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date	13/01/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Local Press
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support local and regional newspapers.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	59978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>The local press is a crucial source of information for local communities and a vital part of a healthy democracy.</p><p> </p><p>In the March 2016 budget the government announced the introduction of a £1,500 business rates discount for local newspapers for two years from 1 April 2017. The government's response and guidance regarding the business rates relief was published on 2 December 2016. More information is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-case-for-a-business-rates-relief-for-local-newspapers</p><p> </p><p>Following the BBC Charter Review, the BBC is also working in partnership with the local news industry to support local journalism. On 12 May 2016 the BBC and the News Media Association announced their plans for the partnership, including the BBC's funding of 150 local journalists from 2017. More information is available at: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/bbc-nma-partnership" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/bbc-nma-partnership</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 19/01/2017 12:43:37 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

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date	26/11/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Service: Industrial Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the provisions in the Trade Union Bill on industrial relations within the civil service.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	902480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>Modernising the law governing Trade Unions will improve industrial relations. We have already seen the benefits in the Civil Service of reforming facility time, where we have delivered a saving to the taxpayer of over £52million, and the majority of departments have removed the outdated system of collecting union dues by check off. These benefits will now be delivered across the public sector.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/12/2015 17:57:07 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig