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HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords, I declare an interest that I was a TV journalist and executive and worked for the BBC and ITV and made programmes for Channel 4. We on these Benches are pleased that…20 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillTo my mind, “significant” is very different from “appropriate”, which is a wishy-washy, woolly term, whereas “significant” is a specific term.20 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 33 in my name. I start by apologising for not being able to speak at Second Reading. Despite good will, good intention and lots of work by…08 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords, I too have added my name to Amendment 9. As the noble Viscount, Lord Colville, and the noble Baroness, Lady Fraser, said, a clear definition of the genres, rather than…08 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillI was going to speak to these amendments, but they have been so comprehensively covered by the noble Baronesses, Lady Thornton and Lady Fraser, and my noble friend Lady…08 May 2024HANSARDNews Broadcasting: RegulationI am a third party.14 Mar 2024HANSARDNews Broadcasting: RegulationMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord McNally for this debate, and also for his role in the Communications Act 2003, when he and others, notably Lord Puttnam, paved the way for…14 Mar 2024HANSARDBBC World ServiceMy Lords, I will pick up what the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Stirrup, just mentioned. One of the most wonderful things that the BBC World Service has provided is “Dars”, aimed…12 Mar 2024HANSARDArtsMy Lords, I add my thanks to the noble Lord, Lord Bragg—I hope I can say my noble friend Lord Bragg—for this debate. I draw attention to my interests as declared in the register.…01 Feb 2024HANSARDBBC: FundingMy Lords, we on these Benches have long proposed that the funding process should be taken out of government control and handed to a genuinely independent body. As the noble Lord,…17 Jan 2024HANSARDBBC FundingMy Lords, in 2022, the Government made a firm commitment that, after two years of freezing the licence fee, they would allow it to rise for the following four years according to…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCreative and Cultural Industries: Impact of Visa and Immigration PoliciesI thank the Minister for his response. As I think he was trying to say, and as the Chancellor recently said, the creative industries are one of the UK’s five high-growth priority…25 Jul 2023HANSARDCreative and Cultural Industries: Impact of Visa and Immigration PoliciesTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact that the United Kingdom’s visa and immigration policies have on the UK creative and cultural…25 Jul 2023HANSARDCreative Industries (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, I also welcome this report. We are an island with a wealth of creative talents, which have shaped and illuminated our history and national identity, and our modern and…07 Jul 2023HANSARDPerforming ArtsMy Lords, I start by thanking my noble friend for this important debate. We applaud the concept of levelling up but the delivery is most important—I think this is what the noble…30 Mar 2023HANSARDCreative and Cultural Sector: Social MobilityTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of social mobility in the creative and cultural sector, and what steps they are taking to improve it.07 Mar 2023HANSARDCreative and Cultural Sector: Social MobilityI thank the Minister for his reply. A recent report looking into social mobility in the creative sector since the 1970s found that there has been shockingly little progress. Last…07 Mar 2023HANSARDSecurity Threat to UK-based JournalistsMy Lords, from these Benches, I thank the Minister for the Statement. We are all horrified that Iran International felt the need to close its offices in the UK, and I look forward…21 Feb 2023HANSARDChannel 4My Lords, I too welcome the return of the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson. He is like the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson: he goes and he comes back, and it is excellent that we have both…11 Jan 2023HANSARDPublic Service Broadcasting: BBC CentenaryI thank my noble friend Lord Foster for his characteristically excellent opening speech to this debate and welcome the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, back. Keeping up the “Doctor…03 Nov 2022