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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-03-08more like thismore than 2017-03-08
answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Parliament: Broadcasting more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether a television licence is required solely to view live streaming video of Parliamentary proceedings or recordings of such proceedings on www.parliamentlive.tv. more like this
tabling member constituency Lichfield more like this
tabling member printed
Michael Fabricant more like this
uin 67100 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-04-21more like thismore than 2017-04-21
answer text <p>The legal requirements around the television licence are set out in the Communications Act 2003 and the Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004/692. That Act provides that a television licence is needed to &quot;operate equipment capable of receiving a television programme service&quot;. This does not cover on demand services. However, whether live services that www.parliamentlive.tv provide qualify as a television programme service is a question of interpreting the Act and ultimately one for the courts to make.</p> more like this
answering member constituency West Suffolk more like this
answering member printed Matt Hancock more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-04-21T09:20:48.48Zmore like thismore than 2017-04-21T09:20:48.48Z
answering member
4070
label Biography information for Matt Hancock more like this
tabling member
280
label Biography information for Michael Fabricant remove filter