Question follow-through · 24328
Sports: Broadcasting
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with (a) broadcasters and (b) social media companies on making more sporting events freely available to watch live.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 15 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 29 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 29 Jan 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
15 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with (a) broadcasters and (b) social media companies on making more sporting events freely available to watch live.
29 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jan 2025
Answer published
I routinely hold discussions with a range of stakeholders in the sector where we cover matters relevant to sports and television, including free-to-air access to sporting events.The Government wants major sporting events to be made available on free-to-ai...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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