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HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I will speak about the vital importance of creativity and imagination, the twin engines of our world-leading creative industries, and of books in particular. I declare…19 May 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechIt might also be true in this House. University students struggle to concentrate on classic texts and, this year, the first UK reading census found that 30% of the population are…19 May 2026HANSARDPublic LibrariesI thank the noble Baroness, Lady Sanderson, for her comprehensive review and recommendations, and thank the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, for commissioning it. I draw noble Lords’…12 Sept 2024HANSARDArtsMy Lords, as we heard from my noble friend Lord Kinnock, McKinsey published an arts report last November that described the UK as a “cultural powerhouse” that punches above its…01 Feb 2024HANSARDCreative Industries (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, I draw the House’s attention to my interests in the creative industries as set out in the register. I pay tribute to the skilful and consensual chairing of the inquiry…07 Jul 2023HANSARDBBC: Future Funding (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, I am delighted to contribute to this debate as a member of the Communications and Digital Committee and humbled to speak after our esteemed chair, the noble Baroness,…16 Dec 2022HANSARDAuthors, Booksellers and Libraries: Economic RecoveryI would like to ask the Minister about the current consultation on a change to UK copyright law relating to the UK’s future IP exhaustion regime, the impact of which could be far…10 Jan 2022