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HANSARD Glastonbury Festival: BBC CoverageAll those involved in the events of this weekend will hear the very strong feelings on both sides of the House, so I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that. I share his…30 Jun 2025HANSARD Glastonbury Festival: BBC CoverageThe hon. Lady asks a series of typically important and relevant questions, some of which I have put to the BBC directly, but I will make sure that I ask it all those questions,…30 Jun 2025HANSARD Glastonbury Festival: BBC CoverageI thank the hon. Member for his comments and the tone in which he made them. It is the responsibility of all of us always to stand up to antisemitism. It is sadly a battle that is…30 Jun 2025HANSARD Glastonbury Festival: BBC CoverageWith permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to make a statement about the events at Glastonbury over the weekend. Members of Parliament will have seen, as I have, the…30 Jun 2025HANSARD Glastonbury Festival: BBC CoverageYes. My hon. Friend has a long history of standing up to antisemitism, including when it stained and sullied our own party, and I am grateful to him for his leadership on this.…30 Jun 2025HANSARD Glastonbury Festival: BBC CoverageAs well as speaking to the director general of the BBC on Saturday, a number of officials have been in touch with the BBC’s senior leadership team. We have put to them a series of…30 Jun 2025HANSARD Glastonbury Festival: BBC CoverageThe hon. Gentleman’s views about the BBC are very clear, but those of us who support the BBC and believe it is an incredibly important institution will know that it should and…30 Jun 2025HANSARD Glastonbury Festival: BBC CoverageI deliberately included some words about the festival itself in my statement, because I agree with the hon. Lady: we all have a responsibility to uphold the highest standards, and…30 Jun 2025HANSARD Glastonbury Festival: BBC CoverageI share the right hon. Gentleman’s concern about how this was able to happen, and I am sorry to hear that he has had no response to very serious concerns, which were raised in his…30 Jun 2025HANSARD Glastonbury Festival: BBC CoveragePeople do expect people to be held to account for the way they do their job, be that on the frontline or at senior levels. That is a point I have made to the BBC, and it will have…30 Jun 2025HANSARD Glastonbury Festival: BBC CoverageI feel the strength of feeling, anger and emotion behind what the hon. Gentleman says. I felt that from the Jewish community over the weekend, and from all of us, including…30 Jun 2025HANSARD Glastonbury Festival: BBC CoverageI agree with the hon. Gentleman’s sentiment that much of this was foreseeable; none of us could know precisely who was going to say what, but even a cursory glance at Google would…30 Jun 2025HANSARD Glastonbury Festival: BBC CoverageMy hon. Friend makes an extremely important point about accountability. That is not lost on me as the Secretary of State, and it is something that I have impressed upon the BBC’s…30 Jun 2025HANSARD Glastonbury Festival: BBC CoverageIn the last few minutes before we came into the Chamber for this statement, the police announced that there is an ongoing criminal investigation, and it is important that we allow…30 Jun 2025HANSARD Glastonbury Festival: BBC CoverageI could not disagree more. I and every Member of the House utterly condemn chants of “Death to all Arabs” as disgusting and disgraceful, as a principle by which we hold…30 Jun 2025HANSARD Glastonbury Festival: BBC CoverageThis Government’s view of Hamas is clear: they are a terrorist organisation. They are banned in the UK and there is a good reason for that. We will continue to be outspoken about…30 Jun 2025HANSARD Glastonbury Festival: BBC CoverageLet me first recognise that the BBC has been criticised by all sides in the conflict for bias, which shows the difficult editorial line that it has to walk, but let me also be…30 Jun 2025HANSARD Glastonbury Festival: BBC CoverageMy hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point. As somebody who has been associated with the Palestinian cause for nearly two decades and has consistently spoken out about the…30 Jun 2025HANSARDIndustrial Strategy: Creative Industries Sector PlanI am delighted to update the House on the publication of the Government’s Creative Industries Sector Plan. This is a central part of our industrial strategy and our plan for…23 Jun 2025HANSARDGovernment Funding for SportSport plays an integral part in our national identity—it brings communities together through physical activity, provides moments of national unity and celebration, and supports…20 Jun 2025