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HANSARDNational Youth StrategyMy Lords, as there are a few moments left, may I ask the Minister about something that her right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology…20 Nov 2024HANSARDNational Youth StrategyMy Lords, I am sure that noble Lords across your Lordship’s House can agree that the youth sector, like the young people whose interests it champions, inspires us all with the…20 Nov 2024HANSARDBudget: Arts, Heritage and Cultural OrganisationsMy Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lady Sater for this debate. It is an opportunity to welcome the positive news in the Budget, which I do gladly, not least the…14 Nov 2024HANSARDBudget: Arts, Heritage and Cultural OrganisationsMy Lords, I sympathise entirely with the Minister; I know what it is like to watch the Clock when there are lots of questions to answer. She kindly offered to write. Will she…14 Nov 2024HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Twycross, for moving the Second Reading of this Bill and for the generous and comprehensive way she set out all the work that…13 Nov 2024HANSARDOlympic and Paralympic Games: Team GBMy Lords, the whole Commonwealth is grateful to Glasgow for stepping in to host the next Commonwealth Games in 2026 and we wish Glasgow every success, as it had in 2014. However,…04 Nov 2024HANSARDYoung People: Government PolicyMy Lords, I am delighted that the noble Baroness and the Government are helping to ensure that people of all ages can play their full part in our democratic processes, but how…31 Oct 2024HANSARDRailway 200I too agree with the first Earl of Beaconsfield. As Heritage Minister, conscious that plans for the anniversary might be derailed by an intervening general election, I encouraged…31 Oct 2024HANSARDOlympics and Paralympics: Competitors in Female CategoriesMy Lords, the International Olympic Committee has been very clear that all the women who competed in the female boxing category at this year’s Olympic Games were born as women,…29 Oct 2024HANSARDTax Reliefs: Theatre, Orchestra and Museums and Galleries ExhibitionMy Lords, I understand that the Minister is limited in what he can say ahead of the Budget later this month, but the Government were willing last week to provide certainty for one…15 Oct 2024HANSARDTax Reliefs: Theatre, Orchestra and Museums and Galleries ExhibitionTo ask His Majesty’s Government whether they plan to maintain the current rates of Theatre Tax Relief, Orchestra Tax Relief, and Museums and Galleries Exhibition Tax Relief, as…15 Oct 2024HANSARDFilm IndustryMy Lords, this is my first chance—with a bit more time on the clock than we have at Questions, and certainly than we had for our heavily subscribed Question for Short Debate on…10 Oct 2024HANSARDPublic LibrariesMy Lords, I am very glad that we are having this debate. When I was a Minister, I was asked about all things DCMS but never about libraries. I am glad that we are able to put that…12 Sept 2024HANSARDOnline Safety Legislation: Abuse on Social MediaI hope that the Government will look with sympathy at the Private Member’s Bill being brought forward by my noble friend Lady Owen of Alderley Edge, which the noble Lord, Lord…05 Sept 2024HANSARDSmoking: Public PlacesMy Lords, the Prime Minister promised us a Government who would “tread more lightly” on our lives, but in this area, they seem to have marched ahead in a rather heavy and…03 Sept 2024HANSARDZoological Society of London (Leases) BillI will very briefly add my thanks to my noble friend Lord Randall of Uxbridge, who has stewarded the Bill expertly through your Lordships’ House, not least in the last 24 hours,…24 May 2024HANSARDZoological Society of London (Leases) BillA member of the most excellent Privy Council has to give King’s consent, so I suggest that the House adjourn during pleasure for two minutes so that a privy counsellor can join…24 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, said, this has been a long debate, as our debate yesterday was, but I am not sure that it has shed much light for us to be blinded by.…23 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillThe noble Lord will not be surprised that I do not agree with his final points. But I agree on the importance of local television, which we have heard about in our debates. Local…23 May 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords, we are back for Report stage of the Bill rather sooner than we anticipated when we had our Committee debates earlier this week. By necessity and through the process of…23 May 2024