Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) helps to drive growth, enrich lives and promote Britain abroad. We protect and promote our cultural and artistic heritage and help businesses and communities to grow by investing in innovation and highlighting Britain as a fantastic place to visit. We help to give the UK a unique advantage on the global stage, striving for economic success. DCMS is supported by 1 public body.

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Ministers

• The Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP
  Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
• Julia Lopez MP
  Minister of State for Media, Data, and Digital Infrastructure
• The Rt Hon Stuart Andrew MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Sport, Tourism and Civil Society, and Minister for Equalities)
• Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Arts and Heritage and DCMS Lords Minister)
• Paul Scully MP
  Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy

Petitions linked to this department

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• All sporting events involving the English national team category A - free to air
  Open from Friday 15th August 2025 to Sunday 15th February 2026
  89 signatures

• Ban the use of AI generated models in advertising campaigns
  Open from Wednesday 13th August 2025 to Friday 13th February 2026
  252 signatures

• Rule out BBC licence fee being linked to council tax
  Open from Monday 11th August 2025 to Wednesday 11th February 2026
  1,621 signatures

• Ban the use of smart phones & social media on the internet for under 18s
  Open from Wednesday 6th August 2025 to Friday 6th February 2026
  129 signatures

• Make the Freedom of Information Act apply to sporting National Governing Bodies
  Open from Tuesday 5th August 2025 to Thursday 5th February 2026
  71 signatures

• Publish an updated 'Tackling Loneliness' strategy & funding for programmes
  Open from Monday 4th August 2025 to Wednesday 4th February 2026
  68 signatures

• Ban greyhound racing
  Open from Wednesday 30th July 2025 to Friday 30th January 2026
  55,574 signatures

• Create a ‘Community First’ legal duty for charity legacy property sales
  Open from Tuesday 29th July 2025 to Thursday 29th January 2026
  36 signatures

• Require mobile network operators to provide PAC codes for previous 07 numbers
  Open from Wednesday 16th July 2025 to Friday 16th January 2026
  23 signatures

• Ban gambling advertising on TV
  Open from Wednesday 16th July 2025 to Friday 16th January 2026
  316 signatures

• Require unused website URLs to be made available after 12 months
  Open from Tuesday 8th July 2025 to Thursday 8th January 2026
  27 signatures

• Make provision for a Global BBC licence fee
  Open from Friday 4th July 2025 to Sunday 4th January 2026
  32 signatures

• Require galleries segregate artists' sale proceeds, protect them from insolvency
  Open from Wednesday 2nd July 2025 to Friday 2nd January 2026
  205 signatures

• Require AI companies to publish their training data
  Open from Tuesday 1st July 2025 to Thursday 1st January 2026
  59 signatures

• Scrap the BBC TV Licence & replace funding with adverts or paywall
  Open from Tuesday 1st July 2025 to Thursday 1st January 2026
  7,470 signatures

• Make using AI and generative language models in factual media a criminal offence
  Open from Monday 30th June 2025 to Tuesday 30th December 2025
  84 signatures

• Increase funding for indoor sport facilities for sports like volleyball
  Open from Friday 20th June 2025 to Saturday 20th December 2025
  41 signatures

• Ban dynamic ticket pricing for live events
  Open from Friday 13th June 2025 to Saturday 13th December 2025
  2,425 signatures

• Ban AI scrapers from scraping websites that have opted out
  Open from Thursday 12th June 2025 to Friday 12th December 2025
  83 signatures

• Independent Financial Broadcasting Service to Report on UK Government Spending
  Open from Thursday 12th June 2025 to Friday 12th December 2025
  44 signatures

• Fund Free TV licences for all pensioners.
  Open from Wednesday 11th June 2025 to Thursday 11th December 2025
  15,985 signatures

• Fund support for Speedway
  Open from Monday 9th June 2025 to Tuesday 9th December 2025
  51 signatures

• Ban songs about knife crime and violence on social media and music apps
  Open from Tuesday 27th May 2025 to Thursday 27th November 2025
  78 signatures

• Increase regulation of AI chatbots to protect children from grooming and harm
  Open from Friday 23rd May 2025 to Sunday 23rd November 2025
  92 signatures

• Legislate to require tech companies to offer parental controls for under 17's
  Open from Tuesday 20th May 2025 to Thursday 20th November 2025
  208 signatures

• Provide a legal right to access certain services without a digital device
  Open from Tuesday 20th May 2025 to Thursday 20th November 2025
  10,909 signatures

• Launch an inquiry into online disinformation on social media platforms
  Open from Tuesday 20th May 2025 to Thursday 20th November 2025
  69 signatures

• Make ‘open call’ auditions regulated
  Open from Tuesday 13th May 2025 to Thursday 13th November 2025
  20 signatures

• Ban parents from using their children to create social media content
  Open from Monday 12th May 2025 to Wednesday 12th November 2025
  172 signatures

