Culture, Media and Sport
Culture, media and sport covers the BBC and the licence fee, Channel 4 and S4C, libraries and museums, the arts, the National Lottery and sport. It also covers the rules on gambling, press regulation and ticket resale, and the new independent regulator for English football. The BBC’s Royal Charter expires at the end of 2027, and decisions on how the BBC is funded after that are due in a government White Paper.
The department responsible
Oversees broadcasting, the arts, sport and gambling: the four things politicians insist they have no opinions about, then issue opinions on.
MPs scrutinising this most
By written questions tabled to the department this Parliament.
1. Mr Louie French Conservative1522. Rt Hon Stuart Andrew Conservative483. Max Wilkinson Liberal Democrat444. Dame Caroline Dinenage Conservative415. Chris Evans Labour (Co-op)34Recent Commons votes
Bills and Acts
Key Acts
All bills and Acts on this topic
Investigations
Households that watch only YouTube, Netflix or other on-demand services could be required to contribute towards the BBC under options being considered by the Culture Secretary. No figures have been published for how many would pay, what the BBC would receive or what enforcement would cost.