House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Committee
Formal Minutes
Session 2017 19
The Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Committee
The Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and its associated public bodies.
Current membership Damian Collins MP (Conservative, Folkestone and Hythe) (Chair) Philip Davies MP (Conservative, Shipley) Clive Efford MP (Labour, Eltham) Julie Elliott MP (Labour, Sunderland Central) Paul Farrelly MP (Labour, Newcastle-under-Lyme) Simon Hart MP (Conservative, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire) Julian Knight MP (Conservative, Solihull) Ian C. Lucas MP (Labour, Wrexham)
Jo Stevens MP (Labour, Cardiff Central) Giles Watling MP (Conservative, Clacton)
The following members were also a member of the committee during the parliament:
Chris Matheson MP (Labour, City of Chester) Rebecca Pow MP (Conservative, Taunton Deane)
Powers The Committee is one of the departmental select committees, the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO No 152. These are available on the Internet via www.parliament.uk.
Publication The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications of the Committee (including press notices) are on the Internet at www.parliament.uk/dcmscom.
Committee staff The current staff of the Committee are Chloe Challender (Clerk), Mems Ayinla (Second Clerk), Mubeen Bhutta (Second Clerk), Conor Durham (Committee Specialist), Lois Jeary (Committee Specialist), Andy Boyd (Senior Committee Assistant), Keely Bishop (Committee Assistant), and Lucy Dargahi/Anne Peacock (Select Committee Media Officers).
Contacts All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 6188; [email protected].
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Proceedings of the Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Committee
[As Culture, Media & Sport Committee]
Tuesday 12 September 2017
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julian Knight Brendan O'Hara Ian C Lucas Giles Watling Christian Matheson
1. Declaration of interests
Members declared their interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix).
The Chair noted that he is a Collecting Society, that he receives payment from Harper Collins for his published book, and that he is a trustee of the Shepway Sports Trust.
Julian Knight noted that he receives royalties from Wileys for his published book.
Giles Watling noted that he is a vice-chair of the Royal Theatrical Fund.
Christian Matheson noted that he sponsors a player at Chester RUFC.
Ian C Lucas noted that he held part-membership of Wrexham FC.
2. Day and time of Committee meetings
The Committee considered this matter.
3.
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the public be admitted during the examination of witnesses unless the Committee orders otherwise.
Ordered, That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, written evidence received between scheduled committee meetings, where the material is directly related to a current inquiry or is otherwise judged to be of an urgent nature, shall be reported to the House for publication.
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Resolved, That witnesses who submit written evidence to the Committee are authorised to publish it on their own account in accordance with Standing Order No. 135, subject always to the discretion of the Chair or where the Committee orders otherwise.
Resolved, That the Committee shall not consider individual cases.
4. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee inquires into Sport Governance.
Resolved, That the Committee inquires into Fake news.
Resolved, That the Committee inquires into BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17.
Resolved, That the Committee inquires into Channel 4 Annual Report 2016-17.
5. Travel
Ordered, That the Committee visit Hull, in connection with its inquiry into Channel 4 Annual Report 2016-17.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 13 September at 8.30 a.m.
Appendix
as at 29 August 2017
COLLINS, Damian (Folkestone and Hythe)
Employment and earnings From December 2015, Member of the advisory board of the Society, 1st Floor, Barnard's Inn, 86 Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1EN. This involves attending four meetings a year (4 hrs each) and until further notice, receiving a quarterly payment of £1,500. The first of these was received on 31 January 2016. Hours: 16 hrs per year. (Registered 19 February 2016)
7 March 2017, further payment of £5,740 from Harper Collins, The News Building, 1 London Bridge St, London SE1 9GF, following the publication of my book. Hours: impossible to calculate. (Registered 08 March 2017)
Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: Quinn Estates Address of donor: 77 Bekesbourne Lane, Littlebourne, Canterbury CT3 1UZ Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,500 Donor status: company, registration 05150902 (Registered 17 July 2017)
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Name of donor: Alison P De Haan Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000 Donor status: individual (Registered 17 July 2017) Name of donor: Gresham Research Address of donor: Rose Lodge, Lookers Lane, Hythe CT21 5HW Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,600 Donor status: company, registration 07676062 (Registered 17 July 2017)
Name of donor: Landcap Address of donor: 47 Marylebone Lane, London W1U 2NT Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500 Donor status: company, registration 06947792 (Registered 17 July 2017)
Name of donor: Datum Groundworks Address of donor: Ovenden House, Industrial Estate, Wilcox Close, Aylesham CT3 3EP Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Donor status: company, registration 08906234 (Registered 17 July 2017)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources Name of donor: Chelsea Football Club Address of donor: Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road, London, SW6 1HS Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: a ticket to watch Chelsea v Man Utd, total value including hospitality £714 Date received: 23 October 2016 Date accepted: 23 October 2016 Donor status: company, registration 1965149 (Registered 23 February 2017)
Name of donor: Channel 4 Address of donor: 124-126 Horseferry Rd, Westminster, London SW1P 2TX Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: two tickets to the BAFTAs, total value including hospitality £1,840 Date received: 11 February 2017 Date accepted: 11 February 2017 Donor status: company, registration 01533774 (Registered 24 February 2017)
Name of donor: ITV plc Address of donor: The London Television Centre, Upper Ground, London SE1 9LT Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: ticket, including hospitality, for the National Television Awards with a value of £1,028 Date received: 25 January 2017 Date accepted: 25 January 2017 Donor status: company, registration 4967001 (Registered 31 March 2017)
Name of donor: PRS for Music Address of donor: 2 Pancras Square, London N1C 4AG Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: two tickets, including hospitality, for the Glastonbury Festival value with a value of £1,108.32 Date received: 23 June 2017 Date accepted: 23 June 2017 Donor status: company, registration 03444246 (Registered 31 July 2017)
Visits outside the UK Name of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar Address of donor: Qatar Embassy, 1 South Audley Street, London W1K 1NB Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): air travel, food and accommodation with an approximate value of £5,100 Destination of visit: Qatar Dates of visit: 14-17 February 2017 Purpose of visit: British-Qatar APPG visit to meet Ministers
(Registered 23 February 2017)
Gifts and benefits from sources outside the UK
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Name of donor: Swiss Parliament Address of donor: CH - 3003 Berne Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: as part of the British-Swiss APPG's Parliamentary Ski Week, two ski passes with a value of £240; £480 in total Date received: 2-8 January 2017 Date accepted: 2 January 2017 Donor status: other (Registered 31 March 2017)
Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year Flat in London: (i) and (ii).
ELLIOTT, Julie (Sunderland Central)
Employment and earnings Payments from ComRes, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA for completing opinion surveys. All payments made directly to my constituency party. (Registered 26 July 2016) 17 October 2016, payment of £75. Hours: approx. 40 mins. (Registered 17 October 2016) 31 October 2016, payment of £75. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 31 October 2016) 18 November 2016, payment of £100. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 18 November 2016)
Payments from YouGov, 50 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT for completing opinion surveys. All payments made directly to my constituency party. (Registered 26 August 2016) 8 January 2016, payment of £50. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 26 August 2016) 29 March 2016, payment of £100. Hours: approx. 20 mins. (Registered 26 August 2016) 30 March 2016, payment of £20. Hours: approx. 20 mins. (Registered 26 August 2016) 23 May 2016, payment of £80. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 26 August 2016) 12 July 2016, payment of £40. Hours: approx. 20 mins. (Registered 26 August 2016) 26 August 2016, payment of £80. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 26 August 2016) 23 November 2016, payment of £60. Hours: approx. 15 mins. (Registered 23 November 2016) 9 December 2016, payment of £60. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2016) 15 December 2016, payment of £60. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 19 December 2016)
Payments from Ipsos MORI, 3 Thomas More Square, London E1W 1YW, for completing opinion surveys. All payments made directly to my constituency party. (Registered 04 July 2017) 2 March 2017, payment of £200. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 04 July 2017) 7 July 2017, payment of £100. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 04 July 2017)
Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: GMB Northern Region Address of donor: 1 Mosley Street, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne NE1 1YE Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Donor status: trade union (Registered 07 July 2017)
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Name of donor: Communication Workers Union North East Region Address of donor: 6 Concept Court, Kettlestring Lane, Clifton Moor, York YO30 4XF Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000 Donor status: trade union (Registered 07 July 2017)
Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses I employ my son, Miles Elliott, as a Parliamentary Assistant.
FARRELLY, Paul (Newcastle-under-Lyme)
Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: Unite the Union Address of donor: 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn, London WC1X 8TN Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 in support of my candidacy for the Parliamentary Election Donor status: trade union (Registered 07 July 2017)
Name of donor: GMB Address of donor: 22 Stephenson Way, Euston, London NW1 2HD Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 in support of my candidacy for the Parliamentary Election Donor status: trade union (Registered 07 July 2017)
Name of donor: CWU Midlands Region Address of donor: 46/48 Summer Lane, Birmingham B19 3TH Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 in support of my candidacy for the Parliamentary Election Donor status: trade union (Registered 07 July 2017)
Visits outside the UK Name of donor: Rolls-Royce Plc Address of donor: 62 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6AT Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): £213 contribution to hotel costs. Flights and other accommodation costs were met by a non-registrable source. Destination of visit: Berlin, Brandenburg Dates of visit: 17 20 September 2016 Purpose of visit: British-German APPG visit to the German Parliament, Chancellery, Ministries, Rolls-Royce aero-engine factory and to meet with German business and parliamentarians to discuss the EU Referendum and its future impact. (Registered 28 October 2016)
HART, Simon (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire)
Employment and earnings From 1 November 2015 until further notice, High Net Worth Consultant for the Countryside Alliance of 1 Spring Mews, Tinworth St, London SE11 5AN. I will receive £7,500 every quarter in return for a commitment of approximately 8 hrs a week. (Registered 10 December 2015) Payments from Ipsos MORI, 3 Thomas More Square, London, E1W 1YW, for completing surveys: 8 September 2016, received £200. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 08 September 2016) 30 January 2017, received £200 for survey completed in November 2016. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 06 February 2017) 10 August 2017, received £200 for survey completed in July 2017. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 10 August 2017)
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Payments from ComRes, Four Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA, for completing Parliamentary Panel Surveys: 26 March 2016, received £75 for January 2016 Survey. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 01 November 2016) 26 April 2016, received additional £25 for January 2016 Survey. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 01 November 2016) 17 May 2016, received £75 for February 2016 Survey. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 1 November 2016) 31 August 2016, received £75 for April 2016 Survey. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 1 November 2016) 13 October 2016, received £75 for June 2016 Survey. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 1 November 2016) 31 October 2016, received £75 for August/September 2016 Survey. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 1 November 2016)
Payments from YouGov, 50 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT, for completing Parliamentary Panel Surveys: 13 January 2016, received £50 for December 2015 Survey. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 30 November 2016) 6 April 2016, received £20 for February 2016 Survey. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 30 November 2016) 17 May 2016, received £80 for April 2016 Survey. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 30 November 2016) 27 June 2016, received £40 for May 2016 Survey. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 30 November 2016) 16 August 2016, received £40 for July 2016 Survey. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 30 November 2016) 30 November 2016, received £60 for October 2016 Survey. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 30 November 2016)
Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: United & Cecil Club Address of donor: c/o Beckfield, Crouch Lane, Winkfield, Windsor SL4 4TN Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500 Donor status: members' association (Registered 07 September 2016)
Name of donor: United & Cecil Club Address of donor: c/o Beckfield, Crouch Lane, Winkfield, Windsor SL4 4TN Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500 Donor status: members' association (Registered 20 March 2017)
Name of donor: J C Bamford Excavators Ltd Address of donor: Rocester, Staffordshire ST14 5JP Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000 Donor status: company, registration 0056159 (Registered 27 June 2017)
Any other support Name of donor: Fraser Duffin Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 Date received: 3 October 2016 Date accepted: 3 October 2016 Donor status: individual (Registered 12 October 2016) Name of donor: Landsker Business Club Address
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of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000 Date received: 26 April 2017 Date accepted: 26 April 2017 Donor status: unincorporated association (Registered 28 June 2017; updated 08 August 2017)
Name of donor: Fraser Duffin Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Date received: 3 May 2017 Date accepted: 3 may 2017 Donor status: individual (Registered 28 June 2017) Name value if donation in kind: £3,000 Date received: 3 May 2017 Date accepted: 3 May 2017 Donor status: individual (Registered 28 June 2017)
Name of donor: Johan Christofferson Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Date received: 15 May 2017 Date accepted: 15 May 2017 Donor status: individual (Registered 28 June 2017)
Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses I employ my wife, Abigail Kate Hart, as Office Manager. (Updated 06 April 2017)
KNIGHT, Julian (Solihull)
Employment and earnings Royalties from Wileys, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester PO19 5QD, for book written before I was elected: 23 September 2016, received £770.46. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 18 October 2016) 20 March 2017, received £1,106.43. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 05 April 2017)
Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: Hogarths Hotel Address of donor: Four Ashes Road, Dorridge B93 8QE Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 Donor status: company, registration 05067848 (Registered 03 July 2017)
Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year From 1 December 2015, house in Haywards Heath, owned jointly with my wife: (i) and (ii). (Registered 8 December 2015; updated 29 June 2017)
LUCAS, Ian C. (Wrexham)
Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: More United Address of donor: 32 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2PB Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 Donor status: company, registration 10285790 (Registered 06 July 2017)
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Name of donor: Communication Workers Union Wales and Marches Address of donor: Moss Building, Mill Street, Newport NP20 5HA Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500 Donor status: trade union (Registered 06 July 2017)
Name of donor: Sir Kevin Smith Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Donor status: individual (Registered 06 July 2017)
Visits outside the UK Name of donor: Rolls-Royce Plc Address of donor: 62 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6AT Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights and accommodation with a value of £446 Destination of visit: Berlin, Brandenburg Dates of visit: 17 20 September 2016 Purpose of visit: British-German APPG visit to the German Parliament, Chancellery, Ministries, Rolls-Royce aero-engine factory and to meet with German business and parliamentarians to discuss the EU Referendum and its future impact. (Registered 31 October 2016)
Name of donor: (1) Labour Friends of Israel (2) Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Address of donor: (1) BM LFI, London WC1N 3XX (2) 9 Yitzhak Rabin Blvd., Kiryat Ben-Gurion, Jerusalem 9103001 Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) flights, accommodation, meals, airport and taxi transfers, with a value of £1,500 (2) fast track access through security check, passport control, registration and customs, value £75. Destination of visit: Israel and Palestinian territories Dates of visit: 2-6 January 2017 Purpose of visit: Fact-finding visit. Meeting with Israeli and Palestinian co-existence campaigners, politicians, academics and diplomats. (Registered 23 January 2017)
Miscellaneous Solicitor (non-practising). (Registered 06 November 2009)
Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses I employ my wife, Norah Lucas, as part-time Secretary.
