Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy written question – answered at on 29 November 2018.
George Howarth
Labour, Knowsley
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support the inclusion in the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market of provisions to ensure that creators receive fair remuneration for the use of their works.
Sam Gyimah
Minister of State (Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) (Higher Education), Minister of State (Education)
The Government supports the principle that creators should be fairly rewarded for their work whilst ensuring that we continue to encourage investment in new content and innovative services. We are positively engaging with our European partners to achieve this.
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