Culture, Media and Sport Committee

If you weren't chosen in the previous round of State of Play pitches, we'd welcome you to submit an updated application.

We’re inviting ideas for the next phase of our State of Play inquiry 🔍 From live comedy to supporting deaf athletes, we’ve spotlighted numerous overlooked issues - now's your chance to tell us what’s missing. Submit your suggestions today 🔗 forms.office.com/Pages/Response…

This week is #EnglishTourismWeek26 🌎 Tourism is one of England’s largest industries, supporting thousands of small-to-medium sized businesses and generating billions of pounds annually. Stay tuned for future Committee work looking into one of the UK's most valuable sectors 👀

This week, we held an evidence session with Baroness Hodge on her recently published review of Arts Council England (ACE). She told us how important it is to maintain the Council's arm's length principle 👇

During our questioning of @YouTube executives, we asked if all content listed on their platform as 'Made for Kids' has been viewed and moderated by a human first 👇 Watch the session in full: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/b5…

Iain Bundred of the @BBC, explains how partnerships with video sharing platforms are aiming to increase the 'discoverability' of BBC content. We will question @YouTube at the next session in our children's tv and video content inquiry on Tuesday 10 March.

Tomorrow, we will question @BBC executives as we explore the changing ways in which young people watch television and video. Tuesday 3 March, 10am Watch on Parliament Live 🟢 Full session details: committees.parliament.uk/event/26351/fo…

We've written a letter to the Government after @DCMS-commissioned research into the repair, maintenance and renewal of cultural venues in England highlighted a reported funding deficit of around £2 billion ⬇️ committees.parliament.uk/committee/378/…

We've written a letter to the Government calling for an update on the progress it is making on its commitments to support the live comedy sector ⬇️ committees.parliament.uk/committee/378/…

We've written a letter the @BBC seeking an explanation as to how a racial slur came to be broadcast by the corporation as part of coverage of last weekend’s BAFTA film awards 👇 Read the letter 🔗 committees.parliament.uk/committee/378/…

Our Chair, @cj_dinenage, questions Heritage Minister @fionatwycross about re-purposing heritage buildings to create 670,000 new homes👇

In our final evidence session on built heritage, we're questioning Heritage Minister @fionatwycross, Government Chief Property Officer Mark Chivers and Deputy Director for Heritage at @DCMS Fazima Osborn. 10am, Tuesday 10 February 🗓️ Read more 👇 committees.parliament.uk/committee/378/…

Euan Livingstone, agent at Global Artists, illustrates the pressures on an artist's income during our session looking into performing arts touring in the EU ⬇️

"I don't know what will happen to UK culture if we close the doors on making it accessible." @katenash explains about how difficult it has become for artists to tour the EU and play shows locally 👇

As part of our fan-led review of live and electronic music, we've been up and down the country listening to concert-goers' experiences of music events 🎶 We spoke to fans like Colin at the @RoyalAlbertHall about how the Government can protect the world of live classical music 👇

This session is now live: YouTube 🔴 youtube.com/watch?v=hEIF7T… Parliament Live 🟢 parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/14…

Full session details: committees.parliament.uk/event/26155/fo…

The fourth session selected as part of our State of Play inquiry will examine how post-Brexit rules affect touring and working in the EU for UK performers and musicians. Spotlight | @EquityUK | Global Artists | @aborchestras | @WeAreTheMU | Kate Nash Tuesday 3 February, 10am

We then headed to the @BBC in Salford where we saw the Newsround set and Cbeebies House to discuss the range of work that the BBC does for children and young people. [2/2] Read more about our inquiry 👇 committees.parliament.uk/work/9234/chil…

As part of our inquiry into children's TV and video content we took a trip to Manchester, to visit @MackandSaund animation studio in Altrincham to watch their skilled workforce in action, and see the sets of BooSnoo! and Mixmups. [1/2]