• New parental chaperone right in the entertainment industry
  Open from Wednesday 30th April 2025 to Thursday 30th October 2025
  27 signatures

• Stop the Data (Use and Access) Bill
  Open from Monday 28th April 2025 to Tuesday 28th October 2025
  775 signatures

• Remove all duplicate telecommunications infrastructure & enforce sharing deals
  Open from Friday 25th April 2025 to Saturday 25th October 2025
  506 signatures

• Ban industry lobbyists from charity boards for 5 years after leaving their job
  Open from Tuesday 22nd April 2025 to Wednesday 22nd October 2025
  40 signatures

• Require state-funded free-entry museums to charge a £5 entry fee for tourists
  Open from Tuesday 22nd April 2025 to Wednesday 22nd October 2025
  46 signatures

• Require media retractions be made as visible as original headlines or articles
  Open from Wednesday 16th April 2025 to Thursday 16th October 2025
  228 signatures

• Hold newspaper editors legally responsible for dangerous inaccuracies published
  Open from Wednesday 9th April 2025 to Thursday 9th October 2025
  94 signatures

• Ban Gambling Industry Donations to Political Parties and MPs
  Open from Tuesday 8th April 2025 to Wednesday 8th October 2025
  111 signatures

• Mandate major tv broadcasters to play the national anthem at the end of the day
  Open from Tuesday 8th April 2025 to Wednesday 8th October 2025
  49 signatures

• Increase funding for volleyball facilities and training
  Open from Monday 7th April 2025 to Tuesday 7th October 2025
  18 signatures

• Fund the building of 1500 artificial sports pitches by start of 2027
  Open from Monday 7th April 2025 to Tuesday 7th October 2025
  36 signatures

• Raise the age of digital consent from 13 to 16
  Open from Monday 7th April 2025 to Tuesday 7th October 2025
  49 signatures

• Provide funding and relief to support struggling independent music venues
  Open from Friday 4th April 2025 to Saturday 4th October 2025
  272 signatures

• Protect the 6 Nations Championship & Ensure Live Free to Air Broadcast
  Open from Friday 4th April 2025 to Saturday 4th October 2025
  37 signatures

• Launch a public inquiry to investigate political bias in the national media
  Open from Thursday 3rd April 2025 to Friday 3rd October 2025
  124 signatures

• Make the Tour de France a Category A event so it is free-to-air
  Open from Tuesday 1st April 2025 to Wednesday 1st October 2025
  18,471 signatures

• Recognise the production and serving of cask ale as Intangible Cultural Heritage
  Open from Tuesday 1st April 2025 to Wednesday 1st October 2025
  41,024 signatures

• Prevent the switching off of analogue landlines and fund public payphones
  Open from Monday 31st March 2025 to Tuesday 30th September 2025
  69 signatures

• Make a criminal offence not to label AI generated media & communication as such
  Open from Tuesday 25th March 2025 to Thursday 25th September 2025
  253 signatures

• Fund a free, nationwide 'Parental Control App' to keep all children safe online
  Open from Monday 24th March 2025 to Wednesday 24th September 2025
  278 signatures

• Require sports to be available on free to air tv
  Open from Friday 21st March 2025 to Sunday 21st September 2025
  144 signatures

• Do not extend the BBC TV license fee to streaming services
  Open from Thursday 20th March 2025 to Saturday 20th September 2025
  354 signatures

• Do not extend the BBC TV license fee to streaming services

• Change how news sites announce celebrity deaths
  Open from Tuesday 18th March 2025 to Thursday 18th September 2025
  36 signatures

• Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times
  Open from Thursday 13th March 2025 to Saturday 13th September 2025
  17,046 signatures

• Make it illegal for the media to shame victims of romance fraud
  Open from Wednesday 12th March 2025 to Friday 12th September 2025
  151 signatures

• Make aggressive social media auditing a criminal offence
  Open from Wednesday 12th March 2025 to Friday 12th September 2025
  252 signatures

• Media companies to be restricted from attending inquests not of public interest
  Open from Tuesday 11th March 2025 to Thursday 11th September 2025
  15 signatures

• Ban the sale, ownership and access to smartphones for children 16 and under
  Open from Tuesday 11th March 2025 to Thursday 11th September 2025
  692 signatures

• Ban artificial intelligence-produced imagery and art from being copyrighted
  Open from Monday 10th March 2025 to Wednesday 10th September 2025
  1,080 signatures

• Ensure football fans hold majority stake in clubs
  Open from Tuesday 25th February 2025 to Monday 25th August 2025
  35 signatures

• Revoke the BBC's royal charter & right to charge a licence fee
  Open from Monday 24th February 2025 to Sunday 24th August 2025
  525 signatures

• An Annual Day of Remembrance for children killed in wars, conflicts and violence
  Open from Friday 21st February 2025 to Thursday 21st August 2025
  40 signatures

