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HANSARDCovid-19: Creative Industries and FreelancersThe hon. Lady is rightly proud of her constituent and all the creative people in her area. We recognise the crucial role that individuals play in making our creative industries…09 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Creative Industries and FreelancersWe know that the creative industries are not the venues, the organisations or the studios, but the people—the skilled artists, the craftsmen, the designers, the performers, the…09 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Creative Industries and FreelancersYes. The hon. Lady makes an excellent point, and I am very excited about spending more time in Coventry when it celebrates being the city of culture in 2021. She is right to draw…09 Jul 2020HANSARD Arts, Culture and Heritage: Support PackageI think the hon. Gentleman is making a plug for a bit of entertainment in his local area. I am sure that many of our cultural institutions up and down the country will be very…07 Jul 2020HANSARD Arts, Culture and Heritage: Support PackageWe know that many projects were stalled because of covid, and that the workforce—the creative experts and craftsmen—have been sidelined while that work could not take place. We…07 Jul 2020HANSARD Arts, Culture and Heritage: Support PackageI have met with orchestras almost weekly over the past few weeks as we try to navigate our way through some of the particular challenges that they are experiencing. We will…07 Jul 2020HANSARD Arts, Culture and Heritage: Support PackageI love an agricultural show. Sadly, they fall under the remit of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, but in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and…07 Jul 2020HANSARD Arts, Culture and Heritage: Support PackageI did not mean to appear disrespectful; I apologise if that is how it came across. I am well aware that a number of people up and down the country have fallen through the gaps and…07 Jul 2020HANSARD Arts, Culture and Heritage: Support PackageAs I say, we will be setting out in the next few days and weeks exactly how the package will work, how people can apply for the money and what the restrictions will be on the…07 Jul 2020HANSARD Arts, Culture and Heritage: Support PackageAs I have already said, a very large number of performers have been protected by the self-employed income support scheme. We know that it is not everybody. We have been working…07 Jul 2020HANSARD Arts, Culture and Heritage: Support PackageMy hon. Friend is another of our Equity card—carrying Members, and one of the greatest champions of the theatre and arts. He has been on so many of the calls that I have been on…07 Jul 2020HANSARD Arts, Culture and Heritage: Support PackageThere is an unprecedented package of business support. The furloughing scheme, the business loan scheme and the bounce back loan scheme have poured millions and millions of pounds…07 Jul 2020HANSARD Arts, Culture and Heritage: Support PackageYes, as far as I understand it, the 200th anniversary of the railways is still going ahead. I know that Locomotion No. 1 is the property of the Science Museum, and Dame Mary…07 Jul 2020HANSARD Arts, Culture and Heritage: Support PackageA range of business support measures is available. The bounce back loans have been incredibly successful among so many of the businesses in these sectors. We know that the supply…07 Jul 2020HANSARD Arts, Culture and Heritage: Support PackageI will reflect very hard on that. I am a great fan of “The Archers”, obviously.07 Jul 2020HANSARD Arts, Culture and Heritage: Support PackageWe are looking at a range of these issues and the hon. Lady is right to raise them. We are very mindful of the fact that there is a huge range of challenges ahead and that this is…07 Jul 2020HANSARD Arts, Culture and Heritage: Support PackageMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise his local organisations and venues that really want to get back up to speed. We hope to set out the road map of how that will happen,…07 Jul 2020HANSARD Arts, Culture and Heritage: Support PackageIt has been like a whistle-stop tour of cultural and arts venues up and down the country today—in fact, I remember visiting the Amberley Museum as a schoolgirl, so it is also a…07 Jul 2020HANSARD Arts, Culture and Heritage: Support PackageThe hon. Lady will note that we have just announced a £1.5 billion funding package, and her organisation should be able to apply for that. We will announce more details of how it…07 Jul 2020HANSARD Arts, Culture and Heritage: Support PackageThere are two things to say. We want to get this particular tranche of money—this £1.5 billion—out into the sector as soon as possible, because we know that there are…07 Jul 2020