Department for Science, Innovation and Technology written question – answered at on 10 January 2024.
Kevin Brennan
Shadow Minister (Victims and Sentencing)
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of private copy levy schemes on the creative sector in the European Union.
Saqib Bhatti
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Government has made no recent assessment of the impact of private copy levy schemes on the creative sector in the European Union.
The 3rd Trade Specialised Committee on intellectual property under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement discussed Private Copying Levies on 23 October 2023 and the Minutes were published on gov.uk here.
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