Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Chris Elmore and Matt Hancock

Thursday 16th March 2017 Commons Chamber

[Chris Elmore (Ogmore) (Lab/Co-op)]

T3. S4C is a much-loved Welsh language public service broadcaster that was hard fought for. I am sure that the Ministers on the Treasury Bench—and you, Mr Speaker—watch it whenever they are in Wales. What are the Government doing to safeguard the future prominence of public service broadcasters, especially with regard to nations’ services?

[Matt Hancock]

The prominence of PSBs is important. We are ensuring that S4C gets the funding that it needs—more than £6 million last year and more than £6 million next year. We have repeatedly made it clear that we strongly support S4C, which was a great Tory invention.