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Written Question
Channel Four
Tuesday 13th March 2018

Asked by: Stephen Kerr (Conservative - Stirling)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has any powers to intervene over the removal of Channel 4 HD services from the Freesat satellite television network.

Answered by Margot James

The Secretary of State does not have any statutory powers to intervene in the removal of Channel 4 HD from the Freesat satellite television network. The High Definition version of Channel 4 is not a public service channel. Therefore, Channel 4 Corporation may provide Channel 4 HD to platforms on a commercial basis.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Mar 2018
Local Museums

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered local museums.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Main.

I should perhaps explain the genesis of the debate to Members, as many people have asked me why I want to raise this interesting subject. Two months ago, …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Mar 2018
Local Museums

"I am grateful to the hon. Lady for her intervention and if she will bear with me, I shall come to that very subject later in my speech.

I believe that it is time for the House to consider the impact that local museums have on our country and our …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Mar 2018
Local Museums

"I am grateful to the hon. Member for Ashfield (Gloria De Piero) for her intervention and for highlighting that issue. Of course, she highlights the importance of the heritage that our museums represent, but they represent much more. In Stirling, we have a number of museums. The Stirling Smith is …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Mar 2018
Local Museums

"Those museums absolutely are important. Museums such as the one the hon. Gentleman refers to build pride in our heritage and define who we are as a people.

The battle of Bannockburn visitor centre tells visitors about the most important battle in the history of Scotland—and perhaps of England. There …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Mar 2018
Local Museums

"I join my hon. Friend in congratulating the people of Aberdeen on their generosity. Those are two things that often do not run together in a sentence, but on this occasion they absolutely do—the “generosity” of “the people of Aberdeen”...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Mar 2018
Local Museums

"You’re not from Aberdeen, are you?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Mar 2018
Local Museums

"I totally agree on the issue relating to accessibility. There are many advantages to companies and individuals making payments to support museums, but the major national museums in London, Glasgow and Edinburgh often get a bigger share of the pie than the smaller ones. In Stirling, we have superb commercial …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Mar 2018
Local Museums

"That is wonderful news and I would certainly embrace the opportunity to have parts of the British Museum’s collection come to Stirling and appear in the Stirling Smith Museum, if that is at all possible; I hope it is.

One of the most famous exhibits in the Stirling Smith Museum …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Mar 2018
Local Museums

"I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his support.

Local museums are a superb way for people to interact with their own local stories; they are a way of understanding those stories. In Stirling, the museums are a way for us to understand locally how we have interacted with …..."
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