MATHESON, Christian (City of Chester)
Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: Mr Robin Wendt Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500 for the General Election Donor status: individual (Registered 20 June 2017)
Name of donor: GMB NW & Irish Region Address of donor: Columbus Quay, Riverside Drive, Liverpool, L3 4GB Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 for the General Election Donor status: trade union (Registered 20 June 2017)
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Name of donor: Unite the union Address of donor: 128 Theobalds road, London WC1X 8TU. Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,000, donated via the Labour Party Donor status: trade union (Registered 07 July 2017)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources Name of donor: ITV plc Address of donor: The London Television Centre, Upper Ground, London SE1 9LT Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: ticket for the National Television Awards with a value of £1,028 Date received: 25 January 2017 Date accepted: 25 January 2017 Donor status: company, registration 4967001 (Registered 13 March 2017)
O'HARA, Brendan (Argyll and Bute)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources Name of donor: The Scotch Whisky Association Address of donor: Quartermile Two, 2 Lister Square, Edinburgh EH3 9GL Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: as part of an APPG on Scotch Whisky fact-finding visit to Islay, travel, accommodation and subsistence with a value of £379.41 Date received: 7-8 October 2016 Date accepted: 7 October 2016 Donor status: company, registration SC035148 (Registered 21 October 2016)
Visits outside the UK Name of donor: Armed Forces Parliamentary Trust Address of donor: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): return flights to Calgary, AFPT hosted supper and sundries, total approx. value £750 Destination of visit: British Army Training Unit Suffield, Canada Date of visit: 25-28 August 2016 Purpose of visit: As part of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme. (Registered 29 September 2016)
Name of donor: United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs Address of donor: Al Bateen, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): travel and accommodation with a value of £3,500; Destination of visit: United Arab Emirates Dates of visit: 1-7 April 2017 Purpose of visit: As part of the UAE APPG, to meet with Government Ministers, Members of the Federal National Council and senior business figures to build on the bilateral relationship and promote trade and investment ties. (Registered 24 April 2017)
Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital Director and shareholder of Oh! Television; a television production company. The company has not traded. (Registered 11 January 2016)
Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses I employ my wife, Catherine O'Hara, as part time Constituency Assistant. (Registered 19 January 2016)
POW, Rebecca (Taunton Deane)
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Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation Name of donor: Phillip Gibbs Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Donor status: individual (Registered 27 June 2017) Name of donor: Nigel Popplewell Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,500 Donor status: individual (Registered 27 June 2017) Name of donor: Benjamin Goldsmith Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 Donor status: individual (Registered 27 June 2017) Name of donor: Nigel Popplewell Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £1,000 Donor status: individual (Registered 27 June 2017)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources Name of donor: Conservative Friends of Israel Ltd Address of donor: PO Box 72288, London SW1P 9LB Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Travel and accommodation with a value of £2,000 Destination of visit: Israel and the West Bank Dates of visit: 25-30 September 2016 Purpose of visit: Fact finding political delegation. (Registered 20 October 2016)
Visits outside the UK Name of donor: Saudi Arabia Ministry of Foreign Affairs Address of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PO Box 55937, Riyadh 11544 Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): accommodation, food and transport with a total value of £3,187 Destination of visit: Saudi Arabia Date of visit: 2-5 April 2017 Purpose of visit: Conservative Middle East Council Parliamentary fact finding. (Registered 24 April 2017)
Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year House in Somerset: (i) and (ii). (Registered 02 June 2015) House in Somerset, owned jointly with my sister: (i) and (ii). (Registered 02 June 2015) Agricultural land owned jointly with other family members: (i) and (ii) including income from a telecom mast. (Registered 02 June 2015) Commercial building in Somerset, of which I own a 10 percent share: (i) and (ii). (Registered 2 June 2015)
Miscellaneous Vice President of Somerset Wildlife Trust, unpaid. (Registered 02 June 2015; updated 08 August 2016) Council Member of Royal Bath-West Society, unpaid. (Registered 02 June 2015)
STEVENS, Jo (Cardiff Central)
Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
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Name of donor: Musicians Union Address of donor: 60-62 Clapham Road, London SW9 0JJ Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Donor status: trade union (Registered 5 July 2017)
Name of donor: Communications Workers Union, Wales and the Marches Address of donor: PP101M, Telecom House, Factory Road, Newport NP20 5FA Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,000 Donor status: trade union (Registered 5 July 2017)
Name of donor: GMB Wales and the South West Address of donor: Garley House, 17 Newport Road, Cardiff CF24 0TB Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Donor status: trade union (Registered 5 July 2017)
Name of donor: GMB Address of donor: 22 Stephenson Way, Euston, London NW1 2HD Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £15,000 Donor status: trade union (Registered 5 July 2017)
Name of donor: Thompsons Solicitors LLP Address of donor: Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LW Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Donor status: limited liability partnership (Registered 5 July 2017)
Name of donor: RMT Address of donor: Unity House, 39 Chalton Street, London NW1 1JD Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500 Donor status: trade union (Registered 5 July 2017)
Name of donor: UNISON Address of donor: Custom House Street, Cardiff CF10 1AP Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Donor status: trade union (Registered 5 July 2017)
Name of donor: Unite the Union Address of donor: Unite House, 1 Cathedral Road, Cardiff CF11 9SD Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,000 Donor status: trade union (Registered 5 July 2017)
Name of donor: UK-EU Open Policy Ltd Address of donor: 11 Manchester Square, London W1U 3PW Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 Donor status: company, registration 10436078 (Registered 5 July 2017)
WATLING, Giles (Clacton)
Employment and earnings From 6 April 2017 until further notice I receive £1,149.25 a month from Tendring District Council, Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton CO15 1SE, for my role as a councillor and cabinet member. Hours: approx. 10 hrs a week. (Registered 04 July 2017)
Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
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Name of donor: Stalbury Trustees Address of donor: 31 Hill St, London W1J 4LS Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500 Donor status: company, registration 01430799 (Registered 04 July 2017)
Name of donor: The Tandridge Club Address of donor: c/o East Surrey Conservatives, 83 Bell St, Reigate RH2 7AN Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 Donor status: friendly society (Registered 04 July 2017)
Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year Half share in shop with flat above, in Epping: (i) and (ii). (Registered 04 July 2017)
Miscellaneous Trustee of the Patricia Watling Trust; a trust which benefits members of my family. (Registered 04 July 2017)
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[As Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Committee]
Wednesday 13 September 2017
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Simon Hart Brendan O'Hara Julian Knight Rebecca Pow Ian C Lucas Jo Stevens Christian Matheson Giles Watling
1. Further Declaration of interests
Members declared their interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992.
be the City of Culture 2021.
Rebecca Pow noted that she is a patron of Arts Taunton.
2. Sports Governance
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Sports Governance be reported to the House for publication: Correspondence with Fatma Samoura, Secretary General, FIFA, 23 August 2017; and Email from Navi Pillay, 17 May 2017.
Professor Miguel Poiares Maduro, Former Chair of the FIFA Governance Committee and its independent Review Committee, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 10 October at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 10 October 2017
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Christian Matheson Paul Farrelly Brendan O'Hara Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas Giles Watling
1. Further Declaration of interests
Members declared their interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992.
a member of Surrey County Cricket Club.
Simon Hart noted he is Chairman of the Countryside Alliance which is actively involved in campaigning on broad band and mobile phone coverage.
2. Future programme
Resolved, That the Committee hold a pre-appointment hearing with the Chair-elect of Ofcom.
Resolved, That the Committee hold a pre-appointment hearing with the Chair-elect of the Charity Commission.
3. Travel
Ordered, That the Committee visit the Natural History Museum.
Ordered, That the Committee visit New York and Washington DC, in connection with its inquiry into Fake news.
4. The work of Ofcom
The Committee considered this matter.
Sharon White, Chief Executive, and Dame Patricia Hodgson, Chair, Ofcom, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 11 October at 2.15 p.m.
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Wednesday 11 October 2017
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Christian Matheson Paul Farrelly Brendan O'Hara Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Giles Watling Ian C Lucas
1. The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
The Committee considered this matter.
Rt Hon Karen Bradley MP, Secretary of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 18 October at 2.00 p.m.
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Wednesday 18 October 2017
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Christian Matheson Paul Farrelly Brendan O'Hara Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens
Ian C Lucas Giles Watling
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Combatting doping in sport
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Combatting doping in sport be reported to the House for publication:
DOP000 1 British Cycling
3. The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Rt Hon Karen Bradley MP, Secretary of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, 17 October 2017.
4. Sport Governance
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Sport Governance be reported to the House for publication:
SPG0001 The Football Association SPG0002 Eniola Aluko SPG0003 Verita
Lianne S
Martin Glenn, Chief Executive, Greg Clarke, Chairman, Dan Ashworth, Technical Director, and Rachel Brace, Human Resources Director, The Football Association, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 24 October at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 24 October 2017
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Brendan O'Hara Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas Giles Watling Christian Matheson
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Broadcasting
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That Ray Gallagher be appointed Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee on matters related to broadcasting, until the end of December 2017. (For details of declaration of interests, see Appendix.)
3. Fake news
Ordered, That the following correspondence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication: Letter from the Chair of the Committee to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, 19 October 2017.
4. Channel 4 Annual Report 2016
The Committee considered this matter.
David Abraham, Chief Executive, and Charles Gurassa, Chair, Channel 4, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 31 October at 10.00 a.m.
Appendix
Ray Gallagher (broadcasting matters) Member of the British Screen Advisory Council Fellow of the Royal Television Society Associate Member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts I joined the Sky pension plan (a defined contribution scheme) during my employment and ceased contributing to it when I left the company in February 2006.
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Tuesday 31 October 2017
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Brendan O'Hara Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas Giles Watling
Christian Matheson
1. The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Rt Hon Karen Bradley MP, Secretary of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, 25 October 2017.
2. Sport Governance
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Sport Governance be reported to the House for publication:
SPG0004 The Football Association supplementary SPG0005 Malcolm Wallace SPG0006 British Wheelchair Athletics Association SPG0007 Mark Hanson SPG0008 Kyle Powell SPG0009 Steve Long SPG0010 Ian Jones SPG0011 Anonymous SPG0012 Charlie Bethel SPG0013 Baroness Grey-Thompson SPG0014 Pauline Betteridge SPG0015 International Paralympic Committee SPG0016 Peter Eriksson SPG0017 International Paralympic Committee SPG0018 Bethany Woodward SPG0019 Georgina Hart
Resolved, That certain written evidence relating to Sport Governance not be accepted by the Committee.
Baroness Grey-Thompson, gave oral evidence.
Michael Breen, father of Olivia Breem, Paralympian, gave oral evidence.
Tim Hollingsworth OBE, Chief Executive, British Paralympic Association, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 7 November at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 7 November 2017
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Christian Matheson Paul Farrelly Brendan O'Hara Simon Hart Rebecca Pow
Ian C Lucas
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee inquires into The work of the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
2. Fake news
Ordered, That the following correspondence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication: Letter from the Chair of the Committee to Jack Dorsey, Twitter, 3 November 2017.
3. Impact of Brexit on UK Creative industries, tourism and The Single Digital Market
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Impact of Brexit on UK Creative industries, tourism and The Single Digital Market be reported to the House for publication:
BXT0001 Creative Europe Desk UK supplementary
4. Sport Governance
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Sport Governance be reported to the House for publication:
SPG0024 Kathryn Periac SPG0025 Professor John Brewer
[Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]
Resolved, That the Committee agrees not to accept anonymous written submissions other than in exceptional circumstances, or when the Committee can verify the submission.
5. BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17
The Committee considered this matter.
Tony Hall, Director General, Sir David Clementi, Chairman, and Anne Bulford, Deputy Director General, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 14 November at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 14 November 2017
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Christian Matheson Paul Farrelly Brendan O'Hara Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens
Ian C Lucas Giles Watling
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Committee visits
The Committee considered this matter.
3. Sport Governance
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Sport Governance be reported to the House for publication:
SPG0031 UK Sport and Sport England
[Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]
Tracey Crouch MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport and Civil Society, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 21 November at 10.00 a.m.
Wednesday 15 November 2017 The Chair, Julie Elliott, Ian C Lucas, Rebecca Pow and Giles Watling visited the Natural History Museum, Tuesday 10 October 2017.
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Tuesday 21 November 2017
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Christian Matheson Paul Farrelly Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens
Ian C Lucas
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Committee visits
The Committee considered this matter.
3. Sport Governance
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Sport Governance be reported to the House for publication:
SPG0030 Patricia Acton SPG0032 Teresa Gregory SPG0033 Teresa Gregory supplementary SPG0034 UK Athletics SPG0035 British Rowing SPG0036 British Wheelchair Basketball
[Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]
4. Fake News
The Committee considered this matter.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 28 November at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 28 November 2017
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Simon Hart Julian Knight Rebecca Pow Ian C Lucas Jo Stevens
Christian Matheson
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Committee visits
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the Chair has leave to visit Florence to attend the Transnational Governance of Sports conference, in February 2017, in a representative capacity, and that the Chair seek the approval of the Chair of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the visit.
3. Sport Governance
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Sport Governance be reported to the House for publication:
SPG0037 Brian Scobie
4. Fake News
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication: Letter from the Chair of the Committee to Dara Nasr, Twitter, 19 October 2017; Letter from Simon Milner, Facebook, 21 November 2017; and Letter from Nick Pickles, Facebook, 24 November.
FKN0002 Isabella Weatherley FKN0003 Bangor University FKN0004 Independent Press Standards Organisation FKN0005 Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice FKN0006 Professor Leighton Andrews, Cardiff Business School FKN0007 Corsham Institute FKN0008 Edmund Wisty FKN0009 Mr C Miller FKN0010 Age of Autism FKN0011 MEND: Muslim Engagement and Development FKN0012 Association for Citizen Teaching FKN0013 Professor Christian Fuchs, University of Westminster FKN0014 Dr Mils Hills [Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]
[Adjourned till Wednesday 29 November at 10.00 a.m.
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Wednesday 29 November 2017
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Christian Matheson Paul Farrelly Simon Hart Jo Stevens Julian Knight Giles Watling Ian C Lucas
1. The work of the Charity Commission
The Committee considered this matter.
William Shawcroft, out-going Chair, and Helen Stephenson, Chief Executive, Charity Commission, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 5 December at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 5 December 2017
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Paul Farrelly Rebecca Pow Simon Hart Jo Stevens Julian Knight Giles Watling Ian C Lucas
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Sport Governance
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Sport Governance be reported to the House for publication:
SPG0038 Tracy Lewis SPG0040 British Paralympic Association supplementary SPG0041 International Paralympic Committee supplementary SPG0042 International Paralympic Committee further supplementary SPG0043 Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport SPG0044 Sophie Hahn MBE SPG0045 Anne Wafula-Strike SPG0046 Jane Freebody SPG0047 Becky Bailey SPG0048 UK Athletics supplementary
[Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]
[Adjourned till Wednesday 6 December at 2.15 p.m.
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Wednesday 6 December 2017
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens
Chris Matheson Giles Watling
1. Sport Governance
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Sport Governance be reported to the House for publication:
SPG0049 Michael Breen SPG0051 John Court SPG0052 International Paralympic Committee further supplementary
[Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]
Peter Eriksson, former Director and Head Coach, UK Athletics Paralympic Performance (via video-link); Michael Cavendish, Deputy Performance Director, UK Athletics, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 12 December at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 12 December 2017
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Simon Hart Chris Matheson Julian Knight Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas Giles Watling
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee inquires into the social impact of culture and sport.
Resolved, That the Committee inquires into Music and live events.
2. Sport Governance
The Committee considered this matter.
3. Football Offences Act draft amendment
The Committee considered this matter.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 13 December at 10.00 a.m.
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Wednesday 13 December 2017
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Chris Matheson Paul Farrelly Julian Knight Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas Giles Watling
1. Football Offences Act draft amendment
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Appointment of the Chair of Ofcom
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the Appointment of the Chair of Ofcom be reported to the House for publication:
POF0001 Citizens Advice
Draft Report (Appointment of the Chair of Ofcom), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the First Report of the Committee, HC 508.
3. Appointment of the Chair of the Charity Commission
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the Appointment of the Chair of the Charity Commission be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Rt Hon Karen Bradley MP, Secretary of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, 6 December 2017.
4. Sport Governance
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the Sport Governance be reported to the House for publication:
SPG0053 Sport and Recreation Alliance
[Adjourned till Tuesday 19 December at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 19 December 2017
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Chris Matheson Paul Farrelly Simon Hart Jo Stevens Julian Knight Giles Watling
Ian C Lucas
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Visit to New York & Washington DC
The Committee considered this matter.
3. Draft letter to the Secretary of State regarding recruitment processes
The Committee considered this matter.
4. Fake news
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Nick Pickles, Twitter, 13 December 2017; and Letter from the Chair of the Committee to Jack Dorsey, Twitter, 14 December 2017.
FKN0015 Richard Ebley FKN0016 Stuart Mercer FKN0018 Samuel Townsend FKN0019 Brian Deer FKN0020 Alistair McHugh FKN0021 Dominic Penna FKN0025 Pupils 2 Parliament [Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.] [The publications FKN0015, FKN0016, FKN0018 and FKN0019 were published on the 12th December under the delegated authority of the Chair (Resolution of the Committee, 12th September 2017).]
Professor Kalina Bontcheva, Professor of Text Analysis, University of Sheffield, and Samantha Bradshaw, Oxford Internet Institute, gave oral evidence.
David Alandete, Managing Editor, El País, Francisco de Borja Lasheras, Director, Madrid Office, European Council on Foreign Relations, and Mira Milosevich-Juaristi, Associate Professor, History of International Relations, Instituto de Empresa, Madrid, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 9 January 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 9 January 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Chris Matheson Paul Farrelly Brendan Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas Giles Watling
1. Impact of Brexit on UK Creative industries, tourism and The Single Digital Market
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Impact of Brexit on UK Creative industries, tourism and The Single Digital Market be reported to the House for publication:
BXT0002 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport supplementary
2. Visit to New York & Washington DC
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved that the Policy Adviser to the Chair, attend elements of the Committee visit to New York and Washington that do not involve private meetings of the Committee, on a self-funded basis.
3. Draft letter to the Secretary of State regarding recruitment processes
The Committee considered this matter.
4. BBC pay
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee inquires into BBC pay.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to BBC pay be reported to the House for publication: Letter from the Chair to Tony Hall, Director-General, BBC, 9 January 2018.
5. BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17 be reported to the House for publication:
BBC0001 BBC supplementary
6. Sports Governance
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Sports Governance be reported to the House for publication:
SPG0054 UK Sport supplementary [Adjourned till Tuesday 16 January 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 16 January 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Chris Matheson Paul Farrelly Rebecca Pow Simon Hart Jo Stevens
Ian C Lucas
1. Impact of Brexit on UK Creative industries, tourism and The Single Digital Market
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Visit to New York & Washington DC
The Committee considered this matter.
