Broadcasting: Scots Gaelic Language

(asked on 4th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on support for Gaelic broadcasting in Scotland in the forthcoming Broadcasting White Paper.


Answered by
Alister Jack Portrait
Alister Jack
Secretary of State for Scotland
This question was answered on 10th January 2022

Ministers and officials from this Department are in regular contact with counterparts from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on a range of matters.

The UK Government has a strong record of demonstrating its commitment to minority language broadcasting to ensure that our broadcasting sector services all audiences of the UK nations and regions.

The UK Government has been undertaking a strategic review of public service broadcasting, which includes the important role of minority language broadcasting to audiences such as Gaelic speakers. The conclusions from that review will be set out in the Broadcasting White Paper.

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