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Written Question
Tourism
Monday 20th October 2025

Asked by: Andrew Pakes (Labour (Co-op) - Peterborough)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support local visitor economies.

Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The Government is supporting the visitor economy through partnerships with VisitBritain and VisitEngland to promote Britain globally and drive local growth.

The new Visitor Economy Advisory Council brings together industry leaders, regional voices, and experts to help shape a growth plan aimed at welcoming 50 million inbound visitors annually by 2030.


Written Question
The Observer: Sales
Thursday 31st October 2024

Asked by: Andrew Pakes (Labour (Co-op) - Peterborough)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet Colleagues on the proposed sale of the Observer.

Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport has not had any discussions with Cabinet Colleagues on the proposed sale of the Observer. Consideration of media mergers is a quasi-judicial decision for the DCMS Secretary of State to undertake alone, on the basis of the evidence available to her, without reference to presentational or political considerations.