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 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.