3. BBC pay
The Committee considered this matter.
4. Fake news
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication:
FKN0026 The Open University FKN0027 Age of Autism supplementary FKN0031 Electoral Commission [Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]
Bethan Crockett, Senior Director, Brand Safety and Digital Risk, GroupM EMEA, Eitan Jankelewitz, Partner, Sheridans, and Matt Rogerson, Head of Public Policy, Guardian News and Media, gave oral evidence.
Tim Elkington, Chief Digital Officer, Internet Advertising Bureau, Phil Smith, Managing Director, Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA), and Ben Williams, Adblock Plus, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 17 January 2018 at 11.00 a.m.
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Wednesday 17 January 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Ian C Lucas Paul Farrelly Chris Matheson
1. Impact of Brexit on UK Creative industries, tourism and The Single Digital Market
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Visit to New York & Washington DC
The Committee considered this matter.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 23 January 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 23 January 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Chris Matheson Paul Farrelly Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas Giles Watling
1. The potential impact of Brexit on UK creative industries, tourism and the single digital market
The Committee considered this matter.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Second Report of the Committee, HC 365.
2. Visit to New York & Washington DC
The Committee considered this matter.
3. Fake news
The Committee considered this matter.
The Committee discussed the process by which Cambridge Analytica could be compelled to give oral evidence to the Fake News inquiry. The Committee resolved that the Chairman write to Cambridge
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Simon Milner, Facebook to Chair, 17 January 2018.
Professor Vian Bakir, Bangor University, Professor Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Bristol, and Dr Caroline Tagg, The Open University, gave oral evidence.
Matt Breen, Commercial Director, Media Chain (part of the Social Chain Group), Adam Hildreth, Chief Executive, Crisp, and Dr Charles Kriel, Corsham Institute, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 30 January 2018 at 11.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 30 January 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Paul Farrelly Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas Giles Watling Chris Matheson
1. Visit to New York and Washington DC
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Fake news
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That Charles Kriel be appointed Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee on matters related to fake news. (For details of declaration of interests, see Appendix.)
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Nick Pickles, Twitter, to Chair, 19 January 2018; and letter from Chair to Jack Dorsey, Twitter, 25 January 2018.
3. BBC pay
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to BBC pay be reported to the House for publication:
PAY0002 National Union of Journalists PAY0003 BBC Women
[Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]
4. Combatting doping in sport
The Committee considered this matter.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 31 January 2018 at 1.50 p.m.
Appendix
Charles Kriel (Fake news) Director Kriel Agency, a digital media and social data consulting agency; Countering Violent Extremism Programme Director Corsham Institute, a civil society charity; Cofounder and shareholder Lightful, a social media tool for charities.
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Wednesday 31 January 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Chris Matheson Paul Farrelly Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas Giles Watling
1. BBC pay
The Committee considered this matter.
Carrie Gracie, Journalist, and Michelle Stanistreet, National Union of Journalists, gave oral evidence.
Tony Hall, Director General, Sir David Clementi, Chairman, Fran Unsworth, Director of BBC News and Current Affairs, and Anne Bulford, Deputy Director General, BBC, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 6 February 2018 at 7.00 p.m.
Sunday 4 Friday 9 February 2018 The Chair, Julie Elliott, Paul Farrelly, Simon Hart, Julian Knight, Ian C Lucas, Chris Matheson, Brendan visited New York and Washington DC, in Tuesday 10 October 2017.
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Tuesday 6 February 2018
The Committee met in the Benjamin Hotel, New York
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Chris Matheson Paul Farrelly Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas Giles Watling
1. Visit to New York and Washington DC
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Fake news
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication:
FKN0035 Factmata FKN0036 Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA) supplementary FKN0037 National Literary Trust FKN0038 Google supplementary FKN0039 David Chavern, News Media Alliance FKN0040 Claire Wardle, Shorenstein Centre on Media, Politics and Public Policy FKN0041 Amy Mitchell, Pew Research Centre FKN0042 Major Garrett, CBS News
[Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]
3. BBC pay
The Committee considered this matter.
4. Combatting doping in sport
The Committee considered this matter.
[Adjourned till Thursday 8 February 2018 at 8.50 a.m.
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Thursday 8 February 2018
The Committee met in the Grand Ballroom, George Washington University, Washington DC
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Chris Matheson Paul Farrelly Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas Giles Watling
1. Fake news
The Committee considered this matter.
Richard Gingras, Vice President of News, Google, and Juniper Downs, Global Head of Public Policy, YouTube, gave oral evidence.
Monika Bickert, Head of Global Policy Management, and Simon Milner, Policy Director, UK, Middle East and Africa, Facebook, gave oral evidence.
Carlos Monje, Director, Public Policy and Philanthropy, U.S. and Canada, and Nick Pickles, Head of Public Policy and Philanthropy, UK, Twitter, gave oral evidence.
David Carroll, Associate Professor of Media Design, The New School, Amy Mitchell, Director of Journalism Research, Pew Research Center, Frank Sesno, Director, School of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University, and Claire Wardle, Research Fellow, Shorenstein Centre on Media, Politics and Public Policy, gave oral evidence.
David Chavern, President and Chief Executive, New Media Alliance, Major Garrett, Chief White House Correspondent, CBS News, Tony Maddox, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, CNN International, and Kinsey Wilson, Special Advisor to the President and Chief Executive, NY Times, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 20 February 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 20 February 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Paul Farrelly Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas Giles Watling Chris Matheson
1. Fake news
The Committee considered this matter.
2. BBC pay
The Committee considered this matter.
3. The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport be reported to the House for publication: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Supplementary Estimate 2017-18 Memorandum; and Charity Commission Supplementary Estimate 2017-18 Memorandum.
4. Appointment of the Chair of the Charity Commission
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Appointment of the Chair of the Charity Commission be reported to the House for publication:
PCC001 Andrew Hind CB, Chief Executive, Charity Commission 2004-10 PCC002 Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations, Directory of Social Change, National Association for Voluntary and Community Action, Charity Finance Group, and Bond PCC003 National Council for Voluntary Organisations
rred candidate for Chair of the Charity Commission, gave oral evidence.
The Committee considered this matter further.
Ordered, That the following correspondence relating to Appointment of the Chair of the Charity Commission be reported to the House for publication: Letter from the Chair to Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, 20 February 2018.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 27 February 2018 at 9.45 a.m.
Wednesday 21 Thursday 22 February 2018 The Chair visited Florence to attend the Transnational Governance of Sports conference, in a representative capacity, Tuesday 28 November 2017.
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Tuesday 27 February 2018, First meeting
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Paul Farrelly Chris Matheson Ian C Lucas Giles Watling
1. Appointment of the Chair of the Charity Commission
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following correspondence relating to Appointment of the Chair of the Charity Commission be reported to the House for publication: Letters from the Chair to Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, 9 January and 22 February 2018; and Letters from Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, to the Chair of the Committee, 25 January, 21 and 23 February 2018.
Draft Report (Appointment of the Chair of the Charity Commission), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Third Report of the Committee, HC 509.
[Adjourned till 10.25 a.m.
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Tuesday 27 February 2018, Second meeting
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Paul Farrelly Chris Matheson Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Giles Watling Ian C Lucas
1. Fake news
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication:
FKN043 Internet Advertising Bureau UK supplementary FKN044 The Open University supplementary FKN045 Cambridge Analytica
Alexander Nix, Chief Executive, Cambridge Analytica, gave oral evidence.
2. Combatting doping in sport
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Combatting doping in sport be reported to the House for publication:
DOP005 Sir Bradley Wiggins DOP006 Phil Burt DOP007 Dr Richard Freeman
Draft Report (Combatting doping in sport), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Fourth Report of the Committee, HC 366.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 6 March 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 6 March 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Ian C Lucas Paul Farrelly Chris Matheson Simon Hart Julian Knight Giles Watling
1. Combatting doping in sport
The Committee considered this matter.
2. BBC pay
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to BBC pay be reported to the House for publication:
PAY004 Andy White PAY005 Cass Business School PAY007 Professor Jill Rubery, Work and Equalities Institute, Alliance Manchester Business School PAY008 BBC supplementary [Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]
3. Visit to the Royal Albert Hall
Ordered, That the Committee visit the Royal Albert Hall.
4. Fake news
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication:
FKN046 Adblock Plus FKN048 Facebook FKN049 Dr Sander van der Linden, et al FKN051 Elizabeth Denham, Information Commissioner FKN052 Edward Lucas
Bill Browder, Founder and Chief Executive, Hermitage Capital Management and Edward Lucas, Senior Vice President, Center for European Policy Analysis, gave oral evidence.
Elizabeth Denham, Information Commissioner, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 13 March 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 13 March 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Chris Matheson Paul Farrelly Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas Giles Watling
1. Visit to New York and Washington DC, February 2018
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Fake news
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication:
FKN053 The Stonehenge Alliance FKN054 Kalina Bontcheva supplementary FKN055 Paul-Olivier Dehaye FKN056 Arron Banks FKN057 Elizabeth Denham, Information Commissioner supplementary FKN058 Disinformation Index FKN059 Arron Banks supplementary
3. BBC pay
The Committee considered this matter.
4. The social impact of participation in culture and sport
The Committee considered this matter.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 14 March 2018 at 2.00 p.m.
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Wednesday 14 March 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Ian C Lucas Paul Farrelly Rebecca Pow Simon Hart Jo Stevens Julian Knight Giles Watling
1. Visit to New York and Washington DC, February 2018
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Government Response: Appointment of the Chair of the Charity Commission
The Committee considered this matter.
Draft Special Report, (Appointment of the Chair of the Charity Commission: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government's response to the Third Report from the Committee was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the First Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
3. BBC pay
The Committee considered this matter.
4. The Leveson Inquiry and its implementation
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following correspondence relating to the Leveson Inquiry and its implementation be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, 13 March 2018.
5. Fake news
The Committee considered this matter.
Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 19 March 2018 at 4.00 p.m.
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Monday 19 March 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Rebecca Pow Ian C Lucas Giles Watling
Chris Matheson
1. Fake news The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies, University of Essex, submit information it holds on how user data has been handled by Cambridge Analytica and Facebook, in inquiry into Fake News, and the evidence given to the Committee by Cambridge Analytica on 27 February 2018, by 22 March 2018.
2. BBC pay The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following correspondence and written evidence relating to BBC pay be reported to the House for publication: Letter from the Chair to Lord Hall, Director-General, BBC, regarding oral evidence, 20 March 2018.
PAY009 Liz Kershaw PAY010 BBC employees PAY011 BBC presenters PAY012 Andrew Scadding, Head of Corporate Affairs, BBC
[Adjourned till Tuesday 20 March 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 20 March 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Chris Matheson Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas Giles Watling
1. Fake news The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following correspondence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication: Letter from the Chair to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, regarding an invite to give oral evidence, 20 March 2018.
2. BBC pay The Committee considered this matter.
Liz Kershaw, Kirsty Lang, Paul Lewis, Stuart Linnell MBE, BBC journalists, gave oral evidence.
Jolyon Maugham QC, tax lawyer, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 21 March 2018 at 2.45 p.m.
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Wednesday 21 March 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Chris Matheson Simon Hart Julian Knight Rebecca Pow Ian C Lucas Jo Stevens
1. Fake news The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, to recall Alexander Nix for further evidence.
Sandy Parakilas, former Facebook operations manager, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 27 March 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 27 March 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Paul Farrelly Rebecca Pow Simon Hart Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas Giles Watling Chris Matheson
1. Fake news The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following correspondence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication: Letter from the Chair to Alexander Nix, Cambridge Analytica, regarding an invite to give oral evidence, 22 March 20181; letter from Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, to the Chair, regarding oral evidence invitation, 26 March 2018; and written evidence submitted by Dr Emma Briant (essays).
Paul-Olivier Dehaye and Christopher Wylie, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 28 March 2018 at 10.30 a.m.
1 Ordered to be published 26 March 2018.
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Wednesday 28 March 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Chris Matheson Paul Farrelly Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas Giles Watling
1. Fake news The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following background papers relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication: Christopher Wylie background papers.
[Adjourned till Monday 16 April 2018 at 1.30 p.m.
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Monday 16 April 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julian Knight Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas Giles Watling Chris Matheson
1. Fake news The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the audio files to which the transcripts submitted by Dr Emma Briant in response to an order of the Committee relate, reported to the House on 27 March with further files reported today, be
Ordered, That the following evidence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication: Legal opinion from Matrix Chambers2; and Emma Briant written evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 17 April 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
2 Published on the 13 April 2018 under the delegated authority of the Chair (Resolution of the Committee, 12th September 2017).
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Tuesday 17 April 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Chris Matheson Paul Farrelly Simon Hart Jo Stevens Julian Knight Giles Watling Ian C Lucas
1. Sport Governance The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Sport Governance be reported to the House for publication:
SPG0055 Ian Mackay SPG0056 UK Athletics further supplementary evidence
2. The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport be reported to the House for publication: Letters from Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State, 21 and 28 March 2018.
3. Fake news
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication:
FKN0062 Kevin Cahill FKN0063 Kevin Cahill supplementary FKN0065 David Brear FKN0066 Ruchi Hajela FKN0067 M C McGrath FKN0068 MoneySavingExpert.com FKN0070 Prof. Dr. G. Keith Still FKN0073 Avaaz FKN0074 Erin Anzelmo FKN0076 Brittany Kaiser [Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]
Brittany Kaiser, former Director of Program Development, Cambridge Analytica, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 24 April 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 24 April 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Chris Matheson Paul Farrelly Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas
1. BBC pay
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to BBC pay be reported to the House for publication: Letter from the Chair to Tony Hall, Director General, BBC, re BBC Pay, 19 April 2018
2. The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport be reported to the House for publication: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Main Estimate 2018-19 Memorandum.
3. Fake news
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication:
FKN0077 Dr Aleksandr Kogan (including PowerPoint presentation) FKN0078 Facebook supplementary FKN0079 Christopher Wylie supplementary
Dr Aleksandr Kogan, Senior Research Associate, Department of Psychology, Cambridge University, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 25 April 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
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Wednesday 25 April 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Chris Matheson Julian Knight Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas
1. Combatting doping in sport
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Amendments to the Data Protection Bill
The Committee considered this matter.
3. Travel in a representative capacity
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the Chair, one Committee member and one member of Committee staff, have leave to interference in elections conference, in July 2018, in a representative capacity, and that the Chair seek the approval of the Chair of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the visit.
4. Visit to the Royal Albert Hall
The Committee considered this matter.
5. Fake news
The Committee considered this matter.
[Adjourned till Thursday 26 April 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
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Thursday 26 April 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Chris Matheson Paul Farrelly Simon Hart Jo Stevens Julian Knight Giles Watling Ian C Lucas
1. Fake news
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication:
FKN0080 Arron Banks FKN0081 Susie Alegre FKN0082 Facebook supplementary
Mike Schroepfer, Chief Technical Officer, Facebook, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 2 May 2018 at 2.00 p.m.
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Wednesday 2 May 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Ian C Lucas Jo Stevens Chris Matheson Giles Watling
1. Future Programme
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee inquires into the proposed sale of Wembley Stadium and the future of English Football.
2. Social impact in participation in culture and sport
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the Committee visit Sunderland.
Ordered, That the Committee visit Manchester, Chester and Wrexham.
3. Fake news
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following correspondence and written evidence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication: Letter from the Chair to Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, 1 May 20183; and Chris Vickery data flow illustration, 2 May 2018.
FKN0084 Dr Paul Reilly
Chris Vickery, Director, Cyber Risk Research, UpGuard, gave oral evidence.
The Committee further considered this matter.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 9 May 2018 at 11.45 a.m.
Wednesday 9 May 2018 The Chair, Julie Elliott, Ian C Lucas and Giles Watling visited the Royal Albert Hall, in accordance with Tuesday 6 March 2018.
3 Ordered to be published 1 May 2018.
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Wednesday 9 May 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Simon Hart Ian C Lucas Julian Knight Giles Watling
1. Fake news The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That Mr Dominic Cummings attend the Committee on Tuesday 22 May.
Ordered, That Mr Alexander Nix attend the Committee on Wednesday 6 June.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 15 May 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 15 May 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Ian C Lucas Paul Farrelly Chris Matheson Simon Hart Jo Stevens
Julian Knight
1. Government Response: Combatting doping in sport The Committee considered this matter.
Draft Special Report, (Combatting doping in sport: Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government's response to the Fourth Report from the Committee was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Second Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
2. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
3. Fake news
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee commission research from Kings College on data received in the Fake news inquiry.
Ordered, That the following correspondence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, 14 May 2018.
