Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 197138

Football: Scotland

Tabled: 1 September 2023
Answered: 8 September 2023

Question

Charlotte Nichols

LabourWarrington North

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to require all Scotland association football matches to be shown for free on television.

Answer

Sir John Whittingdale
The government believes that certain sporting events of national interest should be shown on free-to-air television rather than behind a paywall, so that they can be enjoyed by as wide an audience as possible. That is why we have the listed events regime....

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