Oral QuestionDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 8 January 2026Answered: 15 January 2026

Asked by

Catherine Atkinson

LabourDerby North

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Answer from Hansard

The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Lisa Nandy)

The Government are determined to fight for all the British people. Since we last met, my Department has been delighted to introduce the first national youth strategy in a generation, ending the violent indifference we saw under the last Government, and to launch the town of culture competition, because culture is everywhere, not just in our big cities. While Reform trashes one of our most important national institutions, we have kick-started the BBC charter review to ensure that we protect a BBC that belongs to everybody. Our message to the British people is clear: “We will always fight for you.”