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Performing Arts |
| Question ID: |
1809423 |
| UIN: |
57502 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-04 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5150 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Samantha Niblett
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Samantha Niblett
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the UK comedy industry on (a) the economy and (b) society. |
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true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-11 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1446 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Chris Bryant
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Chris Bryant
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| Answer text: |
While the Department has not carried out any recent assessments of the impact of the UK comedy industry, the government recognises the sector as a vital performing art which forms part of this country's cultural landscape, enriching lives, and shaping our... |
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| Answering body ID: |
217 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
| Tweeted: |
true |