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

To ask Her Majesty's Government who are the members of the Digital Economy Council, announced by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on 1 July; whether they will publish (1) its agenda for, and (2) minutes of, its first meeting on 3 July; what are the dates of future meetings; and whether they have considered appointing a consumer representative to the Council.

We published the membership, terms of reference and frequency of meetings for the Digital Economy Council and Digital Economy Advisory Group on the Gov.UK website, link found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/digital-economy-council-and-digital-economy-advisory-group. The attached PDF file contains the information shown on the Gov.uk’s webpage.

Agenda and minutes are not published to encourage a frank exchange of views during these meetings.

These groups are only one of many routes to engage with us on digital policy. For example, we are committed to working with the public, industry, charities and academia as we develop and implement the Digital Charter.