United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 111717
Arts: Political Impartiality
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9 February 2026
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12 February 2026 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that arts organisations receiving public funding do not discriminate against events based on the political or philosophical viewpoints of the speaker
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9 February 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that arts organisations receiving public funding do not discriminate against events based on the political or philosophical viewpoints of the speaker
Source: Commons
12 February 2026
Answer
The government is committed to freedom of speech, including in the cultural sector, and the Secretary of State has expressed an unequivocal ambition that the era of the government stoking “culture wars” should be over. The government is clear that whilst ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-02-09/111717
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1879969
- uk · wq-1879969 · source updated 12 February 2026