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BBC Radio: Scots Gaelic Language and Welsh Language |
| Question ID: |
1787956 |
| UIN: |
40824 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5177 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Ann Davies
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Ann Davies
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the cessation of BBC Sounds coverage outside of the UK on the (a) Welsh, and (b) Scottish Gaelic speaking diaspora. |
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true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-03 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4607 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephanie Peacock
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| Answering Member handle: |
Steph_Peacock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@Steph_Peacock
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| Answer text: |
The BBC is operationally and editorially independent of the Government, and decisions on how it discharges its obligations, such as its changes to its BBC Sounds service, are a matter for the BBC. The Government has therefore not assessed the potential im... |
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| Answering body ID: |
217 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
| Tweeted: |
true |