{"id":634,"date":"2020-04-28T23:21:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T23:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.johnwhittingdale.co.uk\/?p=634"},"modified":"2021-08-16T16:57:52","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T16:57:52","slug":"local-and-regional-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?p=634","title":{"rendered":"Local and Regional news"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"g106.1\" class=\"debate-speech\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 40px 0px; direction: ltr; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #e4e2dc; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">\n<div class=\"full-page__row\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; max-width: 63.33333em; width: auto; position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"full-page__unit\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 17.09375px; direction: ltr; width: 1140px; float: left;\">\n<div class=\"debate-speech__speaker-and-content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; width: 663.484375px; float: left;\">\n<h2 class=\"debate-speech__speaker\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 70px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; color: #222222; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: 1em; font-size: 1.4em; position: relative;\"><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #4faded; line-height: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/mp\/?p=25649\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: none; max-width: 50px; height: auto; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; float: left; margin-right: 10px; position: absolute; left: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/images\/mps\/25649.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo of Mohammad Yasin\"><span class=\"debate-speech__speaker__name\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;\">Mohammad Yasin<\/span>&nbsp;<small class=\"debate-speech__speaker__position\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15.119999885559082px; line-height: 1em; color: #9d9195; display: inline-block; margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; max-width: 36em;\">Labour, Bedford<\/small><\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"debate-speech__content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.66em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 70px; direction: ltr; font-size: 1em;\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;\">What support the Government are providing to local and regional news organisations during the covid-19 outbreak.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"debate-speech__meta debate-speech__links\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6; list-style-position: outside; font-family: inherit; float: right; width: 331.734375px; text-align: right;\">\n<li class=\"link-to-speech\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; display: block;\"><span class=\"link-to-speech__label\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; color: #b5acaf;\">Link to this speech<\/span><a class=\"link debate-speech__meta__link\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #9d9195; line-height: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/debates\/?id=2020-04-27b.106.0#g106.1\">In context<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"link debate-speech__meta__link\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #9d9195; line-height: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0.5em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/debates\/?id=2020-04-27b.106.1\">Individually<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"link-to-speech\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; display: block;\"><a class=\"twitter debate-speech__meta__link js-twitter-share\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #9d9195; line-height: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theyworkforyou.com%2Fdebates%2F%3Fid%3D2020-04-27b.106.1&amp;text=Mohammad+Yasin+on+Digital%2C+Culture%2C+Media+and+Sport%2C+at+TheyWorkForYou&amp;amp;related=theyworkforyou%2Cmysociety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"facebook debate-speech__meta__link js-facebook-share\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #9d9195; line-height: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0.5em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=734726803296567&amp;display=popup&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theyworkforyou.com%2Fdebates%2F%3Fid%3D2020-04-27b.106.1&amp;quote=Mohammad+Yasin+on+Digital%2C+Culture%2C+Media+and+Sport%2C+at+TheyWorkForYou\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/debates\/?id=2020-04-27b.106.1\" data-text=\"Mohammad Yasin on Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, at TheyWorkForYou\">Share<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"link-to-hansard\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; color: #b5acaf; display: block;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: block;\">(Citation: HC Deb, 27 April 2020, c106)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g106.2\" class=\"debate-speech\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 40px 0px; direction: ltr; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #e4e2dc; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">\n<div class=\"full-page__row\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; max-width: 63.33333em; width: auto; position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"full-page__unit\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 17.09375px; direction: ltr; width: 1140px; float: left;\"><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #4faded; line-height: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto;\" name=\"g106.2\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"debate-speech__speaker-and-content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; width: 663.484375px; float: left;\">\n<h2 class=\"debate-speech__speaker\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 70px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; color: #222222; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: 1em; font-size: 1.4em; position: relative;\"><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #4faded; line-height: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/mp\/?p=10632\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: none; max-width: 50px; height: auto; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; float: left; margin-right: 10px; position: absolute; left: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/images\/mps\/10632.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo of John Whittingdale\"><span class=\"debate-speech__speaker__name\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;\">John Whittingdale<\/span>&nbsp;<small class=\"debate-speech__speaker__position\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15.119999885559082px; line-height: 1em; color: #9d9195; display: inline-block; margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; max-width: 36em;\">Minister of State<\/small><\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"debate-speech__content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.66em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 70px; direction: ltr; font-size: 1em;\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;\">The Government recognise the vital role that local and regional newspapers play in the provision of reliable, high-quality information during this time. We have already put in place an unprecedented financial package to provide support to all businesses and have taken a number of steps to provide specific support to news publishers. We are continuing to work closely with publishers to fully understand the specific challenges that they are facing with the supply chain and the fall in advertising revenues and options for addressing these.