Consultation outcome

Consultation on a Technical Variation to the Public Lending Right Scheme

• From: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Caroline Dinenage MP
• Published: 8 April 2021
• Last updated: 10 June 2021 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

Based on the feedback received, the government concluded that stakeholders welcomed the proposal to include remote e-lending from public libraries in Northern Ireland.

Detail of feedback received

DCMS ran a three week public consultation on the proposal to extend the PLR to include remote e-lending from public libraries in Northern Ireland. We received 13 responses, including from sector organisations representing authors, libraries, publishers and booksellers. All responses were supportive of the proposed change.

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Original consultation

Summary

Consultation on a proposal to extend remote e-lending from public libraries to Northern Ireland.

This consultation ran from
9am on 8 April 2021 to 5pm on 28 April 2021

Consultation description

This consultation seeks views on a proposed technical amendment to extend remote e-lending from public libraries to Northern Ireland as part of the Public Lending Right Scheme, which will bring e-lending in Northern Ireland in line with the rest of the UK.

Documents

Consultation on the proposal to extend remote e-lending from public libraries to Northern Ireland.

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Consultation Question

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Government Response to a Consultation on the proposal to extend the Public Lending Right to include remote e-lending from public libraries in Northern Ireland.

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Published 8 April 2021
Last updated 10 June 2021 + show all updates

1. 10 June 2021

   Government response to consultation added

2. 8 April 2021

   First published.