Oral Question·Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
“If she will make it her policy to maintain free TV licences for people over the age of 75.”
Tabled: 13 January 2020Answered: 16 January 2020
Asked by
Ruth Jones
Labour — Newport West and Islwyn
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Trade Policy and Economic Security (Mr Douglas Alexander)
I assure the hon. Lady that the SPS agreement—the veterinary agreement, as it is called—is one of the priorities we are pursuing. That matter is being led by the Cabinet Office, as is the reset with the European Union. I assure her that dialogue is under way between the Department for Business and Trade, the Cabinet Office and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. It is a priority. It will take time to reset, but I assure her that we are fully aware of the urgency.