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HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]That the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 2 to 62.15 Jul 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: News MediaAs I said, we want to, and need to, make sure we get this right for everyone. I am happy to have a conversation with the noble Baroness about the issue she raises.07 Jul 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: News MediaI will need to get back to the noble Lord on the second point. On the first point, I am more than happy to watch the session to which he refers. As noble Lords are aware, we have…07 Jul 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: News MediaI agree that getting it right too late would be an issue, but we need to work through all the consultation responses properly. In preparation for this, I asked officials how fast…07 Jul 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: News MediaWe want to get this right and for AI to work for everyone. All our work is around protecting existing rights for creators and the press and ensuring that AI creates new revenue…07 Jul 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: News MediaThe noble Earl clearly raises some important points. We genuinely want to get this right and for AI to work for everyone. All our work so far has been on protecting existing…07 Jul 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: News MediaI am not sure there was a question there, but I note the noble Lord’s comments.07 Jul 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: News MediaThe BBC did a recent study on the use of AI and has done a quite a lot of work on, for example, the accuracy of chatbots. It is very well placed to get that real sense of how…07 Jul 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: News MediaTrustworthy journalism plays a vital role in our democracy. Rapid recent developments in generative AI pose both significant risks and opportunities for news media. We are…07 Jul 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: News MediaWithout having read the article or looked into it in detail, I am hesitant to give a response, other than to say that we need to make sure that we get AI use up to an accurate…07 Jul 2025HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: News MediaAbsolutely.07 Jul 2025HANSARDUK Constitution: Oversight and Responsibility (Report from the Constitution Committee)If the noble and learned Lord were able to wind up shortly—04 Jul 2025HANSARDArts SectorThe Government strongly believe in the benefits of publicly funded arts. The arts are vital to the UK’s economy and our well-being and fundamental to our cohesion as a society and…30 Jun 2025HANSARDArts SectorEverything we do at DCMS centres around this point, if you look at the work that Arts Council England does in terms of the huge spend on its programmes. I am happy to have a…30 Jun 2025HANSARDArts SectorI am not the person who makes the Arts Council’s decisions, but I assure the noble Lord that one of the key things that my noble friend Lady Hodge—who is undertaking the Arts…30 Jun 2025HANSARDArts SectorMy right honourable friend the Culture Secretary will be providing a full Statement in the other place on this matter today. The BBC has issued a statement acknowledging that it…30 Jun 2025HANSARDArts SectorThe Secretary of State is clear that, when she talks about “arts everywhere”, this genuinely means that every part of the country should have access to arts and theatre not just…30 Jun 2025HANSARDArts SectorMy noble friend makes an important point. Participation in publicly funded arts programmes is associated with improved mental health and well-being, as well as the impact on…30 Jun 2025HANSARDArts SectorResearch shows that, where young people explore creative subjects, their overall attainment improves. The same is the case throughout people’s lives—creativity is so important.…30 Jun 2025HANSARDArts SectorThe introduction of universal free admission to national museums and galleries was a landmark policy of the previous Labour Government that we are really proud of and do not…30 Jun 2025