Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 111717
Arts: Political Impartiality
Tabled: 9 February 2026
Answered: 12 February 2026
Question
Sir Oliver Dowden
Conservative — Hertsmere
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that arts organisations receiving public funding do not discriminate against events based on the political or philosophical viewpoints of the speaker
Answer
Ian MurrayThe government is committed to freedom of speech, including in the cultural sector, and the Secretary of State has expressed an unequivocal ambition that the era of the government stoking “culture wars” should be over. The government is clear that whilst ...
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