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HANSARDBrexit: Creative Industries’ Access to European MarketsMy Lords, does the Minister agree that a thriving future for the creative industries is a matter of access not just to markets but to talent, and that limiting EU migrants to…15 May 2019HANSARDPublic Service BroadcastersTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the speech of the Chief Executive of Ofcom on 28 November 2018 in which she encouraged public service…28 Mar 2019HANSARDCultural and Creative Industries: DiversityMy Lords, picking up on something the noble Lord, Lord Black, said, Arts Council England has an Artsmark award—a quality mark awarded by ACE to schools that are embedding creative…11 Mar 2019HANSARDTheatre Tickets: LondonMy Lords, I pick up on the question from the noble Lord, Lord Kirkhope. So many of these smash hits playing on the London stage and so much of the talent, both front and back of…28 Feb 2019HANSARDBroadcasting: Public Sector ContentMy Lords, I fear I will ask the Minister to repeat, yet again, what he has said. Does he not agree that prominence is not a perk for PSBs but a fair and essential exchange? I do…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTelevision Licences: Over 75sIf the Government persist in requiring the BBC, and hence the licence fee payer, to pay for the over-75s—a welfare benefit introduced by Gordon Brown and paid for by the…21 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political DeclarationMy Lords, I was unable to speak last time because I came after the plug was pulled. Then, I was 128th; this time I am 59th, so that is some consolation, I suppose. Coming after so…10 Jan 2019