Claire Hanna MP: written questions

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Written questions

Broadcasting: CompetitionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of Ofcom’s proposals to remove the prohibitions on (a) matching rights and (b) bundling.
Answer: As we set out in our Creative Industries Sector Plan, the Government wants a healthy and mixed TV ecology. This includes public service broadcasters providing an engine room of creativity whilst our independent production sector continues to create more i...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
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Journalism: Mental Health ServicesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support mental health services in journalism.
Answer: Ministers and officials regularly meet stakeholders to discuss a range of issues which affect media organisations and journalists. Officials in my department would be pleased to meet with Media Strong.The Government is not currently taking specific steps ...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
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JournalismDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if will meet with Media Strong.
Answer: Ministers and officials regularly meet stakeholders to discuss a range of issues which affect media organisations and journalists. Officials in my department would be pleased to meet with Media Strong.The Government is not currently taking specific steps ...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Written QuestionsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to answer Question 41236 on BBC Radio: Ireland.
Answer: An answer was provided to the Hon Member on 22nd April. I apologise for the delay.
Answered 25 Apr 2025
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BBC Radio: IrelandDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41236More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the cessation of BBC Sounds coverage outside of the UK on listeners living in border counties on the Island of Ireland.
Answer: The BBC is operationally and editorially independent of the Government, and decisions on how it discharges its obligations, such as its changes to its BBC Sounds service, are a matter for the BBC. The Government has therefore not assessed the potential im...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
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Internet: Northern IrelandDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32237More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has written to her counterpart in the new Irish government on the creation of a unique IP address for Northern Ireland residents.
Answer: Further to my response of 14 October 2024 to question 6604, my officials have subsequently discussed the issue of geoblocking with their counterparts in both the Northern Ireland Executive and the Irish Government. Those discussions are ongoing. Following...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
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Internet: Northern IrelandDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of developing a unique IP address for Northern Ireland residents to prevent geo blocking of Irish sports coverage from Ireland.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of residents of Northern Ireland being able to access coverage of important sporting and other cultural events that are relevant to communities across the island of Ireland.While decisions on the coverage of sporti...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
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Cabinet Office	4
Department for Business and Trade	5
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	7
Department for Education	1
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	2
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	8
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	4
Department for Transport	4
Department for Work and Pensions	17
Department of Health and Social Care	13
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	19
Home Office	27
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	7
Northern Ireland Office	12
Treasury	32

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