Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 197138
Football: Scotland
Tabled: 1 September 2023
Answered: 8 September 2023
Question
Charlotte Nichols
Labour — Warrington 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 WhittingdaleThe 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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