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"debate-speech__meta debate-speech__links\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6; list-style-position: outside; font-family: inherit; float: right; width: 331.734375px; text-align: right;\">\n<li class=\"link-to-speech\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; display: block;\"><span class=\"link-to-speech__label\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; color: #b5acaf;\">Link to this speech<\/span><a class=\"link debate-speech__meta__link\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #9d9195; line-height: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/debates\/?id=2020-04-27b.106.0#g106.2\">In context<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"link debate-speech__meta__link\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #9d9195; line-height: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0.5em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/debates\/?id=2020-04-27b.106.2\">Individually<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"link-to-speech\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; display: block;\"><a class=\"twitter debate-speech__meta__link js-twitter-share\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #9d9195; line-height: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theyworkforyou.com%2Fdebates%2F%3Fid%3D2020-04-27b.106.2&amp;text=John+Whittingdale+on+Digital%2C+Culture%2C+Media+and+Sport%2C+at+TheyWorkForYou&amp;amp;related=theyworkforyou%2Cmysociety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"facebook debate-speech__meta__link js-facebook-share\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #9d9195; line-height: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0.5em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=734726803296567&amp;display=popup&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theyworkforyou.com%2Fdebates%2F%3Fid%3D2020-04-27b.106.2&amp;quote=John+Whittingdale+on+Digital%2C+Culture%2C+Media+and+Sport%2C+at+TheyWorkForYou\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/debates\/?id=2020-04-27b.106.2\" data-text=\"John Whittingdale on Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, at TheyWorkForYou\">Share<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"link-to-hansard\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; color: #b5acaf; display: block;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: block;\">(Citation: HC Deb, 27 April 2020, c106)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g106.3\" class=\"debate-speech\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 40px 0px; direction: ltr; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #e4e2dc; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">\n<div class=\"full-page__row\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; max-width: 63.33333em; width: auto; position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"full-page__unit\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 17.09375px; direction: ltr; width: 1140px; float: left;\"><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #4faded; line-height: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto;\" name=\"g106.3\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"debate-speech__speaker-and-content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; width: 663.484375px; float: left;\">\n<h2 class=\"debate-speech__speaker\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 70px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; color: #222222; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: 1em; font-size: 1.4em; position: relative;\"><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #4faded; line-height: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/mp\/?p=25649\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: none; max-width: 50px; height: auto; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; float: left; margin-right: 10px; position: absolute; left: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/images\/mps\/25649.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo of Mohammad Yasin\"><span class=\"debate-speech__speaker__name\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;\">Mohammad Yasin<\/span>&nbsp;<small class=\"debate-speech__speaker__position\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15.119999885559082px; line-height: 1em; color: #9d9195; display: inline-block; margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; max-width: 36em;\">Labour, Bedford<\/small><\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"debate-speech__content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.66em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 70px; direction: ltr; font-size: 1em;\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;\">The Government have agreed an advertising deal with the&nbsp;<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #4faded; line-height: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/News_Media_Association\" rel=\"nofollow\">News Media Association<\/a>, which has been presented to the wealthiest publishers, but have so far overlooked independents. Does the&nbsp;<a class=\"glossary\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #4faded; line-height: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto;\" title=\"Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who...\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/glossary\/?gl=23\">Secretary of State<\/a>&nbsp;agree that independent publishers such as the Bedford Independent are providing a vital service to communities across the&nbsp;<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #4faded; line-height: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UK\" rel=\"nofollow\">UK<\/a>, and will he meet with the independent sector representative body, the ICNN, to agree an advertising deal for the local independent press?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"debate-speech__meta debate-speech__links\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6; list-style-position: outside; font-family: inherit; float: right; width: 331.734375px; text-align: right;\">\n<li class=\"link-to-speech\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; display: block;\"><span class=\"link-to-speech__label\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; color: #b5acaf;\">Link to this speech<\/span><a class=\"link debate-speech__meta__link\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #9d9195; line-height: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/debates\/?id=2020-04-27b.106.0#g106.3\">In context<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"link debate-speech__meta__link\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #9d9195; line-height: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0.5em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/debates\/?id=2020-04-27b.106.3\">Individually<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"link-to-speech\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; display: block;\"><a class=\"twitter