Asked by: Lord Inglewood (Non-affiliated - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to retain gas lamps on (1) their own, and (2) other publicly-owned, land.
Answered by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The Royal Parks, a public corporation and independent charity, is contracted by DCMS to manage the Royal parks, which are Crown land for which management responsibility rests with His Majesty’s Government. There are approximately 360 gas lamps within the sites which The Royal Parks manages, of which approximately 215 are listed. There is no programme currently in place to switch existing gas lamps to electricity, but such matters are kept under review. My Department is not aware of any other gas lamps within our own estate.
Asked by: Lord Inglewood (Non-affiliated - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have a target date for the introduction of electronic licences for the export of works of art; and if not, when they anticipate they will announce a target date.
Answered by Lord Ashton of Hyde
The feasibility of electronic licensing for the export of cultural objects is under active consideration by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and Arts Council England. The Department recognises the potential benefits of an electronic system as a means of simplifying the export licensing system and speeding up processes at the border. We are working with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, Border Force, and organisations in the arts and museums sectors who export cultural objects, to understand what systems may need to be maintained or introduced by the end of the EU exit implementation period. We will set a target timeframe for introducing electronic licenses pending further investigation and decisions on the development and implementation options.
Asked by: Lord Inglewood (Non-affiliated - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the appropriateness of the Heritage Lottery Fund contributing to the cost of Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster.
Answered by Lord Ashton of Hyde
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) is a grant giving body, and distributes the heritage share of the National Lottery Fund for good causes to successful applicants.
Any application to support the restoration of the Palace of Westminster would need to be considered alongside the other applications made to HLF’s programmes.
Asked by: Lord Inglewood (Non-affiliated - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are proposing to seek an exemption from the provisions of the proposed EU Regulation on the import of cultural goods in respect of domestic personal effects of those proposing to live and work in the EU post-Brexit.
Answered by Lord Ashton of Hyde
The proposed EU Regulation on the import of cultural goods is currently under negotiation with the EU. The UK’s future adherence to EU Regulations, will be subject to exit negotiations.
Asked by: Lord Inglewood (Non-affiliated - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 20 July (HL1072), in the light of imminent decisions regarding the BBC's Charter, why they have made no estimate of when television will be delivered predominantly across the internet.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
The Government’s BBC Charter Review public consultation is open until 8 October and no decisions on the BBC’s Charter are imminent.
Further to my answer of 20 July to Question HL1072, there is already a range of industry research on the future of television distribution and a wide variety of views about migration to internet protocol distribution of television services. This includes the 'Future of Innovation in Television Technology Report,' which DCMS officials contributed to, and which was published by the cross-television industry Digital Television Group in May 2014.
In May 2014, Ofcom's discussion document ‘The Future of Free to View TV’, also considered which trends that might make universal distribution of internet protocol television possible. In the statement on the future of 700Mhz spectrum, Ofcom concluded that: 'digital terrestrial television is likely to retain this central role over the next decade, with a full switch to alternative technologies such as IPTV not appearing until at least 2030'.
Asked by: Lord Inglewood (Non-affiliated - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of when television will be delivered predominantly across the internet.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
The Government has made no estimate of when this will happen.