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HANSARDGovernment Plan for MusicMusic is the shared language that connects us. It crosses boundaries, bridges divides and helps us understand one another. In a time when it feels too many of us have lost the…13 Jul 2026HANSARDNational Lottery Good CausesToday the Government are announcing a major call for evidence on national lottery good causes funding: “National Lottery Good Causes: Fund What Matters To You”. When John Major…01 Jul 2026HANSARDParamount-WBD Merger: Public Interest ConsiderationsOn 27 February 2026 Paramount announced it would acquire Warner Bros Discovery for $110 billion—£83 billion. Under the Enterprise Act 2002, I can intervene if I have reasonable…30 Jun 2026HANSARDMedia Green PaperI thank the hon. Gentleman for bringing this urgent question to the House and giving us an opportunity to discuss this important advancement. Yesterday the Government published a…24 Jun 2026HANSARDMedia Green PaperI thank the hon. Gentleman for that series of questions, and I will do my best to answer them all as swiftly as I can. First, he rightly talks about the importance of getting the…24 Jun 2026HANSARDMedia Green PaperMy hon. Friend asks a number of questions and I will try to address them. First, in the Green Paper we have deliberately broadened out access to good quality trusted news and…24 Jun 2026HANSARDMedia Green PaperThe hon. Lady rightly talks about online regulation. She will know that that is primarily the responsibility of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, but my…24 Jun 2026HANSARDMedia Green PaperI strongly endorse what my hon. Friend says. We have lost many parts of our civic realm: thriving town centres where people come together, the social clubs that used to exist all…24 Jun 2026HANSARDMedia Green PaperOn legislation, we will of course keep that option open and will not hesitate to legislate should we need to do so. We deliberately drew the parameters and contours of the Green…24 Jun 2026HANSARDMedia Green PaperI reassure my hon. Friend that I am working closely with the Secretary and State for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Home Secretary, as well as with the Secretary of…24 Jun 2026HANSARDMedia Green PaperThat is precisely why we have asked the question. The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that there are different ways of approaching the issue. One is, quite simply, to…24 Jun 2026HANSARDMedia Green PaperThe Government have been talking to the journalism trade unions to ensure that people are protected when those cuts are made, and that we do everything we can to protect that…24 Jun 2026HANSARDMedia Green PaperThe hon. Gentleman asked a number of questions, and I strongly agree with the essence of what he is saying. There is a war being waged in our communities and on our streets, and…24 Jun 2026HANSARDMedia Green PaperI am confident, having heard my hon. Friend championing his constituents in this House, that he would never allow that to happen, and neither will we. I am happy to offer him a…24 Jun 2026HANSARDMedia Green PaperI will, of course, ensure that the right hon. Member gets the answer to his written question in a timely fashion—by tomorrow. I am also more than happy to follow up and discuss it…24 Jun 2026HANSARDMedia Green PaperI am really happy to give my hon. Friend that assurance. That is why we are getting on the front foot now and working with industry to manage the transition. Access is obviously…24 Jun 2026HANSARDMedia Green PaperI am not going to take any lessons from him and his disgusting party, given the way that they spread misinformation and disinformation. This House has already come together to…24 Jun 2026HANSARDMedia Green PaperI agree. In particular, we are letting down a generation of young people, who, as I said to my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing Central and Acton (Dr Huq), are often consuming…24 Jun 2026HANSARDMedia Green PaperThe hon. Gentleman makes a similar point to the Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee. He is right to push us to think about how we can very rapidly adapt to this very…24 Jun 2026HANSARDMedia Green PaperAs I said to my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing Central and Acton earlier, during the Southport riots, there was an increase in people going to the BBC and the Liverpool Echo to…24 Jun 2026