debate-speech__meta__link js-twitter-share\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #9d9195; line-height: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theyworkforyou.com%2Fdebates%2F%3Fid%3D2020-04-27b.106.3&amp;text=Mohammad+Yasin+on+Digital%2C+Culture%2C+Media+and+Sport%2C+at+TheyWorkForYou&amp;amp;related=theyworkforyou%2Cmysociety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"facebook debate-speech__meta__link js-facebook-share\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #9d9195; line-height: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0.5em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=734726803296567&amp;display=popup&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theyworkforyou.com%2Fdebates%2F%3Fid%3D2020-04-27b.106.3&amp;quote=Mohammad+Yasin+on+Digital%2C+Culture%2C+Media+and+Sport%2C+at+TheyWorkForYou\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/debates\/?id=2020-04-27b.106.3\" data-text=\"Mohammad Yasin on Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, at TheyWorkForYou\">Share<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"link-to-hansard\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; color: #b5acaf; display: block;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: block;\">(Citation: HC Deb, 27 April 2020, c106)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g106.4\" class=\"debate-speech\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 40px 0px; direction: ltr; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #e4e2dc; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">\n<div class=\"full-page__row\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; max-width: 63.33333em; width: auto; position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"full-page__unit\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 17.09375px; direction: ltr; width: 1140px; float: left;\"><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #4faded; line-height: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto;\" name=\"g106.4\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"debate-speech__speaker-and-content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; width: 663.484375px; float: left;\">\n<h2 class=\"debate-speech__speaker\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 70px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; color: #222222; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: 1em; font-size: 1.4em; position: relative;\"><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #4faded; line-height: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/mp\/?p=10632\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: none; max-width: 50px; height: auto; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; float: left; margin-right: 10px; position: absolute; left: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/images\/mps\/10632.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo of John Whittingdale\"><span class=\"debate-speech__speaker__name\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;\">John Whittingdale<\/span>&nbsp;<small class=\"debate-speech__speaker__position\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15.119999885559082px; line-height: 1em; color: #9d9195; display: inline-block; margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; max-width: 36em;\">Minister of State<\/small><\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"debate-speech__content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.66em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 70px; direction: ltr; font-size: 1em;\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;\">I agree with the hon. Gentleman that the independent community news sector is very important and plays an essential role in continuing to provide public information alongside the&nbsp;<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #4faded; line-height: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NMA\" rel=\"nofollow\">NMA<\/a>&nbsp;members in the regional and local press. The agreement that we have reached for advertising will cover 600 national, regional and local titles, which reach something like 49 million people, but I am in touch with the ICNN and we are looking to see what other measures could be put in place to support it and to see whether it could benefit from the Government\u2019s own advertising package.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"debate-speech__meta debate-speech__links\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6; list-style-position: outside; font-family: inherit; float: right; width: 331.734375px; text-align: right;\">\n<li class=\"link-to-speech\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; display: block;\"><span class=\"link-to-speech__label\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; color: #b5acaf;\">Link to this speech<\/span><a class=\"link debate-speech__meta__link\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #9d9195; line-height: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/debates\/?id=2020-04-27b.106.0#g106.4\">In context<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"link debate-speech__meta__link\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #9d9195; line-height: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0.5em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/debates\/?id=2020-04-27b.106.4\">Individually<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"link-to-speech\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; display: block;\"><a class=\"twitter debate-speech__meta__link js-twitter-share\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #9d9195; line-height: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theyworkforyou.com%2Fdebates%2F%3Fid%3D2020-04-27b.106.4&amp;text=John+Whittingdale+on+Digital%2C+Culture%2C+Media+and+Sport%2C+at+TheyWorkForYou&amp;amp;related=theyworkforyou%2Cmysociety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"facebook debate-speech__meta__link js-facebook-share\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #9d9195; line-height: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0.5em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=734726803296567&amp;display=popup&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theyworkforyou.com%2Fdebates%2F%3Fid%3D2020-04-27b.106.4&amp;quote=John+Whittingdale+on+Digital%2C+Culture%2C+Media+and+Sport%2C+at+TheyWorkForYou\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/debates\/?id=2020-04-27b.106.4\" data-text=\"John Whittingdale on Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, at TheyWorkForYou\">Share<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"link-to-hansard\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; color: #b5acaf; display: block;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: block;\">(Citation: HC Deb, 27 April 2020, c106)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g106.5\" class=\"debate-speech\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 40px 0px; direction: ltr; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #e4e2dc; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">\n<div class=\"full-page__row\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; max-width: 63.33333em; width: auto; position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"full-page__unit\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 17.09375px; direction: ltr; width: 1140px; float: left;\"><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #4faded; line-height: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto;\" name=\"g106.5\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"debate-speech__speaker-and-content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; width: 663.484375px; float: left;\">\n<h2 class=\"debate-speech__speaker\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 70px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; color: #222222; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: 1em; font-size: 1.4em; position: relative;\"><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #4faded; line-height: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/mp\/?p=25384\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: none; max-width: 50px; height: auto; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; float: left; margin-right: 10px; position: absolute; left: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/images\/mps\/25384.