Retention Period of Livestreams of Parliamentary Sittings and Considerations for Permanent Archiving

Ms Hazel Poa asked the Minister for Communications and Information (a) for how long will the livestreams of parliamentary sittings be retained on MCI's YouTube channel; and (b) whether MCI will consider permanently retaining all livestreams of parliamentary sittings on its YouTube channel and, if not, where will they be archived.

As mentioned in the Ministry of Communications and Information's (MCI's) reply to a similar Parliamentary Question in January 2021, the full video of each Parliamentary Sitting livestream will remain on MCI's YouTube channel for six months after the end of the Sitting. [Please refer to "Livestream of Parliamentary Proceedings", Official Report, 4 January 2021, Vol 95, Issue 14, Written Answers to Questions section.]

The key purpose of livestreaming the Parliamentary proceedings is to allow members of the public to view the Parliamentary proceedings real-time, without the need to be physically present in Parliament. Thereafter, the full records of Parliamentary proceedings are documented through the Hansard and accessible to all online.