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HANSARDS4CYes. The convention is currently before Parliament and, subject to the approval of your Lordships and Members in another place, I look forward to going to UNESCO to sign and…08 Feb 2024HANSARDS4CSerious concerns have been raised, including in the report from Capital Law, which the noble Lord mentions. It is clear that a significant amount of work is now required to…08 Feb 2024HANSARDS4CLike all public service broadcasters, S4C is independent of the Government, but as its sponsor department, DCMS regularly engages with the channel on a range of issues, including…08 Feb 2024HANSARDArtsMy Lords, I happily join in with the tributes that have been paid to the noble Lord, Lord Bragg, not just for securing this debate in the way he introduced it, but for a life and…01 Feb 2024HANSARDArtsI certainly will; I have it next on my list to do. I talked about it with orchestral leaders and the Association of British Orchestras in Bristol last week; we speak about it…01 Feb 2024HANSARDTelegraph Media Group: Proposed Sale to RedBird IMIOfcom and the Competition and Markets Authority have functions set out under the Enterprise Act. They are carrying out those functions at the moment. The Secretary of State looks…31 Jan 2024HANSARDTelegraph Media Group: Proposed Sale to RedBird IMIThe Secretary of State is making her decision in a quasi-judicial capacity under the stipulations of the provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002.31 Jan 2024HANSARDTelegraph Media Group: Proposed Sale to RedBird IMII am grateful to the noble Lord for his questions and welcome him to the ranks of Telegraph and Spectator readers—I hope he will enjoy what he sees in their pages. He will…31 Jan 2024HANSARDTelegraph Media Group: Proposed Sale to RedBird IMIThe public interest intervention notices which the Secretary of State issued trigger the requirement for the Competition and Markets Authority to report to her on jurisdictional…31 Jan 2024HANSARDTelegraph Media Group: Proposed Sale to RedBird IMII hope the noble Baroness will forgive me, but I think it is important that I and other Ministers do not opine on anything while the Secretary of State is making her decision in…31 Jan 2024HANSARDTelegraph Media Group: Proposed Sale to RedBird IMIAs the noble Lord said, the Government are currently reviewing the recommendations on changes to the media public interest test that were set out in Ofcom’s 2021 statement on…31 Jan 2024HANSARDTelegraph Media Group: Proposed Sale to RedBird IMII will be careful in what I say to the noble Lord because of the quasi-judicial role which the Secretary of State is following as she awaits the views of the Competition and…31 Jan 2024HANSARDBBC: FundingMy Lords, I mentioned in answer to Monday’s Question the £20 million uplift which we gave the World Service last March, on top of the £94 million that it receives annually. We…17 Jan 2024HANSARDBBC: FundingMy Lords, we want to look at the best long-term funding models for the BBC, which ensure that it gets the income it needs. It currently gets more than £3.8 billion a year.…17 Jan 2024HANSARDBBC: FundingI wholeheartedly agree with the noble Lord. The creative industries were growing twice as quickly as the economy overall before the pandemic. That is why, as part of the creative…17 Jan 2024HANSARDBBC: FundingHis Majesty’s Government are committed to the licence fee until the end of this royal charter period. Decisions on the uplift of the remainder of the settlement period will be…17 Jan 2024HANSARDBBC: FundingMy Lords, the licence fee is receiving an uplift, which seeks to strike a fair deal between the impact it has on the people who pay it, particularly when the cost of living is…17 Jan 2024HANSARDBBC: FundingMy noble friend and the other members of the committee she chairs do valuable work in scrutinising and adding to the thinking for both the BBC and the Government. The BBC is…17 Jan 2024HANSARDBBC: FundingMy Lords, the BBC social media guidelines say very clearly that: “Everyone who works for the BBC should ensure their activity on social media platforms does not compromise the…17 Jan 2024HANSARDBBC: FundingThat is fitting for a Question begun by the noble Lord, Lord Morse. The noble Lord, Lord Bassam, is right. So many of the world’s democracies go to the polls this year, and this…17 Jan 2024