Question follow-through · 29369
Rugby: Listed Events
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of adding the Six Nations rugby union championship to the category A list of events not permitted to be broadcast solely on paid television se
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 13 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of adding the Six Nations rugby union championship to the category A list of events not permitted to be broadcast solely on paid television se
11 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Feb 2025
Answer published
The current listed events regime is designed to ensure that sporting events of national significance are available to as wide an audience as possible, by prohibiting exclusive broadcasting of the event without prior consent from Ofcom. Listing does not gu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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