Angus Brendan MacNeil – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angus Brendan MacNeil on 2016-10-19.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to increase funding for BBC ALBA.

Mr David Gauke

The Government recognises MG Alba’s valuable contribution to Gaelic language broadcasting. Although MG ALBA are funded by the Scottish Government, the previous government provided them with two one-off grants that ended in March 2016, for additional support for minority language services. MG ALBA continues to receive public funding from the Scottish Executive. There are no plans for the UK Government to provide further direct funding.