Claire Bassett, Chief Executive, Bob Posner, Director of Political Finance and Regulation and Legal Counsel, and Louise Edwards, Head of Regulations, Electoral Commission, gave oral evidence.
The Committee considered this matter.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 16 May 2018 at 2.00 p.m.
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Wednesday 16 May 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Ian C Lucas Paul Farrelly Chris Matheson Simon Hart
Julian Knight Jo Stevens
1. Fake news
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication:
FKN0086 AggregateIQ
Jeff Silvester, Chief Operating Officer, AggregateIQ, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 22 May 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 22 May 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Rebecca Pow Paul Farrelly Julian Knight Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas Giles Watling
Chris Matheson
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. BBC pay
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to BBC pay be reported to the House for publication:
PAY014 BBC further supplementary
3. Fake news
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered .
Ordered, That the following written evidence and correspondence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication: Letter from the Chair to Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, 21 May 2018.
FKN050 Second Draft FKN089 Borden Ladner Gervais LLP [Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]
Tristan Harris, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Center for Humane Technology, gave oral evidence (via video-link from Paris).
[Adjourned till Wednesday 23 May 2018 at 2.00 p.m.
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Wednesday 23 May 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Chris Matheson Paul Farrelly Simon Hart Jo Stevens Julian Knight Giles Watling Ian C Lucas
1. Fake news
The Committee considered this matter.
[Adjourned till Monday 4 June 2018 at 4.00 p.m.
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Monday 4 June 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Paul Farrelly Ian C Lucas Simon Hart Jo Stevens
1. Failure of a witness to answer an Order of the Committee: conduct of Mr Dominic Cummings The Committee considered this matter.
Draft Special Report, (Failure of a witness to answer an Order of the Committee: conduct of Mr Dominic Cummings), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Third Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
2. Government Response: The potential impact of Brexit on the creative industries, tourism and the digital single market The Committee considered this matter.
Draft Special Report, (The potential impact of Brexit on the creative industries, tourism and the digital single market: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government's response to the Second Report from the Committee was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fourth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
3. Fake news
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Fake News be reported to the House for publication:
FKN0072 Alexander Nix supplementary FKN0092 Dr Emma Briant supplementary
Ordered, That the audio files to which the further written evidence submitted by Dr Emma Briant on 4
[Adjourned till Wednesday 6 June 2018 at 2.30 p.m.
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Wednesday 6 June 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Chris Matheson Paul Farrelly Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens
Ian C Lucas Giles Watling
1. Fake news The Committee considered this matter.
Alexander Nix, gave oral evidence. [Adjourned till Monday 11 June 2018 at 4.00 p.m.
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Monday 11 June 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julian Knight Ian C Lucas Jo Stevens Chris Matheson Giles Watling
1. Fake News The Committee considered this matter.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 12 June 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 12 June 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas Giles Watling
Chris Matheson
1. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter.
2. Social impact of participation in culture and sport Ordered, That the Committee visit the Brandon Estate, Kennington.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Social impact of participation in culture and sport be reported to the House for publication:
SCS0002 Aesop Arts Society Ltd SCS0006 Fleetwood Town Community Trust SCS0007 Old Royal Naval College SCS0008 Julian Dennis Rand MBE SCS0009 Welsh Government SCS0010 Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children SCS0011 Lord Taveners SCS0012 Paul Hamlyn Foundation SCS0013 Ashira Singers SCS0014 Peterborough Choral Society SCS0016 The Architectural Heritage Fund SCS0017 Dronfield Singers SCS0018 Neil Oxley SCS0020 The Daytones SCS0021 Living Streets SCS0022 Birmingham City University supplementary SCS0023 Baring Foundation SCS0024 Independent Street Arts Network SCS0025 Yorkshire Sculpture Park SCS0026 Mike Stubbs SCS0027 Park Palace Ponies SCS0028 Wight Harmony SCS0029 New College Leicester SCS0030 Sheffield Performer and Audience Research Centre, University of Sheffield SCS0031 Roy Clare SCS0032 TLANG Project SCS0033 Choi Kwang Do Ashington SCS0034 Crafts Council
SCS0036 Spirit of 2012 SCS0037 Action for Childrens Arts SCS0038 Bristol Reggae Orchestra SCS0039 Brooklands Museum SCS0040 CILIP SCS0042 Lime Music for Health SCS0043 Scene & Heard
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SCS0044 Professor Eric Anderson, University of Winchester, Dr Rory Magrath, Solent University, Southampton, Dr Adam J. White, University of Bedfordshire, Dr Rachael Bullingham, University of Worcester, Dr Ryan Scoats, Birmingham City University, and Professor Mark McCormack, Roehampton University SCS0045 Age UK SCS0046 Skippko Arts Team SCS0047 Youth Sport Trust SCS0048 Nottingham Contemporary SCS0049 Being Human festival SCS0050 Making Music SCS0051 Access Creative College SCS0053 Youth Charter SCS0054 Provident Financial SCS0055 Historic Royal Palaces SCS0056 Historic Royal Palaces supplementary
SCS0059 Rhythmix SCS0060 Rhythmix supplementary SCS0061 Step Up To Serve SCS0062 High Peak Community Arts SCS0063 Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art SCS0064 StreetGames SCS0065 No 11 Arts SCS0066 Street League SCS0067 Spare Tyre Theatre Company SCS0068 Charnwood Arts SCS0069 Bristol Culture SCS0071 A New Direction SCS0072 Sported Foundation SCS0073 National Museums Liverpool SCS0074 Karen Cook SCS0075 Exeter Bach Society SCS0076 CAMEo Research Institute for Cultural and Media Economies, University of Leicester SCS0077 HOME SCS0078 All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing SCS0079 Dr Jen Dyer, University of Leeds, Dr Rachel Sandford, Loughborough University, and Martino Corazza, IMAS SCS0080 Music Educational Council SCS0081 The Cultural Spring SCS0082 Andrew Henon SCS0083 Contemporary Visual Arts Network SCS0084 Dr Julia Jones SCS0085 Fun Palaces SCS0086 One Dance UK SCS0087 Battersea Arts Centre SCS0088 Countryside Alliance SCS0089 Arts for Health at Manchester Metropolitan University SCS0090 Voluntary Arts SCS0091 The National Trust SCS0092 What Next? Newcastle Gateshead SCS0093 BBC SCS0094 Big Lottery Fund SCS0095 The Heritage Alliance SCS0096 The Local Government Association SCS0097 Institute of Conservation SCS0098 Historic Houses Association SCS0099 Said Foundation SCS0100 Streetwise Opera SCS0101 Brunel University London SCS0102 EFL Trust
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SCS0103 Siobhan Davies Dance SCS0104 DanceSyndrome SCS0106 Football 4 Peace International SCS0107 England and Wales Cricket Board SCS0108 Earlyarts SCS0109 MB Associates SCS0110 Nesta SCS0111 Octavia SCS0112 Association of British Orchestras SCS0113 Liverpool County Football Association SCS0114 National Youth Theatre of Great Britain SCS0115 People Dancing SCS0116 Hampshire Cultural Trust SCS0117 2nd Chance Group CIC SCS0118 Crawley Town Community Foundation SCS0119 Nick Ewbank Associates SCS0120 Dr Julie Van de Vyer and Professor Dominic Abrams SCS0121 Clinks and the National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance SCS0122 The Lowry Centre Trust SCS0123 Royal Shakespeare Company SCS0124 Barbican SCS0125 ThinkForward SCS0126 Contact SCS0127 Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance SCS0128 ukactive SCS0129 Doncaster Culture & Leisure Trust SCS0130 Children & the Arts
SCS0133 Martin Cox and Jill Robinson SCS0134 Premier League SCS0135 British Paralympic Association SCS0136 Spice Time Credits SCS0137 British Standards Institution SCS0138 Fight for Peace SCS0139 CLOSER SCS0140 UK Sport SCS0141 Culture Counts SCS0142 Esmée Fairbairn Foundation SCS0144 Ian Nockolds SCS0145 London Youth SCS0146 Fusion Lifestyle SCS0147 Sport and Recreation Alliance SCS0148 The Sports and Recreation Trusts Association SCS0149 British Horseracing Authority SCS0150 The National Foundation for Youth Music SCS0151 Orchestras for All
SCS0153 Charlton Athletic Community Trust SCS0154 Heritage Lottery Fund SCS0155 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust SCS0156 Engage, the National Association for Gallery Education SCS0157 Science Museum Group SCS0158 Culture & Wellbeing York SCS0159 British Film Institute (BFI) SCS0160 Dr Fiona Stevens and Dr Sara Hubrich SCS0161 Shakespeare Schools Foundation SCS0162 Sense SCS0163 Greenhouse Sports SCS0164 National Theatre
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SCS0165 UK Music SCS0166 English Federation of Disability Sport
SCS0168 European Opera Centre SCS0169 Historic England SCS0170 What Next? SCS0171 The Cultural Learning Alliance SCS0172 Canal & River Trust SCS0173 London Childr SCS0174 Arts & Health South West
SCS0177 VCM Foundation SCS0178 Manchester Metropolitan University SCS0179 BookTrust SCS0180 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation SCS0181 People United SCS0182 UK Theatre/Society of London Theatre SCS0183 Norfolk County Council SCS0184 Equity SCS0185 Art Fund SCS0186 ConnectSport SCS0187 Centre for Performance Science, Royal College of Music and Imperial College London SCS0188 The Mayor of London SCS0189 Arvon SCS0190 Hull UK City of Culture 2017 SCS0191 Royal Opera House Bridge SCS0192 Natural History Museum SCS0193 BOP Consulting SCS0194 Culture Matters SCS0195 University of Newcastle SCS0196 Southbank Centre SCS0197 Camelot UK Lotteries Ltd SCS0198 Professor Geoffrey Crossick SCS0199 Swim England SCS0200 National Alliance for Museums, Health and Wellbeing SCS0201 Professor Helen Chatterjee SCS0202 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport SCS0203 University of the West of England SCS0204 Professor Andrew Miles SCS0205 Midlands TUC Creative and Leisure Industries Committee SCS0206 Show Culture Some Love SCS0207 Kodaly Violin School SCS0208 Artlink West Yorkshire SCS0209 Dr Aaron Reeves and Dr Robert de Vries SCS0210 The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama SCS0211 Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums SCS0212 With One Voice SCS0214 Sport for Development Coalition SCS0215 Roundhouse SCS0216 The Golf Foundation SCS0217 University of Arts London SCS0218 Live Music Exchange (Newcastle University) SCS0219 Action with Communities in Rural England SCS0220 The British Association for Shooting and Conservation SCS0221 Together TV SCS0222 London Sport SCS0223 Andrew Pinnock SCS0224 Into Opera SCS0226 Lawn Tennis Association & Tennis Foundation SCS0227 Into Film
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SCS0228 Pandemonium Drummers SCS0229 Barnsley Museums SCS0230 Jerwood Charitable Foundation SCS0231 Silverfit SCS0232 Kirklees Council Comoodle Project SCS0233 Culture, Kings College London SCS0234 Create SCS0235 Arts Council England SCS0236 Furthest from the Sea Music, Comedy & Arts CIC SCS0237 Elizabeth Costello, Director for Leigh Film Society CIC [Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]
3. Fake news
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication:
FKN0047 HonestReporting FKN0085 W Morris FKN0093 IPA4 FKN0094 Alexander Nix supplementary: SCL & Cambridge Analytica Corporate Structure Development4 FKN0095 Facebook further supplementary
Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore, gave oral evidence.
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication: Evidence handed to the Committee during the oral evidence session from Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore, 12 June 2018.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 19 June 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
4 Ordered to be published 7 June 2018.
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Tuesday 19 June 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Chris Matheson Paul Farrelly Rebecca Pow Simon Hart Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas Giles Watling
1. Future programme The Committee considered this matter.
2. Fake news The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the Chair report to the House that Mr Dominic Cummings had failed to comply with the Order of the House of 7 June 2018, should Mr Cummings fail to comply by 5.00 p.m. on Wednesday 20 June 2018.
3. The social impact of participation in culture and sport The Committee considered this matter.
Darren Henley, Chief Executive, Arts Council England, John Herriman, Chief Executive, Greenhouse Sports, and Deborah Williams, Executive Director, Creative Diversity Network, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 26 June 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 26 June 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens
1. Future programme The Committee considered this matter.
2. Fake news The Committee considered this matter.
3. Channel 4 Annual Report 2017 The Committee considered this matter.
Charles Gurassa, Chair, and Alex Mahon, Chief Executive, Channel 4, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 3 July 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 3 July 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Paul Farrelly Chris Matheson Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens Ian Lucas Giles Watling
1. Future programme The Committee considered this matter.
2. The social impact of participation in culture and sport The Committee considered this matter.
John McAvoy, Professional Athlete, Dr Phillip Lee MP, and Professor Rosie Meek, Royal Holloway University, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 10 July 2018 at 9.45 a.m.
Monday 9 and Tuesday 10 July 2018 The Chair, Julie Elliott, Ian C Lucas and Giles Watling visited Sunderland, in Tuesday 2 May 2018.
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Tuesday 10 July 2018
The Committee met in the Hope Street Xchange, Sunderland University
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Jo Stevens Ian Lucas Giles Watling
1. Future programme The Committee considered this matter.
2. Fake news Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication:
FKN096 Dr Paul Bernal
3. Live music Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Live music be reported to the House for publication:
LMU001 Clive Spencer LMU002 Save London Music Campaign LMU003 Brian Matheson LMU004 Melissa Gray LMU005 Ronald Johnston LMU007 Richard Perkins LMU008 Patsy Wiggins LMU009 Kirsteen Agutter LMU011 Anne Massey LMU012 Karen Martin LMU013 John Alexander LMU014 Andrew Crossland LMU016 Paul Dale LMU019 Jen and Rob Thomas LMU020 Charles McDonald LMU022 Music Venue Trust LMU023 Terry Hart LMU025 LMU026 Baroness Dianne Hayter LMU027 Graham Rose LMU029 Mr Barry LMU030 TicketSwap LMU031 Association of Secondary Ticket Agents (ASTA) LMU032 British Entertainment Industry Radio Group LMU033 StubHub LMU034 University of Sheffield LMU035 Tom Roetgering LMU036 Fast Entertainment Ltd T/A The Fulford Arms LMU037 LMU038 Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers (STAR) LMU040 Allan Merry LMU041 Roundhouse
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LMU042 The Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) LMU043 Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre LMU044 FanFair Alliance LMU045 BPI LMU047 UK Music LMU048 Fair Ticket Solutions Inc LMU049 CAA LMU051 DHP Family LMU052 Katy Jeffery LMU053 Music Educational Council LMU054 The Live Music Forum LMU055 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport LMU059 Live Music Now LMU060 Cornwall Music Service Trust LMU061 Viagogo LMU062 Arts Council England LMU063 Southbank Centre LMU064 Production Services Association LMU065 Carl Laverick LMU066 Making Music LMU067 Live Music Exchange LMU068 Claire Turnham LMU069 Mayor of London LMU070 Fair Ticketing Alliance LMU071 Gerry King LMU072 Sound and Music LMU073 Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) LMU075 Institute of Economic Affairs LMU076 LMU077 Dr Patrycja Rozbicka and Michael D. Conroy LMU078 Michael Waterson LMU079 John Cunnane [Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]
4. Wembley Stadium and the future of English football Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Wembley Stadium and the future of English football be reported to the House for publication:
WEM001 Ivor John WEM002 Joe Fitzgerald WEM003 Brent London Borough Council WEM004 Dr David Webber WEM005 Graham Elliott WEM006 Carole Cooney WEM007 Barry Gardiner MP WEM008 Wembley National Stadium Trust WEM009 The Football Foundation WEM010 Supporters Direct WEM011 Sport England WEM012 Haider Nasrallah WEM014 The Football Association
5. The social impact of participation in culture and sport The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Social impact of participation in culture and sport be reported to the House for publication:
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SCS0240 Society of Authors
Rebecca Ball, Director, Sunderland City of Culture 2021, Dr Beatriz Garcia, Director of the Institute of Culture Capital, and Rosie Millard OBE, Chief Executive, Children and the Arts, and Former Chair, Hull City of Culture 2017, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 18 July 2018 at 1.30 p.m.
Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 July 2018 The Chair and Ian C Lucas visited Washington DC, to attend an international conference: Pulling the rference in elections, in a representative capacity, in accordance with the Wednesday 25 April 2018.
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Wednesday 18 July 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Chris Matheson Julian Knight Jo Stevens Ian Lucas Giles Watling
1. Future programme The Committee considered this matter.
2. Fake news The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee commission research from Peter Pomerantsev on data received in the Fake news inquiry.
