Liz McInnes – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2016-05-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make representations to the BBC on ensuring the Your Paintings archive is maintained as on online resource.

Mr Edward Vaizey

As set out in the Government’s White Paper, A BBC for the future​: a Broadcaster of Distinction, the government encourages the BBC to do more to open up its archive and ensure that it can be used by the public and as wide a range of institutions and organisations as possible​. How the BBC presents its online content is matter for the BBC.​ Your Paintings is now available on artuk.org.

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