§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for High Peak (Mr. Levitt) and the hon. Member for Maidenhead of 8 December 1997,Official Report, column 468, what replies he received from cable and satellite broadcasters following his request that they state their plans to make their services more accessible to viewers with hearing difficulties. [65240]
§ Janet AndersonI am placing a summary of the responses received in the Library of the House. My officials are holding a series of meetings with the broadcasters; the major groups representing viewers with hearing difficulties; and the subtitling providers to discuss what scope there is for improving the level of subtitling on cable and satellite channels and what impediments broadcasters face in increasing the current level of provision.