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Film: Government Assistance |
| Question ID: |
1805064 |
| UIN: |
54107 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5100 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Blake Stephenson
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Blake Stephenson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support British filmmaking businesses, in the context of the announcement of 100% tariffs on films produced in the UK by the US President on 5 May 2025. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-03 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1446 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Chris Bryant
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Chris Bryant
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| Answer text: |
Although an authorisation for the Dept of Commerce to introduce tariffs on films produced outside the US was announced on 5 May, no such tariffs have so far been introduced.The deep ties between the US and UK film industries provide mutual economic and cu... |
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| Answering body ID: |
217 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
| Tweeted: |
true |