3. Wembley Stadium and the future of English football Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Wembley Stadium and the future of English football be reported to the House for publication:
WEM015 Dawn Butler MP WEM016 Football Supporters' Federation
Katrina Law, Football Supporters' Federation, and Gary Neville, broadcaster and former professional football player, gave oral evidence.
Tracey Crouch MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport and Civil Society, Martin Glenn, Chief Executive, The Football Association, and Nick Bitel, Chair, Sport England, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 23 July 2018 at 12.30 p.m.
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Monday 23 July 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Ian C Lucas Paul Farrelly Jo Stevens Simon Hart Giles Watling
1. Fake news
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication: Advertisements supplied by Facebook, 23 July 2018
[Adjourned till Tuesday 24 July 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
Monday 23 July 2018 The Chair and Giles Watling visited the Brandon Estate, Kennington, in a representative capacity, in Tuesday 12 June 2018.
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Tuesday 24 July 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Ian Lucas Paul Farrelly Jo Stevens Simon Hart Giles Watling Julian Knight
1. Fake news
The Committee considered this matter.
Draft Report (Disinformation and 'fake news': Interim Report), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Fifth Report of the Committee, HC 363.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 5 September 2018 at 2.00 p.m.
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Wednesday 5 September 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian Lucas Julie Elliott Paul Farrelly Rebecca Pow Simon Hart Jo Stevens Julian Knight Giles Watling
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Declaration of interests
Clive Efford declared his interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix). Mr Efford also declared that he is a member of Unite and GMB unions.
3. Fake news
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication:
FKN0097 Arundel Bypass Neighbourhood Committee FKN0098 Steve Willis and Jeremy Joynson FKN0099 Dr Emma Briant, Senior Lecturer at University of Essex FKN0100 Communications Chamber FKN0101 Institute of Practitioners in Advertising
4. Social impact of participation in culture and sport
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Social impact of participation in culture and sport be reported to the House for publication:
SCS0241 Pro Bono Economics SCS0242 parkrun UK SCS0243 British Horse Society SCS0244 UK Interactive Entertainment SCS0245 Durham University SCS0246 Nottingham Music Service SCS0247 Pete Bell
5. Live music
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Live music be reported to the House for publication: Correspondence between the Chair and Prabhat Shah, Director, viagogo AG, 4 and 5 September.
LMU0081 Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Lucinda Brown, Venue Business Manager, Islington Assembly Hall, Stuart Galbraith, Chief Executive, Kilimanjaro Live, Andrew Parsons, Managing Director, Ticketmaster UK, and Adam Webb, Campaign Manager, FanFair Alliance, gave oral evidence.
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Wayne Grierson, UK Managing Director, StubHub, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 11 September 2018 at 9.15 a.m.
Appendix
EFFORD, Clive (Eltham) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Name of donor: Communication Workers' Union Address of donor: 150 The Broadway, London SW19 1RX Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 Donor status: trade union (Registered 07 July 2017)
Name of donor: GMB Address of donor: 22 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HP Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £12,000 Donor status: trade union (Registered 07 July 2017)
Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 September 2018 The Chair, Julie Elliott, Paul Farrelly, Julian Knight, Ian C Lucas, Jo Stevens and Giles Watling visited Manchester and Salford, Tuesday 2 May 2018.
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Tuesday 11 September 2018
The Committee met in Quay House, Media City UK, Salford
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Ian Lucas Paul Farrelly Giles Watling Julian Knight
1. Future programme The Committee considered this matter.
2. Correspondence from Stonewall and other organisations relating to anti-LGBT offences Ordered, That the following correspondence be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Stonewall and other organisations to the Chair relating to anti-LGBT offences, 29 August 2018.
3. BBC Annual Report 2017-18 The Committee considered this matter.
Tony Hall, Director General, and Anne Bulford OBE, Deputy Director General, BBC, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 10 October 2018 at 2.00 p.m.
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Wednesday 10 October 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian Lucas Julie Elliott Jo Stevens Paul Farrelly Giles Watling Julian Knight
1. Future programme The Committee considered this matter.
2. Visit to Westminster Abbey Ordered
3. BBC Annual Report 2017-18 Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to BBC Annual Report 2017-18 be reported to the House for publication:
BAR0001 BBC supplementary
4. Fake news Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication:
FKN0103 Dorje Brody FKN0104 Dr Kate Dommett, University of Sheffield
5. Live music The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Live music be reported to the House for publication:
LMU0082 viagogo supplementary
Mark Davyd, Chief Executive, Music Venue Trust, Jeff Horton, Owner, 100 Club, Ben Lovett, Member of Mumford and Sons and founder of Omeara, and ShaoDow, Musician, gave oral evidence.
Tom Kiehl, Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Public Affairs, UK Music, Lucy Noble, Artistic and Commercial Director, Royal Albert Hall, and Michele Phillips, Area Manager, DHP Family, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 16 October 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
Thursday 11 October 2018 The Chair, Clive Efford and Julian Knight visited Westminster Abbey, in accordance with the Wednesday 10 October 2018.
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Tuesday 16 October 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens Ian Lucas
1. Future programme The Committee considered this matter.
2. Fake news The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the Committee visit Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
3. The social impact of participation in culture and sport Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the social impact of participation in culture and sport be reported to the House for publication:
SCS0248 Dr Daisy Fancourt
Alastair Campbell, mental health campaigner, Dr Daisy Fancourt, Senior Research Associate, Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, University College London, and Susannah Hall, Head of Arts, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, NHS Trust, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 17 October 2018 at 2.00 p.m.
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Wednesday 17 October 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian Lucas Julie Elliott Paul Farrelly Jo Stevens
1. The Committee considered this matter.
Draft Special Report, ( Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2017-19), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government's response to the Fifth Report from the Committee was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Fifth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
2. Fake news The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following correspondence and written evidence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Borden Ladner Gervais, 12 September 2018; email from Committee to Borden Ladner Gervais, 18 September 2018; Letter from Borden Ladner Gervais, 20 September 2018.
FKN0105 Professor Lorna Woods and William Perrin
Ordered, That the part of following written evidence relating to Fake news be reported to the House for publication:
FKN0106 89up
[Adjourned till Tuesday 23 October 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 23 October 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens Ian Lucas Giles Watling
1. Future programme The Committee considered this matter.
2. BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18: Equal Pay at the BBC The Committee considered this matter.
Draft Report (BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18: Equal Pay at the BBC), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Sixth Report of the Committee, HC 993.
3. Wembley Stadium and the future of English football Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Wembley Stadium and the future of English football be reported to the House for publication:
WEM0017 T.M. Blaiklock WEM0018 The Football Foundation supplementary
[Adjourned till Wednesday 24 October 2018 at 2.00 p.m.
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Wednesday 24 October 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian Lucas Julie Elliott Paul Farrelly Rebecca Pow Simon Hart Jo Stevens Julian Knight Giles Watling
1. BBC Annual Report 2017-18 Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to BBC Annual Report 2017-18 be reported to the House for publication:
BAR0002 BBC supplementary
2. The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport The Committee considered this matter.
Rt Hon Jeremy Wright MP, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 30 October 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 30 October 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Paul Farrelly Rebecca Pow Simon Hart Jo Stevens Julian Knight
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Travel
Ordered, That the Committee visit the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Ordered, That the Committee visit the London Eye.
Ordered, That the Committee visit the Royal Opera House.
3. BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18
The Committee considered this matter.
4. Live music
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Live music be reported to the House for publication:
LMU0083 StubHub supplementary LMU0084 Royal Albert Hall supplementary
Jane Beese, Head of Music, The Roundhouse, Tom Gray, Member of Gomez, Naomi Pohl, Assistant
5. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 31 October 2018 at 2.00 p.m.
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Wednesday 31 October 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian Lucas Julie Elliott Paul Farrelly Jo Stevens Simon Hart Giles Watling
1. The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following correspondence and written evidence relating to be reported to the House for publication: Letter from the Chair to Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, 31 October 2018.
FKN0107 Bethany Shiner
Sharon White, Chief Executive, and Lord Burns, Chair, Ofcom, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 6 November 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 6 November 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Julie Elliott Paul Farrelly Rebecca Pow Simon Hart Jo Stevens Julian Knight Giles Watling
1. Future programme The Committee considered this matter.
2. BBC Annual Report 2017-18 Ordered, That the following correspondence relating to BBC Annual Report 2017-18 be reported to the House for publication: Letter from the Chair to Lord Hall, Director General, BBC, 5 November 2018.
3. The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following correspondence relating to be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, to the Chair, 2 November 2018; and Letter from the Chair to Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, 7 November 2018.
Elizabeth Denham, Information Commissioner, and James Dipple-Johnstone, Deputy Commissioner, Information Commissioner's Office, gave oral evidence.
Claire Bassett, Chief Executive, Bob Posner, Director of Political Finance and Regulation and Legal Counsel, and Louise Edwards, Head of Regulations, Electoral Commission, gave oral evidence.
Guy Parker, Chief Executive, Advertising Standards Authority, gave oral evidence.
The Committee considered this matter.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 14 November 2018 at 2.00 p.m.
Tuesday 13 November 2018 The Chair, Clive Efford, Julie Elliott, Julian Knight and Ian Lucas visited the London Eye as part of a Parliament Week event, Tuesday 30 October 2018.
Wednesday 14 November 2018 The Chair, Clive Efford, Julie Elliott, Paul Farrelly, Rebecca Pow and Giles Watling visited the Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, in accordance with the Tuesday 30 October 2018.
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Wednesday 14 November 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Julie Elliott Rebecca Pow Paul Farrelly Giles Watling
1. Future programme The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee inquires into Immersive and addictive technologies.
2. The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following correspondence and written evidence relating to be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, to the Chair, 12 November 2018.
FKN0108 Dr Andrew Watt FKN0109 Dr Emma Briant, Senior Lecturer at University of Essex supplementary FKN0110 Advertising Standards Authority supplementary
3. The social impact of participation in culture and sport The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the social impact of participation in culture and sport be reported to the House for publication:
SCS0249 Aidan Nicol
Naveed Idrees, Headteacher, Feversham Primary Academy, Debbie Lye, Chief Executive, Spirit of 2012 Trust, and
[Adjourned till Monday 19 November 2018 at 3.30 p.m.
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Monday 19 November 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Paul Farrelly Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas
1. Future programme The Committee considered this matter.
2. The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the Committee hold a press conference in the Macmillan Room following the international grand committee meeting on Tuesday 27 November.
Ordered, That Mr Theodore Kramer submit the following documents to the DCMS Committee in relation
Unredacted copies of Six4Three's opposition to the anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuits against public
along with any documents or notes relating Six4Three's opposition to the anti-SLAPP motion.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 20 November 2018 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 20 November 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Julie Elliott Rebecca Pow Paul Farrelly Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas
1. Future programme The Committee considered this matter.
2. The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following correspondence and written evidence relating to be reported to the House for publication: Letter from the Chair to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, 16 November 2018; and Letter from Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, to the Chair, 19 November 2018.
FKN0112 National Crime Agency FKN0113 Competition & Markets Authority
3. Live music The Committee considered this matter.
4. The social impact of participation in culture and sport The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the social impact of participation in culture and sport be reported to the House for publication:
SCS0250 HITZ
5. The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Ordered, That the following correspondence relating to The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport be reported to the House for publication: Letters from Rt Hon Jeremy Wright MP, Secretary of State, regarding BDUK superfast broadband programme and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, 14 November 2018.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 21 November 2018 at 11.00 a.m.
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Wednesday 21 November 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Simon Hart Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas
1. The Committee considered this matter.
Draft Special Report, ( ), proposed by the Chair brought up as follows:
evidence from the Chief Executive Officer of Six4Three, Mr Theodore Kramer. The Order was made on 19 November 2018 with a deadline of 5pm on 20 November. The Order was not complied with.
2. A new letter was sent at 9am on 20 November, requesting that the documents be submitted by 11am the same day. The documents were not forthcoming.
3. At 11am today the Committee met and ordered
Mr Kramer.
Draft report read the first and second time, and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Report be the Sixth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 27 November 2018 at 9.45 a.m.
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Tuesday 27 November 2018 (morning meeting)
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Julie Elliott Paul Farrelly Rebecca Pow Simon Hart Jo Stevens Julian Knight Giles Watling
1. Future programme The Committee considered this matter.
2. The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to be reported to the House for publication:
FKN0114 Jennifer Jamison FKN0115 Mike Kiely FKN0116 Information Commissioner's Office supplementary
Richard Allan, Vice President of Policy Solutions, Facebook, Leopoldo Moreau, Chair, Freedom of Expression Commission, Chamber of Deputies, Argentina, Nele Lijnen, member, Committee on Infrastructure, Communications and Public Enterprises, Parliament of Belgium, Alessandro Molon, Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Brazil, Bob Zimmer, Chair, and Nathaniel Erskine-Smith and Charlie Angus, Vice-Chairs, Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, House of Commons, Canada, Catherine Morin-Desailly, Chair, Standing Committee on Culture, Education and Media, French Senate, Hildegarde Naughton, Chair, and Eamon Ryan, member, Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Parliament of Ireland, Dr Inese Lībiņa-Egnere, Deputy Speaker, Parliament of Latvia, and Pritam Singh, Edwin Tong and Sun Xueling, members, Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods, Parliament of Singapore, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 27 November 2018 at 3.30 p.m.
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Tuesday 27 November 2018 (afternoon meeting)
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Julie Elliott Rebecca Pow Paul Farrelly Jo Stevens Julian Knight Giles Watling Ian C Lucas
1. The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered the House for publication: Principles of the Law Governing the Internet (as signed on 27 November 2018).
Elizabeth Denham, Information Commissioner, and Steve Wood, Deputy Information Commissioner, Information Commissioner's Office, Leopoldo Moreau, Chair, Freedom of Expression Commission, Chamber of Deputies, Argentina, Alessandro Molon, Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Brazil, Bob Zimmer, Chair, and Nathaniel Erskine-Smith and Charlie Angus, Vice-Chairs, Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, House of Commons, Canada, Catherine Morin-Desailly, Chair, Standing Committee on Culture, Education and Media, French Senate, Eamon Ryan, member, Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Parliament of Ireland, and Pritam Singh, Edwin Tong and Sun Xueling, members, Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods, Parliament of Singapore, gave oral evidence.
Ashkan Soltani, tech expert, Leopoldo Moreau, Chair, Freedom of Expression Commission, Chamber of Deputies, Argentina, Alessandro Molon, Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Brazil, Bob Zimmer, Chair, and Nathaniel Erskine-Smith and Charlie Angus, Vice-Chairs, Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, House of Commons, Canada, Catherine Morin-Desailly, Chair, Standing Committee on Culture, Education and Media, French Senate, and Pritam Singh, Edwin Tong and Sun Xueling, members, Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods, Parliament of Singapore, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 4 December 2018 at 10.30 a.m.
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Tuesday 4 December 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Julie Elliott Rebecca Pow Simon Hart Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas Giles Watling
1. The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to be reported to the House for publication: Note by Damian Collins MP, Chair of the DCMS Committee, and selected documents ordered from Six4Three.
FKN0118 BBC supplementary FKN0119 London School of Economics and Political Science
[Adjourned till Wednesday 5 December 2018 at 2.00 p.m.
Wednesday 5 December 2018 The Chair, Julie Elliott, Julian Knight, Rebecca Pow and Giles Watling visited the Royal Opera House, in
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Wednesday 5 December 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Julie Elliott Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens
1.
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Immersive and addictive media
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the Committee visit Austin, Texas, in connection with its inquiry into Immersive and addictive media.
3. The social impact of participation in culture and sport
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The social impact of participation in culture and sport be reported to the House for publication:
SCS0251 Will Read SCS0252 Samuel Cliff
4. Sports Governance
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Sports Governance be reported to the House for publication:
SPG0058 Ben Glasspool SPG0060 Thomas Blackburn [Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]
5. Live music
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Live music be reported to the House for publication:
LMU0085 Ticketmaster
Margot James MP, Minister for Digital and the Creative Industries, and Darren Henley OBE, Chief Executive, Arts Council England, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 12 December 2018 at 2.00 p.m.
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Wednesday 12 December 2018
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Rebecca Pow Paul Farrelly Jo Stevens Simon Hart Giles Watling Ian C Lucas
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2.
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to be reported to the House for publication:
FKN0120 Dr Carlo Kopp, Dr Kevin B Korb and Dr Bruce I Mills FKN0121 Mark Rostron
3. Live music
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Live music be reported to the House for publication:
LMU0086 Sarah Toomey and Olly Toomey
4. The social impact of participation in culture and sport
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The social impact of participation in culture and sport be reported to the House for publication:
SCS0253 Incorporated Society of Musicians SCS0254 Children's University supplementary
Edward Argar MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice, Steve Brine MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Primary Care, Mims Davies MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport and Civil Society, Michael Ellis MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism, and Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP, Minister of State for School Standards, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 8 January 2019 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 8 January 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Julie Elliott Rebecca Pow Paul Farrelly Jo Stevens Simon Hart Giles Watling Julian Knight
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee inquires into the future of cricket.
