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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Sep 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Of course, in 2021 we will be out of the European Union and we will have the Commonwealth games. May I thank my right hon. Friend for choosing Birmingham as the UK’s candidate to host those games? I hope that she will put pressure on the Chancellor of the Exchequer …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Sep 2017
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"3. What progress the Crown Prosecution Service has made in improving conviction rates for offences of modern slavery; and if he will make a statement...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Sep 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"My right hon. and learned Friend will know that in counties such as Staffordshire there is a growing trend of gangmasters exploiting vulnerable people for things such as drug pushing. How can we use the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to try to restrict that? What guidance does he give the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Sep 2017
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"I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for coming to the House today. No right hon. or hon. Member could deny that she has come to the House frequently and kept us informed. As she has said, this process has lasted for over a year, so I ask her …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Jul 2017
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"In my right hon. Friend’s previous statement, she emphasised that it was indeed the evidence that she would look at, and she mentioned quality not quantity. She has said in today’s statement that part of the reason for the delay is the volume of communication she has received; she mentioned …..."
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Written Question
Parliament: Broadcasting
Friday 21st April 2017

Asked by: Michael Fabricant (Conservative - Lichfield)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether a television licence is required solely to view live streaming video of Parliamentary proceedings or recordings of such proceedings on www.parliamentlive.tv.

Answered by Matt Hancock

The legal requirements around the television licence are set out in the Communications Act 2003 and the Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004/692. That Act provides that a television licence is needed to "operate equipment capable of receiving a television programme service". This does not cover on demand services. However, whether live services that www.parliamentlive.tv provide qualify as a television programme service is a question of interpreting the Act and ultimately one for the courts to make.