 1215. And while Chris Patten has successfully lobbied the government to secure better funding for the World Service we have not heard him call on the government to change it's mind on S4C.""With the cuts faced by BBC Wales on top of everything else Welsh broadcasting faces a very dark future. We will co-operate with the unions and tens of thousands of people across the country who are opposed to these unwise plans that will effect both S4C and BBC Wales.""Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg calls for a new vision for the future of broadcasting in Wales, which will include BBC Wales. We call for an independent S4C with adequate funding - there should be legislation that guarantees security of funding in order to avoid any tension between English and Welsh speakers."Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg protesters are still camping outside the BBC studios in Bangor.