• Review the safeguarding and welfare of artists in the entertainment industry
  Open from Wednesday 19th February 2025 to Tuesday 19th August 2025
  2,999 signatures

• Ban social media influencers from promoting/advertising cosmetic surgery
  Open from Monday 17th February 2025 to Sunday 17th August 2025
  682 signatures

• Introduce a law preventing copyrighted work being used to train AI
  Open from Friday 14th February 2025 to Thursday 14th August 2025
  654 signatures

• Require online account deletion to be simple and clear
  Open from Friday 7th February 2025 to Thursday 7th August 2025
  121 signatures

• Ban booking fees for all entertainment venues and events
  Open from Monday 3rd February 2025 to Sunday 3rd August 2025
  55 signatures

• Ban the use of generative 'AI' in all creative sectors
  Open from Tuesday 28th January 2025 to Monday 28th July 2025
  4,508 signatures

• Provide funding to help the television industry and support TV freelancers
  Open from Tuesday 28th January 2025 to Monday 28th July 2025
  2,847 signatures

• Ban ambient music in public places
  Open from Monday 27th January 2025 to Sunday 27th July 2025
  230 signatures

• Review traditional and social media regulation
  Open from Monday 20th January 2025 to Sunday 20th July 2025
  5,752 signatures

• Ban explicit violence and sexualisation in Computer & Video Games
  Open from Wednesday 15th January 2025 to Tuesday 15th July 2025
  67 signatures

• Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold
  Open from Tuesday 14th January 2025 to Monday 14th July 2025
  189,864 signatures

• Require news outlets to publish clear, accurate headlines
  Open from Monday 6th January 2025 to Sunday 6th July 2025
  70 signatures

• Require TV channels to provide an opt out of distressing tv adverts
  Open from Monday 6th January 2025 to Sunday 6th July 2025
  48 signatures

• To give more funding to Uniformed Youth Organisations to support young people.
  Open from Friday 20th December 2024 to Friday 20th June 2025
  42 signatures

• Review how the rights of trans athletes are respected in sports
  Open from Friday 13th December 2024 to Friday 13th June 2025
  2,236 signatures

• Ban Reselling Tickets for Above Face-Value and Dynamic Pricing
  Open from Tuesday 10th December 2024 to Tuesday 10th June 2025
  807 signatures

• Increase the number of politicians at remembrance ceremonies
  Open from Tuesday 10th December 2024 to Tuesday 10th June 2025
  18 signatures

• Abolish the tv licence
  Open from Thursday 28th November 2024 to Wednesday 28th May 2025
  37,661 signatures

• Fund free TV licences for all pensioners
  Open from Tuesday 26th November 2024 to Monday 26th May 2025
  54,270 signatures

• Prohibit gambling on the timing and/or outcome of elections
  Open from Thursday 21st November 2024 to Wednesday 21st May 2025
  103 signatures

• Introduce stricter regulation of event ticket sales, resales and dynamic pricing
  Open from Wednesday 20th November 2024 to Tuesday 20th May 2025
  147 signatures

• Review current legislation and regulation of gambling adverts
  Open from Tuesday 19th November 2024 to Monday 19th May 2025
  368 signatures

• Ban eating noises in advertisements
  Open from Monday 20th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  11 signatures

• Give parents/guardians a right to access social media accounts of their children
  Open from Friday 10th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  126,033 signatures

• Prevent media reporting details of inquests in cases of suicide
  Open from Tuesday 7th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  196 signatures

• Ban the sale of gambling products in shops unless via a dedicated till
  Open from Thursday 2nd May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  22 signatures

• Increase Government funding for foodbanks
  Open from Wednesday 1st May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  27 signatures

• Make it legal to copy digital media for personal use
  Open from Tuesday 30th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  32 signatures

• Exempt listening to music and the radio by staff from music licence requirements
  Open from Wednesday 24th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  20 signatures

• Ban gambling adverts and sponsorship in football
  Open from Tuesday 16th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  30 signatures

• Require videogame publishers to keep games they have sold in a working state
  Open from Tuesday 16th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  27,341 signatures

• Abolish Mobile Roaming Charges for UK Travellers to Europe
  Open from Monday 15th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  26 signatures

• Require editing or creation of media using software to be recorded in metadata
  Open from Friday 12th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  14 signatures

• Make the auditing of commercial premises on social media platforms illegal
  Open from Friday 12th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  39 signatures

• Ban social media influencers from promoting/advertising cosmetic surgery
  Open from Wednesday 10th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  905 signatures

• Create a statutory press regulator
  Open from Wednesday 27th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  21 signatures

• Require a cooling off period and mental health adverts on gambling platforms
  Open from Thursday 21st March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  79 signatures

• Introduce an independent regulator for football referees in England
  Open from Thursday 21st March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  13 signatures

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