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926897

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	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	Radio: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what representations the Welsh Government has made to his Department on the criteria Ofcom uses when deciding on the award of local commercial radio licences.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	155371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>We have not received any representations from the Welsh government on the criteria that Ofcom uses when making decisions on awarding local commercial radio licences, nor have there been any discussions between the department and the Welsh Language Commissioner on Ofcom’s compliance with Welsh Language Standards. Ofcom meets with the Commissioner regularly to discuss compliance.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 155372 question first answered 26/06/2018 14:58:40 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

926898

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	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	Ofcom: Welsh Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Language Commissioner on Ofcom’s compliance with the Welsh Language Standards.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	155372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>We have not received any representations from the Welsh government on the criteria that Ofcom uses when making decisions on awarding local commercial radio licences, nor have there been any discussions between the department and the Welsh Language Commissioner on Ofcom’s compliance with Welsh Language Standards. Ofcom meets with the Commissioner regularly to discuss compliance.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 155371 question first answered 26/06/2018 14:58:40 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

928705

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2018
	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	Music: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the recommendations in the report Dignity at Work published by the Incorporated Society of Musician's in April 2018.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	uin	156376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>We are supportive of any steps taken by industry to help ensure people can feel safe and respected in their place of work. We welcome the work being undertaken by the Incorporated Society of Musicians and others within the sector.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/06/2018 12:56:48 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

926896

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	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	Radio: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of revising sections 104 and 105 of the Broadcasting Act 1990 to enable Ofcom to have regard to a Welsh language criteria when awarding local commercial radio licences.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	155370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to reducing the burdens on commercial radio and will introduce legislation reform the existing licensing system when Parliamentary time allows. We do not believe that changes to enable Ofcom to have regard to a Welsh language criteria in awarding licenses, something that could significantly increase the regulatory burdens on commercial radio operators in Wales, is the right approach. The government welcomes the recent decision to launch a BBC Cymru 2 service on digital radio that operates along side the community radio services that carry Welsh language services in Wales.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/06/2018 14:43:42 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

926709

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2018
	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	Tickets: Touting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's policy is on ticket touting.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	154753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to cracking down on unacceptable behaviour in the ticketing market and improving fans’ chances of buying tickets at a reasonable price.</p><p>We have strengthened the existing ticketing information requirement in the Consumer Rights Act 2015, and have introduced a new criminal offence of using automated software to buy more tickets than that allowed for profit.</p><p>We support the work of enforcement agencies in this area, such as the Competition and Markets Authority, National Trading Standards, and the advertising industry's own regulator the Advertising Standards Authority.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 154754 question first answered 26/06/2018 09:42:53 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

926712

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2018
	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	Tickets: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's policy is on the secondary ticket market.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	154754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to cracking down on unacceptable behaviour in the ticketing market and improving fans’ chances of buying tickets at a reasonable price.</p><p>We have strengthened the existing ticketing information requirement in the Consumer Rights Act 2015, and have introduced a new criminal offence of using automated software to buy more tickets than that allowed for profit.</p><p>We support the work of enforcement agencies in this area, such as the Competition and Markets Authority, National Trading Standards, and the advertising industry's own regulator the Advertising Standards Authority.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 154753 question first answered 26/06/2018 09:42:54 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

926691

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2018
	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	Broadband: Churches
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with representatives of the Church of England on enabling the erection of phone masts for broadband on church steeples.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	154710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, in his previous role as Minister for Digital, co-chaired a meeting with the Minister for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity, with the rural Bishops, Church of England officials and the telecommunications industry on 13 December 2017, to discuss how the Church can support digital connectivity rollout in rural areas by hosting telecommunications infrastructure. This led to the Joint Accord between the Government and the National Church Institutions of the Church of England, which was signed on 18 February 2018, that seeks to promote the use of Church sites for such infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/06/2018 09:47:04 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

928704

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2018
	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	Music: Discrimination and Harassment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for Women and Equalities on tackling harassment and discrimination in the music sector.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	uin	156375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>No such discussions have taken place. This government believes, everyone has the right to feel safe at work and people can only thrive when they operate in a respectful and tolerant environment so that they can make the most of their creative talents.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/06/2018 12:54:56 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

927946

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	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	Internet: USA
	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 his Department will be making a response to the request made by the Government of the United States’ National Telecommunications and Information Administration for comments on its international internet priorities.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
	uin	155693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>My Department does not plan to respond to this public consultation by the US Government.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/06/2018 10:06:38 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

926770

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2018
	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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2018 to Question 146174 on procurement, what the daily rate of pay is of each of those contractors who have been employed by his Department for five years or more.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	154654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>Based on the position at 31st March 2018, the daily bill rate for each of these contractors falls within the range £956.18 to £993.55 per day, a percentage of which includes an agency rate.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided a range rather than individual figures due to there being fewer than 5 contractors in scope.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/06/2018 09:59:11 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies