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HANSARDCharities: FundingMy Lords, the Government understand that there is a tension between transparency and donor anonymity. We encourage greater transparency across the charity sector as a matter of…29 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Cultural and Creative IndustriesI agree with my noble friend that there are many brilliant examples of where the arts have helped to promote positive mental health. Indeed, the launch of the National Academy for…26 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Cultural and Creative IndustriesAs I said to the noble Baroness, Lady Bonham-Carter, we need absolute clarity that insurance is the real barrier to reopening, and, at a time when the pandemic is changing from…26 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Cultural and Creative IndustriesMy Lords, this Government stand with the cultural and creative sectors. We are making the biggest ever one-off investment of £1.57 billion in them. To date, more than £500 million…26 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Cultural and Creative IndustriesThe noble and gallant Lord makes an important point. Our approach through the Cultural Recovery Fund has been to try to support the cultural ecosystem. Enabling those institutions…26 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Cultural and Creative IndustriesI do not wholly recognise the numbers that the noble Lord cites. We are very clear that we stand by our freelancers across the creative industries, both directly through the…26 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Cultural and Creative IndustriesI thank my noble friend for his recognition of the scale and breadth of the Cultural Recovery Fund. He is right to ask how we can think of innovative ways to support the sector to…26 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Cultural and Creative IndustriesAs my noble friend knows, the cultural and creative industries have been a critical and rapidly growing part of our economy, representing about £111 billion of gross value added…26 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Cultural and Creative IndustriesThe noble Lord is right that culture and the arts play an important part in our mental health and sense of well-being. That is why we have worked so hard with the sector,…26 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Cultural and Creative IndustriesAgain, I thank the noble Baroness for her kind words regarding the Cultural Recovery Fund. With regard to government-backed insurance, particularly for theatres, the same applies…26 Oct 2020HANSARDHistoric StatuesThe noble Lord is right when he talks about a full history of our country, and we hope our approach of retain and explain goes some way to addressing that, but he is also right…19 Oct 2020HANSARDHistoric StatuesObviously local authorities are primarily responsible in this area and will take the view of their community into consideration, but my understanding is that for the most…19 Oct 2020HANSARDHistoric StatuesThe noble Baroness gives some very helpful examples. The Government share her concern, particularly at some of the scenes we have seen recently, which have been deeply troubling.…19 Oct 2020HANSARDHistoric StatuesThe noble Lord’s suggestion chimes very well with our approach. It would be enlightening to hear what children think: they normally tell us the truth. I am happy to pick that up…19 Oct 2020HANSARDHistoric StatuesI am happy to note that and to note that all of us as human beings are complicated, and our history reflects that complexity.19 Oct 2020HANSARDHistoric StatuesI am not aware that there are plans for a task force as the noble Lord suggests, but I am happy to take that back to the department. Obviously, move versus remove versus retain…19 Oct 2020HANSARDHistoric StatuesMy Lords, there are approximately 12,000 outdoor statues in England. In the region of 3,500 are protected as, or as part of, listed buildings; of those, 473 are of historical…19 Oct 2020HANSARDHistoric StatuesMy noble friend is absolutely right. There is plenty of room for more women of extraordinary talent and contribution to be represented in that way. Indeed, more broadly, we…19 Oct 2020HANSARDHistoric StatuesIt is perhaps worth separating out the different issues here. The noble Lord is right that many issues, as he has described, relate to and fall within the responsibility of local…19 Oct 2020HANSARDHistoric StatuesThe noble Baroness raises important points, but I feel that they are for Parliament to decide rather than the department.19 Oct 2020