Oral Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport
“What steps she is taking to help ensure the sustainability of the BBC’s long-term funding.”
Tabled: 11 June 2026Answered: 18 June 2026
Asked by
Olly Glover
Liberal Democrat — Didcot and Wantage
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Andrew Western)
To be frank, the current system is focused on the problems of yesterday. In the last Parliament, economic inactivity increased and the employment rate fell. We are planning fundamental reforms to the system that will focus on the problems of today and get more people into work, details of which will be set out in our forthcoming White Paper, “Get Britain Working”.