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date	01/02/2018
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	Broadcasting: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 124468, what progress the Government is making on ensuring that existing broadcasting licence arrangements with the EU continue during the implementation period.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	126156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>It is in the interests of both the UK and the European Union to agree the precise terms of the implementation period as quickly as possible, in order to provide vital certainty to businesses, including those in the broadcasting sector.</p><p> </p><p>As the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union has recently stated, we are confident that there is a broad agreement between the UK and the EU positions on the implementation period, and that we will come to an agreement by March. We expect that this should be based on the existing structure of EU rules and regulations, during which the UK and the EU would continue to have access to one another’s markets on current terms. This would indeed cover the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) which governs the pan-EU broadcasting legislation and allows the UK-based broadcasting licensees to broadcast into the EU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/02/2018 15:59:56 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

828845

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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	Broadcasting: 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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on maintaining current broadcast licensing arrangements during the transition period after March 2019.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	124468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>We continue to engage constructively with the Department for Exiting the European Union to ensure that we provide our broadcasters with stability and certainty in the period leading up to the UK’s departure from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>As the Prime Minister set out, the UK is seeking a strictly time-limited implementation period, based on the existing structure of EU rules and regulations, during which the UK and the EU would continue to have access to one another’s markets on current terms.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/01/2018 17:48:10 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

828848

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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	Broadcasting: 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, how many officials in his Department are working on broadcast licensing as part of any future trade deal that the UK agrees with the EU.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	124470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Staff within DCMS’ Media Team and EU Team lead on providing advice to Ministers on broadcasting and EU exit. Members of staff across the Department also provide advice and analyses on EU exit issues as required. Given the interactions between broadcasting policy, EU exit work and the Department's other priorities, it would not be possible to give an accurate figure.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/01/2018 17:50:24 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest