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HANSARDLotteries RegulationI thank both noble Lords for their comments. Certainly, I completely agree from this side of the House with the noble Lord’s remarks about the noble Lord, Lord Judd. I hope he is…16 Jul 2019HANSARDLotteries RegulationI am sorry to hear that the noble Baroness’s cathedral has not received what she hoped it would get. That is, of course, the problem with the lottery: it gives out an awful lot of…16 Jul 2019HANSARDLotteries RegulationI think I said that we need an evidence base to change legislation for the National Lottery, as it has been such a conspicuous success. The noble Lord implies that it is not the…16 Jul 2019HANSARDLotteries RegulationI am grateful to the noble Baroness for her question—or perhaps her statement—and for her efforts in the very difficult job that she does. The consultation which preceded this…16 Jul 2019HANSARDLotteries RegulationMy Lords, with the leave of the House I shall repeat a Statement made in another place earlier today by Mims Davies, my honourable friend the Minister for Sport and—oh, I cannot…16 Jul 2019HANSARDLotteries RegulationI should have said to the previous noble Lord that I do not have the figures for the percentage of lottery sales made to 16 to 18-year olds, but I will write to him. Speaking very…16 Jul 2019HANSARDLotteries RegulationI completely agree with my noble friend. Heritage causes, among others, are very important and have benefited hugely from the National Lottery, which gives about £1.6 billion a…16 Jul 2019HANSARDFree Television LicencesMy Lords, under the 2015 funding settlement it was agreed that responsibility would go to the BBC in return for an increase in its licence fee that was guaranteed and index-linked…15 Jul 2019HANSARDFree Television LicencesI do not agree that the BBC is pared to the bone. The BBC is a £5 billion organisation; it gets £3.7 billion from the taxpayer, so I do not agree that it is a pared-down…15 Jul 2019HANSARDFree Television LicencesMy Lords, the Government discussed funding with the BBC in 2015. We agreed with the BBC that responsibility for the concession would transfer to it in June 2020. To help with…15 Jul 2019HANSARDFree Television LicencesThe noble Lord repeats his mantra that it is not the BBC’s responsibility. We decided in 2015, and the BBC agreed, that it would be its responsibility. After that, Parliament…15 Jul 2019HANSARDFree Television LicencesMy noble friend makes the point that we are where we are. This was debated by Parliament and agreed. I know that some people, some noble Lords included, did not agree with the…15 Jul 2019HANSARDFree Television LicencesThe DCMS Bill the noble Lord refers to deals with the operational delivery of the Commonwealth Games and has really nothing to do with the BBC at all. As for his question, I have…15 Jul 2019HANSARDSocial MediaMy Lords, I have greatly enjoyed this debate and am grateful to the right reverend Prelate. I would not dream of calling him by his nickname, although I can say that he is not the…11 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]The partners organising the Commonwealth Games have a very different motivation. Apart from us, they include the Commonwealth Games Federation and local authorities—I think that…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for introducing this amendment and to the noble Lords who subsequently spoke to it. On the previous group, I said that the management…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, as we come to the last group, I do not think we will have a massive falling out on this subject—it would destroy the overall very satisfactory progress that we have all…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend. Let me say straightaway that my earlier remarks about human rights and the Games partners having agreed with the Commonwealth Games…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful for the contributions. I also agree that we owe a great deal to my noble friend Lord Moynihan, even if, on occasion, I have suffered from that. I am not…09 Jul 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]I understand now. The 25% comes from Birmingham City Council and its partners; it also involves revenue raising in various ways so none of it is certain. However, my point remains…09 Jul 2019