Resolved, That the Committee inquires into garden tourism.
Resolved, That the Committee inquires into First World War centenary commemorations.
2. Immersive and addictive technologies
The Committee considered this matter.
3. BBC response: BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18: Equal Pay at the BBC
The Committee considered this matter.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 15 January 2019 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 15 January 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Julie Elliott Paul Farrelly Jo Stevens Simon Hart
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2017 18: Equal Pay at the BBC: BBC Response
The Committee considered this matter.
Draft Report (BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2017 18: Equal Pay at the BBC: BBC Response), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Seventh Report of the Committee, HC 1875.
3. Live music
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Live music be reported to the House for publication:
LMU0087 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport supplementary LMU0088 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport further supplementary
4. The social impact of participation in culture and sport
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The social impact of participation in culture and sport be reported to the House for publication:
SCS0255 Fulham Reach Boat Club SCS0256 Department of Health and Social Care supplementary SCS0257 Department for Education supplementary SCS0258 Ministry of Justice supplementary SCS0259 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport supplementary
[Adjourned till Tuesday 22 January 2019 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 22 January 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Julie Elliott Rebecca Pow Paul Farrelly Jo Stevens Simon Hart Giles Watling Ian C Lucas
1. Immersive and addictive technologies The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the Committee visit Japan in connection with its inquiry into Immersive and addictive media.
Ordered, That the Committee visit the Design Museum.
2. The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the Chair, two Committee members and one member of Committee staff, have leave to visit Ottawa, in a representative capacity. Ordered, That the following correspondence relating to be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Borden Ladner Gervais LLP regarding AIQ oral evidence, 20 September 2018; and correspondence with Richard Cook, Constitutional Research Council, 5 and 26 November 2018.
3. The social impact of participation in culture and sport Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The social impact of participation in culture and sport be reported to the House for publication:
SCS0260 Spirit of 2012 supplementary
[Adjourned till Wednesday 23 January 2019 at 10.00 a.m.
Charles Kriel (Fake news) Founder, Kriel.Agency; Advisor, Trinidad and Tobago Parliamentary Committee on National Security;
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Wednesday 23 January 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Paul Farrelly Rebecca Pow Ian C Lucas Jo Stevens
1. The Committee considered this matter.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 30 January 2019 at 1.45 p.m.
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Wednesday 30 January 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Julie Elliott Paul Farrelly Rebecca Pow Simon Hart Jo Stevens
Julian Knight Giles Watling
1.
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to be reported to the House for publication:
FKN0123 Who Targets Me?
2. Live music
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Live music be reported to the House for publication:
LMU0089 John Cunnane supplementary
3. Immersive and addictive technologies
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Immersive and addictive technologies be reported to the House for publication:
IMM001 Kevin Williams IMM002 Anonymous IMM003 International Gaming Research Unit, Nottingham Trent University IMM004 Dr Paul Cairns & Dr Christopher Power IMM005 Dr Aaron Drummond and Dr James D. Sauer IMM006 British Esports Association IMM007 Dr Matthew McCaffrey IMM008 Bournemouth University IMM009 Carnegie UK Trust IMM010 Campaign for Fairer Gambling IMM011 ukactive IMM012 NSPCC IMM013 Nottingham Trent University IMM014 Professor Andrew Przybylski, Netta Weinstein, Pete Etchells & Amy Orben IMM015 Jisc IMM016 ESL UK IMM017 StoryFutures and StoryFutures Academy IMM018 The Remote Gambling Association IMM019 Dr David Zendle & Dr Paul Cairns IMM020 Inition Limited IMM021 Professor Christopher Ferguson IMM022 ISFE (Interactive Software Federation Europe) IMM023 Ukie, the Association for UK Interactive Entertainment IMM024 British Standards Institution
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IMM025 UK Gambling Commission IMM026 Centre for Immersive Technologies IMM027 British Film Institute IMM028 IMM029 Fnatic IMM031 LVP IMM032 GambleAware IMM033 CARE IMM034 Fovolab, Cardiff Metropolitan University IMM035 Pact IMM036 Bacta IMM037 techUK IMM038 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport IMM039 Asad Rizvi IMM040 TIGA IMM041 Lords and Commons Family and Child Protection Group (LCFCPG) IMM042 Tom Richardson IMM043 John Stammers IMM044 Dave Gannon IMM045 Alysia Judge IMM046 Steve Croome IMM048 Dr Thomas Swift IMM049 Anonymous IMM050 Neil Walker IMM052 Greg Bains IMM054 Benjamin Foster IMM055 Alex Hedges IMM056 Joseph Harrison IMM057 Christopher Butler IMM058 Cameron Graham IMM059 Tristan Davies IMM060 Bobby Moran IMM061 Kieran Martin-Rushworth IMM062 Antonio Verso IMM065 Christian Wootton IMM066 Alex Dewhurst IMM067 ScreenSkills
[Submission numbers are generated by the evidence processing system and are not complete due to duplicate submissions being received.]
[Adjourned till Wednesday 6 February 2019 at 2.30 p.m.
Wednesday 6 February 2019 The Chair, Julie Elliott and Jo Stevens visited the Design Museum, in accordance with the 22 January 2019.
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Wednesday 6 February 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Julie Elliott Paul Farrelly Jo Stevens Simon Hart Giles Watling
Julian Knight
1. Travel in a representative capacity
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the Chair and one Committee member, have leave to visit Brussels, to attend a European conference on strategic dialogues focused on the global challenge of disinformation, March 2019, in a representative capacity, and that the Chair seek the approval of the Chair of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the visit.
2. Immersive and addictive technologies
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the Committee visit Latvia and Estonia in connection with its inquiry into Immersive and addictive technologies.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Immersive and addictive technologies be reported to the House for publication:
IMM068 Mike Sanders IMM069 Rob Medlock IMM070 Solomon Hunt-Maddax IMM071 medConfidential IMM072 Stephen Chatfield IMM073 Joel Hook IMM075 Martin Catterall IMM076 Laurence Boorer IMM077 The Reward Foundation IMM078 Nicholas Marshall IMM079 UK Research and Innovation IMM080 Working Party on the Family, Lords and Commons Family and Child Protection Group IMM082 Craig Andrew IMM083 Stephen Chrobot-Hudson IMM084 Alexander May IMM086 Ted Cameron
3.
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to be reported to the House for publication: Further selected documents ordered from Six4Three
FKN0124 Alex Tait and Benedict Pringle
[Adjourned till Tuesday 12 February 2019 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 12 February 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Julie Elliott Simon Hart Jo Stevens Julian Knight Giles Watling
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. World War One centenary
The Committee considered this matter.
3.
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to be reported to the House for publication:
FKN0125 Chris Vickery
4. The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport be reported to the House for publication: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Supplementary Estimate 2018-19 Memorandum.
5. Immersive and addictive technologies
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the Committee visit Edinburgh and Dundee, in connection with its inquiry into Immersive and addictive technologies.
Ordered, That the Committee visit Inition technology innovation agency, Shoreditch, in connection with its inquiry into Immersive and addictive technologies.
Ordered, That Professor Anna Cox and Charles Kriel be appointed Specialist Advisers to assist the Committee on matters related to Immersive and addictive technologies. (For details of declaration of interests, see Appendix.)
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Immersive and addictive technologies be reported to the House for publication:
IMM087 Lathan Boyle IMM090 James Handford
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Sarah Jones, Head, School of Media, Birmingham City University, Professor Andrew Przybylski, Director of Research, Oxford Internet Institute, and Michael Veale, Researcher, University College London, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 13 February 2019 at 10.00 a.m.
Appendix DECLARATION OF
Charles Kriel (Immersive and addictive technologies inquiry)
Founder and Director, Kriel.Agency, a StratComs company; Founder and significant shareholder, Lightful, a social media company; Associate Fellow at the King's Centre for Strategic Communications (KCSC), King's College London; Advisor, Trinidad and Tobago parliamentary committee on national security.
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Wednesday 13 February 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Jo Stevens Paul Farrelly Giles Watling Ian C Lucas
1.
The Committee considered this matter.
Draft Report (Disinformation and 'fake news': Final Report), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Eighth Report of the Committee, HC 1791.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 27 February 2019 at 2.00 p.m.
Tuesday 19 February 2019 T visited Inition technology innovation agency, Shoreditch, Tuesday 12 February 2019.
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Wednesday 27 February 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Julie Elliott Paul Farrelly Jo Stevens
Julian Knight
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport be reported to the House for publication: The National Archives Supplementary Estimate 2018-19 Memorandum.
3. Immersive and addictive technologies
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Immersive and addictive technologies be reported to the House for publication:
IMM092 Daniel Taylor IMM094 BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT IMM095 Information Commissioner's Office IMM096 PayToWin.org IMM097 Arts Council England IMM098 Royal College of Psychiatrists IMM099 Gaming the Mind
Dr Henrietta Bowden-Jones, Director, National Problem Gambling Clinic, Dr Daria Kuss, Nottingham Trent University, and Dr David Zendle, York St John University, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 5 March 2019 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 5 March 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Rebecca Pow Simon Hart Jo Stevens Julian Knight Giles Watling
Brendan
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2.
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Richard Allan, Facebook, regarding Mainstream Network, 4 March 2019.
3. Immersive and addictive technologies
The Committee considered this matter.
oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 6 March 2019 at 10.00 a.m.
Appendix INTERESTS
Professor Anna Cox (Immersive and addictive technologies inquiry)
Employed at University College London.
Receiving funding from EPSRC.
Chair of Governors at Sandringham School, St Albans.
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Wednesday 6 March 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Simon Hart Julie Elliott Ian C Lucas Paul Farrelly Jo Stevens
1. Live music
The Committee considered this matter.
Draft Report (Live music), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Ninth Report of the Committee, HC 733.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 12 March 2019 at 10.00 a.m.
Friday 8 March 2019 The Chair visited Brussels, to attend a European conference: #DisinfoWeek Europe, in a representative Wednesday 6 February 2019.
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Tuesday 12 March 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Julie Elliott Jo Stevens Simon Hart Giles Watling
Julian Knight
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Sub-Committee appointment
Ordered, That a Sub-Committee on Disinformation be appointed.
Ordered, That all the members of the Committee be members of the Sub-Committee.
Ordered, That Damian Collins be Chair of the Sub-Committee.
Ordered, That the Chair have leave to report from time to time evidence taken before the Sub- Committee.
3. Immersive and addictive technologies
The Committee considered this matter.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 19 March 2019 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 19 March 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Julie Elliott Rebecca Pow Simon Hart Jo Stevens Paul Farrelly Giles Watling Julian Knight
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Immersive and addictive technologies
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Immersive and addictive technologies be reported to the House for publication:
IMM105 Anonymous
Stephen Collins, Senior Director, Public Policy International, and Will Scougal, International Director, Creative Strategy, Snapchat, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 26 March 2019 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 26 March 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Julie Elliott Brendan Paul Farrelly Rebecca Pow Simon Hart Giles Watling
Julian Knight
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. The launch of the Sub-Committee on Disinformation
The Committee considered this matter.
Draft Report (The launch of the Sub-Committee on Disinformation), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Tenth Report of the Committee, HC 2090.
3. Immersive and addictive technologies
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Immersive and addictive technologies be reported to the House for publication:
IMM107 Yoti IMM108 Pritpal Kalsi
4. Lessons from the First World War Centenary
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Lessons from the First World War Centenary be reported to the House for publication:
WWO019 Imperial War Museums WWO058 Imperial War Museums supplementary evidence WWO062 Imperial War Museums further supplementary evidence WWO071 Imperial War Museums additional further supplementary evidence WWO073 14-18 NOW WWO096 Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport WWO097 National Lottery Heritage Fund
Matt Anderson, Deputy High Commissioner, Australian High Commission, London, Diane Lees CBE, Director-General, Imperial War Museum, Sir Anthony Seldon, Vice-Chancellor, University of Buckingham, and Jenny Waldman CBE, Director 14-18 NOW, gave oral evidence.
Lord Ashton of Hyde, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Ros Kerslake, Chief Executive, National Lottery Heritage Fund, and Dr Andrew Murrison MP,
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Prime Minis oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 2 April 2019 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 2 April 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Paul Farrelly Simon Hart Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens
Ian C Lucas
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Garden tourism
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the Committee visit the Chelsea Flower Show, in connection with its inquiry into Garden tourism.
3. The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport be reported to the House for publication: Charity Commission Supplementary Estimate 2018-19 Memorandum.
4. Immersive and addictive technologies
The Committee considered this matter.
Neil McClarty, VP Growth and Product Services, and Kelvin Plomer, Director of Player Experience, Jagex, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 24 April 2019 at 2.00 p.m.
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Wednesday 24 April 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Julie Elliott Rebecca Pow Julian Knight Jo Stevens
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Immersive and addictive technologies
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Immersive and addictive technologies be reported to the House for publication:
IMM109 Dylan Myers IMM110 Ty Beauchamp IMM111 Kane Hart IMM113 Jayden Taylor IMM115 Dr Neil McDonnell, University of Glasgow IMM116 Josh Ferguson IMM117 Matthew MacLaine IMM118 Anonymous IMM119 Anonymous
James Dean, Managing Director, and Rob Black, Chief Operating Officer, ESL, and Nick Fry, Head of Commercial and Board Adviser, Fnatic, gave oral evidence.
Jodie Azhar, Game Director, POC in Play, Kish Hirani, Chair, BAME in Games, Marie-Claire Isaaman, Chief Executive, Women in Games, and Flora Tasse, Chief Technology Officer, Selerio, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 30 April 2019 at 11.00 a.m.
Monday 29 - Tuesday 30 April 2019 The Chair, Clive Efford, Paul Farrelly, Ian C Lucas, and Jo Stevens, visited Dundee, in Immersive and addictive technologies, in accordance Tuesday 12 February 2019.
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Tuesday 30 April 2019
The Committee met in the Events Room, Kydd Building, Abertay University
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Brendan Paul Farrelly Jo Stevens
Ian C Lucas
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Disinformation
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That Christian Schwieter be appointed Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee on matters related to disinformation. (For details of declaration of interests, see Appendix.)
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Fake news and disinformation be reported to the House for publication: Correspondence between the Chair of the Committee and Richard Allen, Facebook, 25 November 2018.
3. Immersive and addictive technologies
The Committee considered this matter.
Colin Anderson, Commercial Director, Earthbound Games, Keeley Bunting, Senior Designer, Outplay, Tony Gowland, Founder, Ant Workshop, and Timea Tabori, National Coordinator for Women in Games in Scotland and Engine Programmer at Rockstar North, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 7 May 2019 at 4.00 p.m.
Appendix INTERESTS
Christian Schwieter (Disinformation) Potential collaboration with Astroscreen.
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Tuesday 7 May 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Simon Hart Julian Knight Rebecca Pow
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Changing Lives: the social impact of participation in culture and sport
The Committee considered this matter.
Draft Report (Changing Lives: the social impact of participation in culture and sport), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Eleventh Report of the Committee, HC 734.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 8 May 2019 at 1.45 p.m.
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Wednesday 8 May 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Julie Elliott Rebecca Pow Simon Hart Jo Stevens Julian Knight Giles Watling Ian C Lucas
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2.
The Committee considered this matter.
Draft Special Report, ( Committee's Eighth Report), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Government's response to the Eighth Report from the Committee was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Seventh Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
3. The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport be reported to the House for publication: Government response to
Rt Hon Jeremy Wright QC MP, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 15 May 2019 at 2.00 p.m.
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Wednesday 15 May 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Paul Farrelly Rebecca Pow Simon Hart Jo Stevens Ian C Lucas Giles Watling
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee inquires into Reality tv.
2. The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Rt Hon Jeremy Wright MP, Secretary of State, regarding National Citizens Service Trust, 2 May 2019; Note from National Citizens Service Trust, 10 May 2019.
3. Immersive and addictive technologies
The Committee considered this matter.
Claire Lilley, Child Safety Policy Manager, Google EMEA, Marco Pancini, Public Policy Director, and Rich Waterworth, Marketing Director, YouTube EMEA, gave oral evidence.
Karina Newton, Head of Public Policy, and Vishal Shah, Head of Product, Instagram, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 21 May 2019 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 21 May 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Rebecca Pow Paul Farrelly Jo Stevens Simon Hart Giles Watling Ian C Lucas
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Immersive and addictive technologies
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Immersive and addictive technologies be reported to the House for publication:
IMM120 Pól Murphy IMM121 The Diana Award IMM122 Rob Medlock IMM123 Solomon Hunt-Maddax IMM124 Snap supplementary IMM125 Jagex supplementary
3.
