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HANSARD Film IndustryIf my hon. Friend has even come up with a name, I say with sadness to the hon. Member for Wokingham (Clive Jones) that I think my hon. Friend is currently winning this war. I…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Film IndustryWe have already held discussions with the film industry to talk about what more major studios can do to help to create the supply chain that supports initiatives like the…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Film IndustryAbsolutely, and my hon. Friend is right that as well as the amazing investment that we are seeing flowing into the United Kingdom, which is opening up opportunities for good jobs…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Film IndustryI thank my hon. Friend for drawing attention to the fact that the country is far stronger for the rich cultural inheritance and diversity we have in its different parts. I am a…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Film IndustryI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that issue, because it is something that we on the Government Benches are very exercised about. For far too long, not only have the…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Film IndustryI must say to my hon. Friend that he would have made a much more compelling case for his constituency being the Hollywood of the UK had he come here dressed as a stormtrooper. He…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Film IndustryNotwithstanding the rivalry that is going on in the Chamber today, my hon. Friend has a genuine claim to represent one of the country’s cultural hubs. We are well aware of the…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Film IndustryI thank the hon. Gentleman for that question—he gave my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda and Ogmore (Chris Bryant) the opportunity to make the worst joke I have heard from him…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Film IndustryI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that question, and can I convey my thanks to his wife’s cousin for her role in British cultural life and perhaps put in a plea for a cameo in…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Film IndustryHaving visited Croydon, I would say that it promotes itself. I also know that my hon. Friend will be an incredible champion for her community; she is already proving it by singing…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Film IndustryI put on record our thanks as a Government for the work that my hon. Friend has done to champion opportunities for young people in his constituency and across the country. One of…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Film IndustryI thank the hon. Lady for her warm words of welcome at the beginning. I think that is perhaps the beginning and end of the consensus that we might be able to reach today. If I…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Film IndustryWith permission, I would like to make a statement about the Government’s support for film making in the UK. Film is one of the great British success stories of the last 30 years.…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Film IndustryI, too, pay tribute to the unions who work in this field. I have held discussions with Bectu and the Musicians’ Union in recent weeks, and I am very grateful for their insight and…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Film IndustryMy hon. Friend is right, and she is a fantastic champion for Scarborough and Whitby. Our coastal communities have so much to offer this country. They have offered so much in the…09 Oct 2024HANSARDHumanitarian Situation in GazaBut surely the Minister can see the problem. Unless the ICJ’s provisional ruling is implemented and the ICC is allowed to go about its work, those words are simply meaningless;…12 Mar 2024HANSARDHumanitarian Situation in GazaMay I return the Minister to the serious allegations made today, following a BBC investigation, that medics in Gaza were detained, stripped and beaten while trying to perform…12 Mar 2024HANSARDGazaThe Minister will know that there is rising anger in the region about the desperate situation in Gaza, which makes a ceasefire much harder to achieve. More people are now dying of…30 Jan 2024HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationGiven recent events, it is surprising and regrettable that neither the Prime Minister nor the Foreign Secretary is making a statement today. The reality is that this conflict has…04 Dec 2023HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian Situation(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State to make a statement regarding the humanitarian situation in Gaza.04 Dec 2023