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo of Marcus Fysh\"><span class=\"debate-speech__speaker__name\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;\">Marcus Fysh<\/span>&nbsp;<small class=\"debate-speech__speaker__position\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15.119999885559082px; line-height: 1em; color: #9d9195; display: inline-block; margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; max-width: 36em;\">Conservative, Yeovil<\/small><\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"debate-speech__content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.66em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 70px; direction: ltr; font-size: 1em;\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;\">In Somerset, we are fortunate to have some excellent community radio stations, but, across the country, such stations are in need of financial support at this time. What more can the Government do to make sure that community radio stations are not forced to close because of coronavirus?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"debate-speech__meta debate-speech__links\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6; list-style-position: outside; font-family: inherit; float: right; width: 331.734375px; text-align: right;\">\n<li class=\"link-to-speech\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; display: block;\"><span class=\"link-to-speech__label\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; color: #b5acaf;\">Link to this speech<\/span><a class=\"link debate-speech__meta__link\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #9d9195; line-height: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/debates\/?id=2020-04-27b.106.0#g106.5\">In context<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"link debate-speech__meta__link\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; 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background-color: transparent; color: #9d9195; line-height: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0.5em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dialog\/share?app_id=734726803296567&amp;display=popup&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theyworkforyou.com%2Fdebates%2F%3Fid%3D2020-04-27b.106.5&amp;quote=Marcus+Fysh+on+Digital%2C+Culture%2C+Media+and+Sport%2C+at+TheyWorkForYou\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/debates\/?id=2020-04-27b.106.5\" data-text=\"Marcus Fysh on Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, at TheyWorkForYou\">Share<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"link-to-hansard\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-size: 14px; color: #b5acaf; display: block;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: block;\">(Citation: HC Deb, 27 April 2020, c106)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"g106.6\" class=\"debate-speech\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 40px 0px; direction: ltr; background-color: transparent; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #e4e2dc; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">\n<div class=\"full-page__row\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; max-width: 63.33333em; width: auto; position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"full-page__unit\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 17.09375px; direction: ltr; width: 1140px; float: left;\"><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #4faded; line-height: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto;\" name=\"g106.6\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"debate-speech__speaker-and-content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; width: 663.484375px; float: left;\">\n<h2 class=\"debate-speech__speaker\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 70px; direction: ltr; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 600; color: #222222; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: 1em; font-size: 1.4em; position: relative;\"><a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: #4faded; line-height: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-hyphens: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/mp\/?p=10632\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: none; max-width: 50px; height: auto; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; float: left; margin-right: 10px; position: absolute; left: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theyworkforyou.com\/images\/mps\/10632.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo of John Whittingdale\"><span class=\"debate-speech__speaker__name\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;\">John Whittingdale<\/span>&nbsp;<small class=\"debate-speech__speaker__position\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15.119999885559082px; line-height: 1em; color: #9d9195; display: inline-block; margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; max-width: 36em;\">Minister of State<\/small><\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"debate-speech__content\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.66em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 70px; direction: ltr; font-size: 1em;\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.6em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;\">I thank my hon. Friend for his question. I very much agree with him that community radio play an essential part in the media landscape, and I am very conscious of the pressures that many community radio stations are currently under. We are looking at ways in which we can support them, perhaps through the use of a community radio fund. That is something that I hope we can say more about very shortly. I am determined to give whatever help is possible to support community radio as well as commercial radio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mohammad Yasin&nbsp;Labour, Bedford What support the Government are providing to local and regional news organisations during the covid-19 outbreak.&nbsp; Link to this speechIn context&nbsp;Individually Tweet&nbsp;Share (Citation: HC Deb, 27 April 2020, c106) John Whittingdale&nbsp;Minister of State The Government recognise the vital role that local and regional newspapers play in the provision of reliable, high-quality information [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1533,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-speeches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=634"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1744,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634\/revisions\/1744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}