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to be reported to
Final Report] from Competition and Markets Authority, Electoral Commission and Ofcom.
4. Garden tourism
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Garden tourism be reported to the House for publication:
GDN001 John Phibbs GDN002 Andrew Grinter GDN003 Hal Moggridge GDN004 Botanic Gardens Conservation International GDN005 Groundwork UK GDN006 Natural History Museum GDN007 Parks for London GDN008 Historic England GDN009 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew GDN010 Dr Richard Benfield GDN011 GARLAND Trust (Garden and Landscape Heritage Trust) GDN012 Dr Jan Woudstra, University of Sheffield GDN013 Adam Frost and Jonathan Sheppard GDN014 Dr Meredith Whitten, LSE
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GDN015 Ancient Tree Forum GDN016 Dr Ross Cameron GDN017 Landscape Institute GDN018 Historic Houses GDN019 The National Lottery Heritage Fund GDN020 Royal Horticultural Society GDN021 Tourism Alliance GDN022 Go To Places / Visit Kent/Herts GDN023 British Association of Landscape Industries GDN024 The Heritage Alliance GDN025 National Trust GDN026 The Royal Parks
5. The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Jeremy Wright MP to Chair, re Online Harms White Paper, 19 April 2019; Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Main Estimate 2019-20 Memorandum; and The National Archives Main Estimate 2019-20 Memorandum.
6. The work of Ofcom
The Committee considered this matter.
Sharon White, Chief Executive, Ofcom, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 22 May 2019 at 2.00 p.m.
Wednesday 22 May 2019 The Chair, Clive Efford, Julie Elliott, Simon Hart, Ian C Lucas, , Rebecca Pow, Jo Stevens and Giles Watling, visited The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, to Garden tourism, Tuesday 2 April 2019.
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Wednesday 22 May 2019
The Committee met in the RHS Hospitality Suite, Chelsea Flower Show
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Julie Elliott Rebecca Pow Simon Hart Jo Stevens
Ian C Lucas Giles Watling
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Office be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Elizabeth Denham, Information Commissioner, 21 May 2019.
3. Garden tourism
The Committee considered this matter.
Richard Barley, Director of Horticulture, Learning and Operations, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Philip Barnes, General Manager, Sissinghurst Castle Garden, National Trust, Sue Biggs CBE, Director-General, Royal Horticultural Society, Loyd Grossman CBE, Chairman, Royal Parks, and Anthony Pickles, Head of Tourism Affairs, Visit Britain, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 5 June 2019 at 2.00 p.m.
Monday 27 Wednesday 29 May 2019 The Chair, Ian C Lucas and Jo Stevens, visited Ottawa, to attend the second sitting of the International Grand Committee, Tuesday 22 January 2019.
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Wednesday 5 June 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Julie Elliott Julian Knight Jo Stevens
1. Immersive and addictive technologies
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Disinformation
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the Chair, two Committee members and one member of Committee staff, have leave to visit Paris in a representative capacity.
3. Reality tv
The Committee considered this matter.
4. The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Jeremy Wright MP to Chair, re oral evidence follow-up, 22 May 2019.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 18 June 2019 at 10.00 a.m.
Monday 10 Thursday 13 June 2019 The Chair, Clive Efford, Julie Elliott, Paul Farrelly, Julian Knight, Ian C Lucas Jo Stevens and Giles Watling visited Riga, Latvia, in to Immersive and addictive technologies, in acco Wednesday 6 February 2019.
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Tuesday 18 June 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Julie Elliott Julian Knight Jo Stevens
1. Sub-Committee on Disinformation
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Disinformation be reported to the House for publication: Electoral Commission background paper: FOI Party Funding Findings Response.
2.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to be reported to
Final Report from the Advertising Standards Authority.
3. Garden tourism
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Garden tourism be reported to the House for publication:
GDN027 National Garden Scheme GDN028 VisitBritain supplementary evidence GDN029 National Trust supplementary evidence GDN030 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
4. Immersive and addictive technologies
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Immersive and addictive technologies be reported to the House for publication:
IMM126 5Rights Foundation
5. The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The work of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport be reported to the House for publication: Charity Commission Main Estimate 2019-20 Memorandum.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 19 June 2019 at 2.00 p.m.
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Wednesday 19 June 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Julie Elliott Paul Farrelly Jo Stevens
Simon Hart Giles Watling
1.
Ordered,
2. Immersive and addictive technologies
The Committee considered this matter.
Shaun Campbell, UK Country Manager, and Kerry Hopkins, Vice President, Legal and Government Affairs, Electronic Arts (EA), Matthew Weissinger, Director of Marketing, and Canon Pence, General Counsel, Epic Games, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 24 June 2019 at 4.30 p.m.
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Monday 24 June 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Julie Elliott Jo Stevens Simon Hart Giles Watling Julian Knight
1. BBC Annual Report 2018-19
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That Lee Rowley MP, a Member of the Public Accounts Committee, be invited to attend a forthcoming oral evidence session on the BBC Annual Report 2018-19, in accordance with Standing Order No. 137A.
2. Reality tv
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Reality tv be reported to the House for publication: Background papers from ITV regarding the Jeremy Kyle Show and Love Island.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 25 June 2019 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 25 June 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Julie Elliott Paul Farrelly Jo Stevens
Julian Knight Giles Watling
1. Immersive and addictive technologies
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Immersive and addictive technologies be reported to the House for publication:
IMM127 Matt Clarke IMM128 Andrew G IMM129 Scott Rooney IMM130 Alexis Somerville IMM131 Jonathan Adams IMM132 Andrew Stormont IMM133 Gabriel Soos IMM134 Patrick Beckett
2. Reality tv
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Reality tv be reported to the House for publication:
RTV019 The Association of Clinical Psychologists UK RTV035 Mind RTV041 ITV RTV045 Ofcom
Julian Bellamy, Managing Director, ITV Studios, Tom McLennan, Director of Entertainment, North ITV Studios and Executive Producer, The Jeremy Kyle Show, and Graham Stanier, Director of Aftercare, The Jeremy Kyle Show, gave oral evidence.
Dame Carolyn McCall, Chief Executive, Sir Peter Bazalgette, Chairman, and Chris Wissun, Director of Content Compliance, ITV plc, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 26 June 2019 at 2.00 p.m.
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Wednesday 26 June 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Simon Hart Giles Watling Julian Knight
1. The Online Harms White Paper
The Committee considered this matter.
Draft Report (The Online Harms White Paper), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Twelfth Report of the Committee, HC 2431.
2. Immersive and addictive technologies
The Committee considered this matter.
Alex Dale, Senior Vice President, Head of Portfolio and New Games, and Adam Mitton, VP for Legal, King, gave oral evidence.
Chester King, Chief Executive, British Esports Association, Ian Rice, Director General, Video Standards Council, Dr Jo Twist OBE, Chief Executive, Ukie, and Dr Richard Wilson OBE, Chief Executive, TIGA, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 2 July 2019 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 2 July 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Julie Elliott Paul Farrelly Jo Stevens Simon Hart
1. Reality tv
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That Dr Hayley Dare and Professor Helen Wood be appointed Specialist Advisers to assist the Committee on matters related to reality tv. (For details of declaration of interests, see Appendix.)
2. The Online Harms White Paper
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The Online Harms White Paper be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Kevin Foster MP, Minister for the Constitution, re electoral law, 6 June 2019
3. Immersive and addictive technologies
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Immersive and addictive technologies be reported to the House for publication:
IMM136 Edward Lee IMM137 Elliot Page IMM138 Gergely Cziraki IMM139 Pupils 2 Parliament IMM140 Dr James Ash IMM141 Instagram supplementary
Elizabeth Denham, Information Commissioner, and Steve Wood, Deputy Commissioner (Policy),
Margot James MP, Minister for Digital and the Creative Industries, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 9 July 2019 at 10.00 a.m.
Appendix
Dr Hayley Dare (Reality tv) None.
Professor Helen Wood (Reality tv) None.
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Tuesday 9 July 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Julian Knight Julie Elliott Ian C Lucas Paul Farrelly
Simon Hart Jo Stevens
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Reality tv
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Reality tv be reported to the House for publication: Betty, Endemol Shine and Studio Lambert background papers; and
RTV044 Channel 4
3. Channel 4 Annual Report 2018
The Committee considered this matter.
Alex Mahon, Chief Executive, and Charles Gurassa, Chair, Channel 4, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 10 July 2019 at 2.00 p.m.
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Wednesday 10 July 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Simon Hart Ian C Lucas Julian Knight Jo Stevens
1. Lessons from the First World War Centenary
The Committee considered this matter.
Draft Report (Lessons from the First World War Centenary), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Thirteenth Report of the Committee, HC 2001.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Lessons from the First World War Centenary be reported to the House for publication:
WWO001 Avant Cymru (Legally Avant Theatre CIC) WWO002 Hebden Bridge Arts Festival WWO003 Ivybridge Community Arts WWO005 Bassetlaw Museum WWO006 Crich Area Community News WWO007 Bridging Arts WWO008 Evenwood, Ramshaw and District History Society WWO009 Friends of St. Mary and St. Eanswythe WWO010 Eardisland Memorial Walks WWO011 Clements Hall Local History Group York WWO012 Crewkerne & District Museum WWO013 Gairloch Heritage Museum WWO014 The Herne Hill Society WWO015 Friends of Bramley War Memorial WWO016 Art Alert WWO017 Dymock Forest Rural Action WWO018 Merseyside Welsh Heritage Society WWO019 Imperial War Museums WWO020 Lewis School Pengam WWO021 Carnegie Heritage Centre WWO022 Bickershaw Village Residents Association WWO023 Away from the Western Front WWO024 Bottesford Community Heritage Group WWO025 Newton upon Derwent Local History Group WWO026 South Highfields Neighbours WWO027 Frittenden Historical Society WWO029 Tower Hamlets Local History Archive WWO030 WWO031 Collingham Music Association WWO032 Bristol Cultural Development Partnership WWO033 Ingestre with Tixall Parish Council WWO034 Sefton Library Service WWO035 Halton Heritage Partnership WWO036 Friends of Cannock Chase WWO037 Bucks Military Museum Trust WWO038 Gosport Heritage Open Days WWO039 Friends of Hollingworth: Lest We Forget WWO040 Classic Boat Centre Trust
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WWO041 Flintshire War Memorials WWO042 Dawlish World War One Project WWO043 Leicester CND WWO044 Culture Liverpool WWO045 Horsley Parish Council WWO046 Aberystwyth University WWO047 Carisbrooke Castle Museum WWO048 Birmingham Hippodrome WWO049 Hikmat Devon CIC WWO050 Cambridge City Council WWO051 Melton Old Church Society WWO052 WWO053 Middleton Parish Council WWO054 Lynsted with Kingsdown Society WWO055 London Jewish Cultural Centre WWO056 Active Arts of Countesthorpe WWO057 Tynemouth - Northumbria World War One Project WWO059 Sinfonia Viva (Viva Chamber Orchestra Ltd) WWO060 National Historic Ships UK WWO061 Compton Verney WWO063 The Forget Never Project WWO064 Cromer Museum / Norfolk Museums Service WWO065 Reflections on the Centenary of the First World War: Learning and Legacies for the Future WWO066 Newcastle University WWO067 Cheltenham Borough Council WWO068 HMDT Music WWO069 WW100 Scotland/The Scottish Commemorations Panel WWO070 Dr Gethin Matthews WWO072 Impressions Gallery WWO074 Professor Nathan Abrams WWO075 Neatishead, Irstead and Barton Turf Community Heritage Group WWO076 WWO077 Hereford Cathedral Perpetual Trust WWO078 St Mary Magdalene Church WWO079 Believe in Me CIC WWO080 Dr Meghan Tinsley WWO081 Historical Research Group of Sittingbourne WWO082 Historic England WWO083 Brendan Maitland WWO084 Diversity House WWO085 Cyngor Tref Criccieth Town Council WWO086 Association of English Cathedrals WWO087 Epping Forest District and Lowewood Museums WWO088 Stoke-on-Trent City Council WWO089 Maritime Archaeology Trust WWO090 London Transport Museum WWO091 Holsworthy Town Council WWO092 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council WWO093 The 6th Connaught Rangers Research Group WWO095 Newcastle University WWO098 Council for British Archaeology WWO099 Royal Air Force Museum WWO100 Musiko Musika WWO101 Magpie Dance WWO102 Fields in Trust WWO103 Investing in Children WWO105 The Lost Gardens of Heligan and Travaux Sauvages Ltd t/a WildWorks WWO106 Martin Luther Kind Peace Committee WWO107 Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
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WWO108 Dr Katherine Baxter and Dr Ann-Marie Einhaus, Northumbria University WWO109 WWO110 Orkney Islands Council WWO111 Art Fund WWO112 Historic Royal Palaces WWO113 British Future WWO114 Nutkhut WWO115 Welsh Government WWO116 Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales WWO117 Newtown Local History Group WWO118 Royal British Legion WWO119 Sir Hew Strachen WWO120 Great St. Mary, the University Church Cambridge WWO121 First World War Engagement Centres WWO122 Dr Andrew Murrison MP WWO123 Dr Larissa Allwork
[Adjourned till Tuesday 16 July 2019 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 16 July 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Jo Stevens Simon Hart Giles Watling
Lee Rowley MP (Public Accounts Committee) also attended the meeting pursuant to Standing Order 137A (e) and the decision of the Committee of Monday 24 June 2019.
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the Chair, two Committee members and one member of Committee staff, have leave to visit Berlin in a representative capacity.
2. BBC Annual Report 2018-19 and TV licences for over-75s
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to BBC Annual Report 2018-19 and TV licences for over-75s be reported to the House for publication:
BBR001 Colin South BBR002 Derek Blacklock BBR003 Gerald Wilson BBR004 TAC BBR005 Stonehenge Film BBR006 John Deakin BBR007 AudioUK BBR011 Maureen Jones BBR013 Age UK BBR014 Anthony Covington BBR015 NUJ BBR016 John McHugh BBR017 Robin Allan BBR018 Robin Allan supplementary BBR019 Peter Macfarlane BBR020 Violet Streeter BBR021 Professor Robert Beveridge BBR022 David Mackenzie BBR023 Nick Rolph BBR024 Eric & Joyce Jones BBR025 Rev James Lee BBR026 Bryony Lee BBR027 Alexander & Marianne Paterson BBR028 Robin Allan further supplementary BBR029 Commercial Broadcasters Association BBR030 John Wilbye BBR031 Leonard Harrison BBR032 Phillipa Abbott BBR033 Professor Patrick Barwise BBR034 David Parker BBR036 Independent Age
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BBR037 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport BBR038 Nigel Cartlidge BBR039 Robin Allan further supplementary
3. Garden design and tourism
The Committee considered this matter.
Draft Report (Garden design and tourism), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Fourteenth Report of the Committee, HC 2002.
4. Immersive and addictive technologies
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Immersive and addictive technologies be reported to the House for publication:
IMM142 Outplay Entertainment supplementary IMM143 TIGA supplementary IMM144 YouTube supplementary
5. Reality tv
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Reality tv be reported to the House for publication: FremantleMedia Limited background paper; and
RTV034 FremantleMedia Limited RTV050 BBC
[Adjourned till Wednesday 17 July 2019 at 2.00 p.m.
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Wednesday 17 July 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Philip Davies Ian C Lucas Clive Efford Simon Hart Jo Stevens Julian Knight
Lee Rowley MP (Public Accounts Committee) also attended the meeting pursuant to Standing Order 137A (e) and the decision of the Committee of Monday 24 June 2019.
1. Declaration of interests
Philip Davies declared his interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix).
2. Government Response: Live music
The Committee considered this matter.
Draft Special Report, (Live music: Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government's response to the Ninth Report from the Committee was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Eighth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
3. The future of the National Lottery
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee inquires into The future of the National Lottery.
4. Disinformation
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following correspondence relating to Disinformation be reported to the House for publication: Letter from the Chair to Sir Nick Clegg, Facebook, regarding a request for clarification regarding oral evidence, 17 July 2019.
5. BBC Annual Report 2018-19 and TV licences for over-75s
The Committee considered this matter.
Lord Tony Hall, Director-General, Sir David Clementi, Chairman, Clare Sumner, Director, Policy, and Glyn Isherwood, Chief Financial Officer, BBC, gave oral evidence.
Lord Tony Hall, Director-General, David Jordan, Director, Editorial Policy and Standards, and Patrick Holland, Controller of BBC Two, BBC, gave oral evidence.
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[Adjourned till Monday 22 July 2019 at 2.00 p.m.
