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HANSARDNational Trust ActsI am sorry to disappoint my noble friend, but we have no plans currently to do such a review. The National Trust conducts its own governance review every 10 years and any external…03 Dec 2020HANSARDNational Trust ActsAs I said in my opening remarks, the National Trust is an independent charity, and rightly so. It is therefore the responsibility of its trustees and council to oversee some of…03 Dec 2020HANSARDLegislative Reform (Renewal of Radio Licences) Order 2020That the draft Order laid before the House on 2 July be approved. Relevant document: 20th Report from the Regulatory Reform Committee27 Nov 2020HANSARDLegislative Reform (Renewal of Radio Licences) Order 2020My Lords, it has been a pleasure to debate this order with your Lordships, and I thank all noble Lords for the warm welcome they gave it. I will bask for a short moment in the…27 Nov 2020HANSARDCommunications Act (e-Commerce) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 24 September, 12 and 14 October be approved. Relevant document: 32nd Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee.…27 Nov 2020HANSARDAudiovisual Media Services (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 15 October be approved. Relevant document: 32nd Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee27 Nov 2020HANSARDAudiovisual Media Services (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020I thank all noble Lords for their contributions and probing questions about these regulations. I will endeavour to answer as many as possible in the coming minutes, but if I…27 Nov 2020HANSARDLegislative Reform (Renewal of Radio Licences) Order 2020My Lords, I am pleased to introduce this statutory instrument. It is a short but important order that will bring clarity and certainty to the UK’s commercial radio sector. In…27 Nov 2020HANSARDAudiovisual Media Services (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, I am pleased to introduce this instrument, laid in both Houses on 15 October, which is being made under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. These regulations…27 Nov 2020HANSARDSport Sector: Financial SupportI apologise to the noble Lord, but I will have to write to him in response to his question.25 Nov 2020HANSARDSport Sector: Financial SupportI thank my noble friend for his question. We will publish the application process and wider conditions for loans in the winter survival package in the next few weeks, but the…25 Nov 2020HANSARDSport Sector: Financial SupportThe noble Baroness raises the interesting idea of “Work Out to Help Out”, or whatever it would be called. Obviously there are different ways of helping different sectors. We have…25 Nov 2020HANSARDSport Sector: Financial SupportMy noble friend is absolutely right about the value of sport in terms of both physical and mental health. Obviously, with cricket being a summer sport, things may look very…25 Nov 2020HANSARDSport Sector: Financial SupportOn the first part of the noble Lord’s question about review dates for increasing the number of spectators, those decisions are clearly not taken in isolation and will be part of…25 Nov 2020HANSARDSport Sector: Financial SupportThe noble Lord makes an important point about following where the money is going. Part of the role of the independent board is to do just that. On the Premiership, as I and my…25 Nov 2020HANSARDSport Sector: Financial SupportI think the noble Baroness may be conflating two things. This package is very specifically for those sports clubs in real financial difficulty. It is the same whether it is a…25 Nov 2020HANSARDSport Sector: Financial SupportI reassure the noble Baroness that my department does not need any nudging in relation to the importance of sport for young people. As I mentioned, we committed £220 million to…25 Nov 2020HANSARDSport Sector: Financial SupportI thank both noble Lords for their questions and their welcome to this funding. I echo the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, in thanking the civil servants in both DCMS and the Treasury…25 Nov 2020HANSARDSport Sector: Financial SupportI thank the noble Lord for his question. As I mentioned to the noble Lord, Lord Razzall, we have had confirmation that so far the ECB has the means to support all the counties…25 Nov 2020HANSARDSport Sector: Financial SupportWell, I am delighted to hear from my noble friend about the demand for tickets for the rugby World Cup. I stress that we appreciate and understand the importance of rugby league…25 Nov 2020