European Capital of Culture
(asked on 19th February 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make representations to the European Commission to reverse its decision that UK cities cannot bid to be the European Capital of Culture for 2023.
This question was answered on 22nd February 2018
The matter was raised urgently with the European Commission after we were informed of their decision to discontinue UK cities' participation in the European Capital of Culture programme and discussions are ongoing.
We will continue to work with the five cities that submitted bids and will be meeting their representatives again shortly.