Appendix
Davies, Philip (Shipley)
Employment and earnings
Payments from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for surveys:
25 June 2018, received £75. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 05 December 2018) 27 August 2018, received £75. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 05 December 2018) 25 October 2018, received £75. Hours: approx. 30 mins. (Registered 05 December 2018) 17 December 2018, received £75. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 07 January 2019)
Payments from YouGov, 50 Featherstone Street, London EC17 8RT, for opinion surveys:
10 January 2018, received £30. Hours: 25 mins. (Registered 02 July 2018) 9 March 2018, received £60. Hours: 40 mins. (Registered 02 July 2018) 22 March 2018, received £80. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 02 July 2018) 9 May 2018, received £70. Hours: 50 mins. (Registered 02 July 2018) 13 June 2018, received £80. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 02 July 2018) 30 July 2018, received £100 for a survey. Hours: approx. 1 hr. (Registered 28 Aug 2018) 5 July 2018, received £70. Hours: 50 mins. (Registered 05 December 2018) 28 August 2018, received £60. Hours: 40 mins. (Registered 05 December 2018) 1 October 2018, received £60. Hours: 40 mins. (Registered 05 December 2018) 18 October 2018, received £70. Hours: 50 mins. (Registered 05 December 2018) 22 November 2018, received £100. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 05 December 2018) 7 December 2018, received £100. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 17 December 2018) 15 January 2019, received £70. Hours: 50 mins. (Registered 01 July 2019) 7 February 2019, received £30. Hours: 25 mins. (Registered 01 July 2019) 6 March 2019, received £80. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 01 July 2019) 2 April 2019, received £50. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 01 July 2019) 13 May 2019, received £60. Hours: 40 mins. (Registered 01 July 2019) 24 June 2019, received £80. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 01 July 2019)
Payments from Ipsos MORI, 3 Thomas More Square, London E1W 1YW:
5 July 2018, received £200 for a survey. Hours: approx. 1 hr. (Registered 16 July 2018) 16 January 2019, received £200 and a book to the value of £14.95 for a survey. Hours: approx. 1 hr. (Registered 28 January 2019)
Payments from Populus, Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT, for opinion surveys:
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6 February 2018, received £50. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 17 December 2018) 22 March 2018, received £50. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 17 December 2018) 20 April 2018, received £50. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 17 December 2018) 5 July 2018, received £50. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 17 December 2018) 4 September 2018, received £100 (two payments of £50). Hours: 1 hr in total. (Registered 17 December 2018) 5 December 2018, received £50. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 17 December 2018) 20 December 2018, received £50. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 07 January 2019)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Ladbrokes Coral Group plc Address of donor: 5th Floor, The Zig Zag Building, 70 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6SQ Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: two tickets and hospitality at Sandown Races, with a value of £175 each, total £350 Date received: 7 July 2018 Date accepted: 7 July 2018 Donor status: company, registration 00566221 (Registered 16 July 2018)
Name of donor: Sky Betting and Gaming Address of donor: 2 Wellington Place, Leeds LS1 4AP Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets and hospitality to Yorkshire Ebor Festival, with a value of £344.44 (£172.22 per person) Date received: 25 August 2018 Date accepted: 25 August 2018 Donor status: company, registration 01100741 (Registered 05 September 2018)
Name of donor: Arena Racing Corporation Ltd Address of donor: 3rd Floor, Millbank Tower, 21- 24 Millbank, London SW1P 4QP Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality to St Leger Races, Doncaster, value £559.20 (£279.60 each) Date received: 14 September 2018 Date accepted: 14 September 2018 Donor status: company, registration 07997040 (Registered 19 September 2018)
Name of donor: William Hill plc Address of donor: Greenside House, 50 Station Road, Wood Green N22 7TP Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality to St Leger Doncaster Races, value £280 (£140 each) Date received: 15 September 2018 Date accepted: 15 September 2018 Donor status: company, registration 04212563 (Registered 19 September 2018)
Name of donor: William Hill plc Address of donor: Greenside House, 50 Station Road, Wood Green, London N22 7TP Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets and hospitality box at Cheltenham Races, with a value of £465 each, total £930 Date received: 15 March 2019 Date accepted: 15 March 2019 Donor status: company, registration 04212563 (Registered 25 March 2019)
Name of donor: Alizeti Capital Ltd Address of donor: Osborne Clarke LLP, 6th Floor, One London Wall, London EC2Y 5EB Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: One ticket and hospitality to Royal Ascot, with a value of £1,760 Date received: 19 June 2019 Date accepted: 19 June 2019 Donor status: company, registration 11119798 (Registered 25 June 2019)
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Name of donor: Normandie Stud Ltd Address of donor: Kirdford, Billingshurst RH14 0NN Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: One ticket and hospitality to Epsom Races, with a value of £350 Date received: 1 June 2019 Date accepted: 1 June 2019 Donor status: company, registration 3402590 (Registered 27 June 2019)
Name of donor: Normandie Stud Ltd Address of donor: Kirdford, Billingshurst RH14 0NN Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: One ticket and hospitality to Royal Ascot, with a value of £350 Date received: 18 June 2019 Date accepted: 18 June 2019 Donor status: company, registration 3402590 (Registered 27 June 2019)
Name of donor: Sports Information Services (SIS) Ltd Address of donor: Whitehall Avenue, Kingston, Milton Keynes MK10 0AX Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets and hospitality to Royal Ascot, with a value of £680 (£340 per person) Date received: 22 June 2019 Date accepted: 22 June 2019 Donor status: company, registration 4243307 (Registered 01 July 2019)
Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year
Flat in London: (i) and (ii). (Registered 18 September 2012)
Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
From 4 July 2016 until 13 November 2018, LYJ Ltd; media, research and communications. (Registered 19 July 2016; updated 20 November 2018)
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Monday 22 July 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Philip Davies Ian C Lucas Clive Efford Jo Stevens Julie Elliott Giles Watling Julian Knight
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Reality tv
Ordered, That the following correspondence and written evidence relating to Reality tv be reported to the House for publication: Letter from the Chair to Dame Carolyn McCall, ITV, regarding Facebook advertising, 22 July 20195
RTV001 Anonymous RTV003 Marion Oswald RTV006 Dwayne Davison RTV007 Dr John Tillson RTV009 Wellbeing Mental Health RTV012 Professor Angela Smith and Dr Michael Higgins RTV013 Dr Jacob Johanssen RTV014 RAP Project RTV015 Mental Health Foundation RTV016 Bangor University RTV020 Bournemouth University RTV021 Mental Health Foundation RTV024 Social Inequalities Research Centre Lancaster University RTV026 Dart Centre Europe RTV027 Pact RTV028 Dr Janet Harris and Dr Damian Carney RTV030 Film & TV Charity RTV033 On Set Welfare RTV049 Wellbeing Mental Health supplementary RTV052 Anonymous RTV053 ITV supplementary
3. Immersive and addictive technologies
The Committee considered this matter.
Neil McArthur, Chief Executive, and Brad Enright, Programme Director, Gambling Commission, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 24 July 2019 at 4.00 p.m.
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Wednesday 24 July 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Paul Farrelly Jo Stevens Simon Hart
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Disinformation
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Disinformation be reported to the House for publication: Part of Brittany Kaiser additional submission, 24 July 2019.
3. BBC Annual Report 2018-19 and TV licences for over-75s
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to BBC Annual Report 2018-19 and TV licences for over-75s be reported to the House for publication:
BBR040 BBC supplementary
4. Channel 4 Annual Report 2018
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Channel 4 Annual Report 2018 be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Alex Mahon, Chief Executive, Channel 4, regarding oral evidence follow-up, 22 July 2019.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 3 September 2019 at 2.30 p.m.
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Tuesday 3 September 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Julie Elliott Paul Farrelly Jo Stevens Julian Knight Giles Watling
Ian C Lucas
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
Resolved, That the Committee inquires into Bury Football Club and football governance.
2. Government Response: Changing Lives: the social impact of participation in culture and sport
The Committee considered this matter.
Draft Special Report, (Changing Lives: the social impact of participation in culture and sport: Government Response to the Committee's Eleventh Report), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government's response to the Eleventh Report from the Committee was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Ninth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
3. Government Response: The Online Harms White Paper
The Committee considered this matter.
Draft Special Report, (The Online Harms White Paper: Government Response to the Committee's Twelfth Report), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government's response to the Twelfth Report from the Committee was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Tenth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
4. Disinformation
Ordered, That the following correspondence and written evidence relating to Disinformation be reported to the House for publication: Letter from the Chair to Sir Nick Clegg, Facebook, 1 August 2019, and letter from Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, to the Chair, 12 August 2019.
DIS001 Alexander Shepherd
5. Immersive and addictive technologies
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Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Immersive and addictive technologies be reported to the House for publication:
IMM145 Epic Games supplementary IMM146 King supplementary IMM147 Yoti supplementary IMM148 Facebook IMM149 Electronic Arts supplementary IMM150 Google supplementary IMM151 Rebecca Pow MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Arts, Heritage and Tourism), DCMS
6. Reality tv
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Reality tv be reported to the House for publication:
RTV002 Sebastian Hill RTV008 The Armando Martins Campaign RTV011 Lorraine Evans RTV017 Andrea Begley RTV018 Matt Zarb-Cousin RTV023 Livia Pyehttp://committeeevidence.parliament.uk/ RTV025 Rebecca Jeffery RTV037 Aleksandra King RTV038 Paul Harris RTV039 Daniel Maysome RTV042 Margot James MP, Minister for Digital and the Creative Industries, DCMS RTV043 British Psychological Societyhttp://committeeevidence.parliament.uk/ RTV046 Robert Corfield RTV047 Dr Arthur Cassidy RTV048 John Rogers RTV055 James Green RTV056 Edge Hill University summer school in Politics RTV058 Dwayne Davison RTV059 ITV supplementary
[Adjourned till Wednesday 4 September 2019 at 2.00 p.m.
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Wednesday 4 September 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Philip Davies Clive Efford Jo Stevens Julie Elliott Giles Watling
Ian C Lucas
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. BBC Annual Report 2018-19 and TV licences for over-75s
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to BBC Annual Report 2018-19 and TV licences for over-75s be reported to the House for publication:
BBR041 BBC Further supplementary
3. Disinformation
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following correspondence relating to Disinformation be reported to the House for publication: Letter from the Chair to Sir Nick Clegg, Facebook, 4 September 20196; and letter from the Chair to Dominic Cummings, 4 September 2019.
4. The future of the National Lottery
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The future of the National Lottery be reported to the House for publication:
LOT001 Teresa Gregory LOT002 Baldev Singh Bains LOT003 The New Lottery Company LOT004 Health Lottery (ELM) Limited LOT005 The European Lotteries Association LOT006 The Lotteries Council LOT007 England and Wales Cricket Board LOT008 Chartered Institute for Archaeologists LOT009 People's Postcode Lottery LOT010 ZEAL Network SE LOT011 Association of Convenience Stores LOT012 Association of Charity Lotteries in Europe (ACLEU) LOT013 Camelot UK Lotteries Ltd LOT014 National Trust LOT015 Holly Isted and Sue Dickenson LOT016 National Lottery Distributors LOT017 Gambling Commission LOT018 The Heritage Alliance LOT019 NCVO
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5. The work of the Charity Commission
Ordered, That the following correspondence relating to The work of the Charity Commission be reported to the House for publication: Correspondence with Rt Hon Baroness Stowell, Chair, Charity Commission, re Annual Report, 3 September 2019.
6. Reality tv
The Committee considered this matter.
Yewande Biala and Marcel Somerville, former Love Island contestants, gave oral evidence.
Dwayne Davison and Robert Gregory, former Jeremy Kyle Show participants, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Monday 9 September 2019 at 2.30 p.m.
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Monday 9 September 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Paul Farrelly Jo Stevens
Julian Knight
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
2. Immersive and addictive technologies
The Committee considered this matter.
Draft Report (Immersive and addictive technologies), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Fifteenth Report of the Committee, HC 1846.
3. The future of the National Lottery
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The future of the National Lottery be reported to the House for publication:
LOT021 Scottish Government LOT022 Sport and Recreation Alliance
4. Reality tv
Ordered, That the following correspondence and written evidence relating to Reality tv be reported to the House for publication: Letter from the Chair to Dame Carolyn McCall, Chief Executive, ITV, re evidence follow-up, 9 September 2019; and letter from Julian Bellamy, Managing Director, ITV Studios,
RTV060 Matt Zarb-Cousin supplementary
[Adjourned till Tuesday 8 October 2019 at 10.00 a.m.
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Tuesday 8 October 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Philip Davies Jo Stevens Julian Knight Giles Watling
Ian C Lucas
1. Future programme
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the Committee visit Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
2. BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2018 19: TV licences for over 75s
The Committee considered this matter.
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2018 19: TV licences for over 75s be reported to the House for publication:
BBR042 BBC further supplementary
Draft Report (BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2018 19: TV licences for over 75s), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published in the Fifteenth Report of the Committee, HC 2432.
3. Government Response: Lessons from the First World War Centenary
The Committee considered this matter.
Draft Special Report, (Lessons from the First World War Centenary: Government Response to the Committee's Thirteenth Report), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government's response to the Thirteenth Report from the Committee was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Eleventh Special Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
4. Government Response: Garden design and tourism
The Committee considered this matter.
Draft Special Report, (Garden design and tourism: Government Response to the Committee's Fourteenth Report), proposed by the Chair, brought up, read the first and second time, and agreed to.
The Government's response to the Fourteenth Report from the Committee was appended to the Report.
Resolved, That the Report be the Twelfth Special Report of the Committee to the House.
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Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.
5. Disinformation
Ordered, That the following correspondence relating to Disinformation be reported to the House for publication: Letter from John Park, Amazon, re data retention and privacy, 9 September 2019; Letter from Kevin Foster MP, Cabinet Office, re Dominic Cummings invitation, 12 September 20197; and letter from Rebecca Stimson, Facebook, re follow-up evidence, 20 September 2019.
6. The future of the National Lottery
Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to The future of the National Lottery be reported to the House for publication:
LOT023 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
7. Reality tv
Ordered, That the following correspondence relating to Reality tv be reported to the House for publication: Letter from Julian Bellamy, Managing Director, ITV Studios, re follow-up evidence, 20 September 2019.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 16 October 2019 at 3.00 p.m.
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Sub-Committee on Disinformation
Formal Minutes
Session 2017 19
The Sub-Committee on Disinformation
The work of the Sub- 2019. The Sub-Committee will take forward the work begun under the inquiry, inclu their data, the effect of disinformation on political activity, the regulation of big tech and online harms.
Current membership Damian Collins MP (Conservative, Folkestone and Hythe) (Chair) Philip Davies (Conservative, Shipley) Clive Efford MP (Labour, Eltham) Julie Elliott MP (Labour, Sunderland Central) Paul Farrelly MP (Labour, Newcastle-under-Lyme) Simon Hart MP (Conservative, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire) Julian Knight MP (Conservative, Solihull) Ian C. Lucas MP (Labour, Wrexham)
Jo Stevens MP (Labour, Cardiff Central) Giles Watling MP (Conservative, Clacton)
The following member was also a member of the Sub-Committee during the parliament:
Rebecca Pow MP (Conservative, Taunton Deane)
Committee staff The current staff of the Committee are Chloe Challender (Clerk), Mems Ayinla (Second Clerk), Mubeen Bhutta (Second Clerk), Conor Durham (Committee Specialist), Lois Jeary (Committee Specialist), Andy Boyd (Senior Committee Assistant), Keely Bishop (Committee Assistant), and Lucy Dargahi/Anne Peacock (Select Committee Media Officers).
Contacts All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 6188 email address is [email protected].
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SUB-COMMITTEE ON DISINFORMATION
FORMAL MINUTES
Tuesday 23 April 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Simon Hart Julian Knight Giles Watling Ian C Lucas
1.
The Sub-Committee considered this matter.
Elizabeth Denham CBE, Information Commissioner, and James Dipple-Johnstone, Deputy Commissioner, Information Commissioner's Office, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Wednesday 5 June 2019 at 2.30 p.m.
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Wednesday 5 June 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Julie Elliott Julian Knight Jo Stevens
1. Disinformation
The Sub-Committee considered this matter.
Aaron Greenspan, President and CEO of Think Computer Corporation, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 18 June 2019 at 10.30 a.m.
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Tuesday 18 June 2019
Damian Collins, in the Chair
Clive Efford Ian C Lucas Julie Elliott Julian Knight Jo Stevens
1. Disinformation
The Sub-Committee considered this matter.
Bob Posner, Chief Executive, and Louise Edwards, Director of Regulation, Electoral Commission, gave oral evidence.
Sasha Havlicek, Chief Executive, and Chloe Colliver, Lead, Digital Research Unit, ISD Global, Philip Gradwell, Chief Economist, Chainalysis, and Tom Packalén, Chair of the Board, Utopia Analytics, gave oral evidence.
[Adjourned till date to be confirmed.