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HANSARDCovid-19: Business Interruption InsuranceOn my noble friend’s final point about the opportunity to review those issues here, I understand that that will be dealt with through the usual channels as speedily as possible.…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Business Interruption InsuranceI understand from my noble friend on the Front Bench that an offer was made to repeat the Statement here today, but the usual channels agreed that the economic debate tomorrow…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Business Interruption InsuranceMy noble friend makes a very important point. A new coronavirus business interruption loan scheme, which is being delivered by the British Business Bank, will launch in a matter…17 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Business Interruption InsuranceMy Lords, the Government understand that this has been an unprecedented time for these industries and that Covid-19 has indeed had a very profound impact. At the Budget last week,…17 Mar 2020HANSARDGambling Act 2005 (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2020That the draft Order laid before the House on 20 January be approved. Relevant document: 4th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee . C onsidered in Grand…11 Mar 2020HANSARDSport England: Female ActivityAs my noble friend said, This Girl Can plays an important part in inspiring women aged 16 to 60 to be active, and almost 122,000 more women are active today compared with 2015-16.…09 Mar 2020HANSARDGambling Act 2005 (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2020My Lords, Section 99 of the Gambling Act 2005 imposes monetary limits on the per-draw and annual proceeds of any lottery promoted in reliance on a lottery operating licence. This…09 Mar 2020HANSARDSport England: Female ActivityMy noble friend makes a very important point. Walking is now included in the Active Lives survey as one of the measures of activity we look at. Obviously, there are risks, to…09 Mar 2020HANSARDSport England: Female ActivityMy Lords, we are determined to encourage more women and girls to get active and break down the barriers that prevent them from doing so, something that we set out in our sports…09 Mar 2020HANSARDGambling Act 2005 (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2020The answer is yes. As the noble Lord is aware, the fourth national licence competition will open in April, and both my department and the Treasury have been looking at the case…09 Mar 2020HANSARDSport England: Female ActivityThat is a very good question which might apply to a number of us in this House. Sport England is working with women over 61 and, as I mentioned earlier, the biggest increase in…09 Mar 2020HANSARDGambling Act 2005 (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2020That the Grand Committee do consider the Gambling Act 2005 (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2020. Relevant document: 4th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny…09 Mar 2020HANSARDGambling Act 2005 (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2020I am sure the noble Lord will understand that the decision on what the People’s Postcode Lottery spends on its marketing budget is for it. What we look at for reasonableness is…09 Mar 2020HANSARDSport England: Female ActivityThe Government have certainly tried to take the learning from this campaign and apply it as widely as possible.09 Mar 2020HANSARDSport England: Female ActivityI am delighted that the noble Lord finds the campaign compelling and has learned from it; I think that will be true for many of us. The Government have supported the campaign…09 Mar 2020HANSARDSport England: Female ActivityThe noble Baroness is quite right that disability can be a barrier to an active life and participation in sport in particular. Sport England is working with health and social care…09 Mar 2020HANSARDGambling Act 2005 (Variation of Monetary Limits) Order 2020I start by thanking both noble Lords for their careful scrutiny of the instrument that we are discussing, and for their questions. Perhaps I might start by trying to reassure the…09 Mar 2020HANSARDBBC and Public Service BroadcastingI will write to the noble Lord to clarify any other points that remain unclear. I want to take the last minute and a half to talk about the creative industries. My noble friend…05 Mar 2020HANSARDBBC and Public Service BroadcastingIf he will forgive me, in the interests of time I will write to the noble Lord with some of the detail. He raised a point about data sharing and the over-75s concession. The BBC’s…05 Mar 2020HANSARDBBC and Public Service BroadcastingI am not clear why those things are linked, but perhaps scarcity of time means that I should move on. The noble Lord, Lord Monks, and the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy, highlighted…05 Mar 2020