Question follow-through · 34461

Broadcasting Programmes: Welsh Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department's Future of TV Distribution Stakeholder Forum launched on 8 November 2024 will consider Welsh language broadcasting.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
27 Feb 2025
Target answer date
4 Mar 2025
Answer
5 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 27 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department's Future of TV Distribution Stakeholder Forum launched on 8 November 2024 will consider Welsh language broadcasting.

  2. 4 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Government’s project on the future of TV distribution is seeking to understand how people receive their television now and in the next decade. As part of this process, a wide range of views are being sought. Membership of the Stakeholder Forum include...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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