European Capital of Culture
(asked on 23rd November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has made to the European Commission on its decision to exclude (a) Leeds and (b) other UK cities from bidding for the European Capital of Culture 2023.
This question was answered on 28th November 2017
The European Commission wrote to the Permanent Secretary for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 22 November 2017. A copy of the letter has been placed in the Library. The five candidate cities were informed of the European Commission’s decision on 23 November 2017.