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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has made to European authorities on maintaining broadcast licensing arrangements after the UK leaves the EU.

The Government understand the importance of broadcast licensing arrangements for the sector. In the next few months the important issue for us must be focussing on negotiating the right future relationship, including for audiovisual services.

We have continued to build on recent progress by publishing jointly with the EU the topics for discussion on the future framework, which includes digital and broadcasting. This topic list incorporates the economic and security partnerships outlined by the Prime Minister, as well as the institutional framework that will underpin them and other cross-cutting issues.

We aim to continue to make progress over the coming months and are committed to working with the broadcasting sector to understand their needs and concerns.