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Media Bill

Proceeding contribution from Thangam Debbonaire (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 21 November 2023. It occurred during Debate on bills on Media Bill.

I thank the hon. Member for that intervention, although I think it was probably addressed to the Secretary of State. I agree with him on the importance of S4C, as I am sure we all do. I want S4C to have more flexibility in the modern world, but I did note, as has been raised by other colleagues, that there is no specific mention of protecting Gaelic broadcasting in the future. That is despite an explicit mention of it in the King’s Speech, so I would be grateful if the Secretary of State could clarify what has changed by the next stage of the Bill.

I thank the Secretary of State for bringing forward the measures in the Bill and urge her to listen to the comments that I have raised today, and those that my colleagues and others across the House will raise, because there is a great deal of cross-party consensus. We all want the Bill to be as good as it possibly can be. I reiterate my offer to work with her to get the Bill through Parliament in the best shape possible and to do so as smoothly as possible. Labour will back this Bill to back our public service broadcasters.

3.1 pm

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
741 c238 
Session
2023-24
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Legislation
Media Bill 2023-24
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