Question follow-through · 40824
BBC Radio: Scots Gaelic Language and Welsh Language
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 the (a) Welsh, and (b) Scottish Gaelic speaking diaspora.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 24 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 3 Apr 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Mar 2025
Question tabled
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 the (a) Welsh, and (b) Scottish Gaelic speaking diaspora.
27 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Apr 2025
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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