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Deposited Papers

Apr. 22 2024

Source Page: The six-monthly report on Hong Kong: 1 July to 31 December 2023. 37p.
Document: Six-Monthly_Report_on_Hong_Kong_July_to_December_2023.pdf (PDF)

Found: .................... ................................ ...... 33 FOREIGN AFFAIRS & UK -HK BILATERAL RELATIONS


Deposited Papers

Apr. 22 2024

Source Page: I. List of ministerial responsibilities. 88p. II. List of non-ministerial departments and executive agencies. 22p. III. Letter dated 19/04/2024 from Alex Burghart MP to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee regarding documents for deposit, and copying them for deposit in the House libraries. 1p.
Document: APRIL_2024_List_of_Ministerial_Responsibilities.pdf (PDF)

Found: Donelan MP Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Minister for Intergovernmental Relations


Commons Chamber
Sudan: Government Response - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) He delivered a strong message with international partners, which—along with Britain’s sanctions—sends - Speech Link
2: Imran Hussain (Lab - Bradford East) What are the UK Government doing, along with our international partners, to ensure that we achieve that - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) done by organisations such as the World Food Programme, which Britain strongly supports, but also the International - Speech Link
4: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) Has a target been set for the amount of international aid to be gathered to deal with that looming crisis - Speech Link
5: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) We have an extremely effective embassy team in Cairo and elsewhere in Egypt, with very close relations - Speech Link


Early Day Motion
Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 (10 Signatures)
22 Apr 2024
Tabled by: Patricia Gibson (Scottish National Party - North Ayrshire and Arran)
That this House notes with concern that the Constitutional Court of Uganda recently upheld the provisions of the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 which, it believes, is in defiance of international law; is aware that the legislation, adopted in May 2023, has been described as being among the world's harshest anti-gay laws …
Written Question
BBC: Finance
Monday 22nd April 2024

Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to publicly advertise opportunities to apply for membership on the BBC funding model review panel.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The BBC Funding Review is looking at how alternative funding models could help secure the broadcaster’s long-term sustainability amid an evolving media landscape, increased competition and changing audience behaviour, while reducing the burden on licence fee payers. It is a government-led review, supported by an expert panel that incorporates a broad range of views from across the sector, providing advice and external challenge on the issues set out in the review’s Terms of Reference, which are available on gov.uk..

The Panel does not have any decision making powers, and is one aspect of the Government’s BBC Funding Model Review.

The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport appointed Panel members based on their expertise across relevant sectors, including television, radio, news and international relations. The experts were selected in consultation with industry stakeholders based on their experience and knowledge of wide ranging issues at the heart of the UK media sector such as the role of Public Service Broadcasters, press sustainability and content for children and young adults. Panel membership is voluntary. The Expert Panel has no legal status and was therefore not set up under the Cabinet Office guidelines for public appointments.


Written Question
BBC: Finance
Monday 22nd April 2024

Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to ensure a transparent selection process for the BBC funding model review panel.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The BBC Funding Review is looking at how alternative funding models could help secure the broadcaster’s long-term sustainability amid an evolving media landscape, increased competition and changing audience behaviour, while reducing the burden on licence fee payers. It is a government-led review, supported by an expert panel that incorporates a broad range of views from across the sector, providing advice and external challenge on the issues set out in the review’s Terms of Reference, which are available on gov.uk..

The Panel does not have any decision making powers, and is one aspect of the Government’s BBC Funding Model Review.

The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport appointed Panel members based on their expertise across relevant sectors, including television, radio, news and international relations. The experts were selected in consultation with industry stakeholders based on their experience and knowledge of wide ranging issues at the heart of the UK media sector such as the role of Public Service Broadcasters, press sustainability and content for children and young adults. Panel membership is voluntary. The Expert Panel has no legal status and was therefore not set up under the Cabinet Office guidelines for public appointments.


Written Question
BBC: Finance
Monday 22nd April 2024

Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has required specific (a) competencies and (b) experience from applicants to the BBC funding model review panel.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The BBC Funding Review is looking at how alternative funding models could help secure the broadcaster’s long-term sustainability amid an evolving media landscape, increased competition and changing audience behaviour, while reducing the burden on licence fee payers. It is a government-led review, supported by an expert panel that incorporates a broad range of views from across the sector, providing advice and external challenge on the issues set out in the review’s Terms of Reference, which are available on gov.uk..

The Panel does not have any decision making powers, and is one aspect of the Government’s BBC Funding Model Review.

The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport appointed Panel members based on their expertise across relevant sectors, including television, radio, news and international relations. The experts were selected in consultation with industry stakeholders based on their experience and knowledge of wide ranging issues at the heart of the UK media sector such as the role of Public Service Broadcasters, press sustainability and content for children and young adults. Panel membership is voluntary. The Expert Panel has no legal status and was therefore not set up under the Cabinet Office guidelines for public appointments.


Written Question
BBC: Finance
Monday 22nd April 2024

Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria she applied in the selection of members for the BBC funding model review panel.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The BBC Funding Review is looking at how alternative funding models could help secure the broadcaster’s long-term sustainability amid an evolving media landscape, increased competition and changing audience behaviour, while reducing the burden on licence fee payers. It is a government-led review, supported by an expert panel that incorporates a broad range of views from across the sector, providing advice and external challenge on the issues set out in the review’s Terms of Reference, which are available on gov.uk..

The Panel does not have any decision making powers, and is one aspect of the Government’s BBC Funding Model Review.

The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport appointed Panel members based on their expertise across relevant sectors, including television, radio, news and international relations. The experts were selected in consultation with industry stakeholders based on their experience and knowledge of wide ranging issues at the heart of the UK media sector such as the role of Public Service Broadcasters, press sustainability and content for children and young adults. Panel membership is voluntary. The Expert Panel has no legal status and was therefore not set up under the Cabinet Office guidelines for public appointments.


Scottish Parliament Select Committee
A report on the Stage 1 scrutiny of the general principles of the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill by the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee of the Scottish Parliament.
Stage 1 report on the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill

Report Apr. 22 2024

Committee: Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Found: The research, by Emily Ottley from the University of Winchester , International Comparison of Abortion


Parliamentary Research
Supply of lithium and other critical minerals - CDP-2024-0080
Apr. 19 2024

Found: The International Energy Agency (IEA), in its report The Role of Critical Minerals in Clea n Energy