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date	04/07/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Football: Listed Events
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will amend the Category A list of sports that are free to air on television to include the (a) Champion's League Final, (b) Europa League Final and (c) Europa Conference League Final; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	192327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>The government believes that certain sporting events of national interest should be shown on free-to-air television rather than behind a paywall, so that they can be enjoyed by as wide an audience as possible. That is why we have the listed events regime.</p><p>In determining what events form part of this regime, a balance between accessibility and the ability of sporting organisations to generate revenues from commercial broadcast arrangements to invest in the development of their sports from the grassroots up. The Government believes that the current list strikes an appropriate balance, and has no current plans to undertake a full review of the events on the list.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/07/2023 15:37:05 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1565559

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date	10/01/2023
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Events Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps to support business events organisers based in (a) Europe and (b) other countries who wish to engage with the UK business events sector.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	120069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government is taking a number of steps to promote the UK’s strong business events offer to the international market. VisitBritain supports organisations in hosting international business events in the UK through their Business Events Growth Programme, which has awarded over £1.5m in grants since 2016. VisitEngland also facilitates meetings between English cities and key international markets throughout the year at international trade shows such as IMEX Frankfurt and IBTM World in Barcelona.</p><p>Business events are hugely valuable to our economy, contributing over £31 billion a year in spend and supporting hundreds of thousands of jobs. They promote our leading growth sectors to the world while attracting international visitors to all corners of the UK.</p><p>We continue to engage with the sector, including through the Tourism Industry Council and the Events Industry Board Working Group, to assess how we can further strengthen the UK’s reputation as a leading business events destination.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/01/2023 14:48:33 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury