Contributions
469 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARD Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum JubileeThank you, Mr Speaker; I very much welcome the statement and the announcement that you just made. I thank the Secretary of State for setting out the terms of his statement,…12 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government knew on 21 September—nearly seven weeks ago—that a national lockdown was necessary to slow the spread of the virus, so why did the Secretary of State encourage…05 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsDoes the Secretary of State have a plan for live music and other live performances reopening fully—stage 5 of the route map after 2 December? Will he give an indicative date to…05 Nov 2020HANSARDDigital, Culture, Media and Sport: Support MeasuresHe did. How economically illiterate and fiscally irresponsible is that? In other countries, Governments value their cultural heritage, supporting them through this time, ready for…08 Oct 2020HANSARDDigital, Culture, Media and Sport: Support MeasuresI thank Members from across the Chamber for a really strong and powerful debate about all the sectors covered by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport—sectors that…08 Oct 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsEighteen months ago, the Government promised world-leading legislation to finally tackle online harms, promising that Britain would be the safest place in the world to be online.…24 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the Secretary of State for that welcome answer. Another area of legal but harmful content online is covid misinformation; conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers continue to…24 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Chancellor rightly focused on jobs in his statement yesterday, but according to the Creative Industries Federation, freelancers make up 47% of the workforce. As the House has…09 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will take that as a no, then. The Government’s failure to create a fully functioning test, track and isolate system has damaged public confidence, and the last thing the country…09 Jul 2020HANSARD Arts, Culture and Heritage: Support Package(Urgent Q uestion): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on the Government’s support package for our arts, culture and…07 Jul 2020HANSARD Arts, Culture and Heritage: Support PackageI am grateful for the granting of this urgent question. We welcome this much-needed injection of cash for the arts and culture sector, but I have to ask: what took the Government…07 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsOur valuable cultural sector is starting to collapse. It will be one of the last to reopen, and its desperate pleas for Government support have been ignored. Tens of thousands of…04 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Civil Society and CharitiesI thank the Secretary of State for his very kind welcome. He will know that, after 10 years of the hollowing out of public services through austerity, it is many charities that…27 Apr 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. Since the 2007 Corston review into women in the criminal justice system, more than 100 women have died in our prisons. Inquest has recently published an update to its report,…25 Feb 2020HANSARD Lobby and Media Briefings: Journalists' AccessMr Speaker: “Attacks on media freedom are attacks on human rights…Too often, it is governments who are the source of threats to media freedom. Governments—which are responsible…04 Feb 2020HANSARDPolicing and CrimeIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Devizes (Danny Kruger), and I welcome him to the House. It was an articulate and beautiful speech, and I am sure he will be a very…29 Jan 2020HANSARDPolicing and CrimeWill the Minister talk to her colleagues in the Ministry of Justice about the prison officers who had to be recruited after thousands were removed from the Prison Service? There…29 Jan 2020HANSARD Industrial and Commercial Waste IncinerationI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. I represent a neighbouring constituency. According to a recent Birmingham University study, air quality in Cardiff is the…28 Jan 2020HANSARD Economy and Society: Contribution of MusicI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for St Helens North (Conor McGinn) on securing this debate and on making such a great speech. I am very grateful for the opportunity today…21 Jan 2020HANSARD Economy and Society: Contribution of MusicI could not agree more with the hon. Gentleman, who, as Chair of the Select Committee in the previous Parliament, did such a fantastic job of leading our Committee on the inquiry.…21 Jan 2020