Brexit: Audio-visual Services Debate
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Lord Razzall
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(6 years, 9 months ago)
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Lord Ashton of Hyde
My Lords, the Government are actively involved in the renegotiation of the AVMS directive, and I believe that the plan is for the trialogues to finish some time this year. I do not want to disagree with the noble Viscount, who is an expert in these things, but I think that the European work status is confirmed by the Council of Europe transfrontier television convention.
Lord Razzall (LD)
Do the Government agree with the recent recommendation of the DCMS Committee in the other place? The committee said:
“To address profound industry uncertainty … the Government must as an urgent priority state its negotiating intentions with respect to the Country of Origin rules framework and”,
more particularly,
“set out its contingency plan, should the rules cease to apply after Brexit”.
Lord Ashton of Hyde
My Lords, the report to which the noble Lord refers was published last Thursday. Although we are quick in DCMS, we have not come to a considered opinion on it yet.