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HANSARDLoot Boxes in Video GamesWe think the industry-led guidance on loot boxes has the potential, if fully implemented, to improve protections and to meet the Government’s objectives. We expect the games…13 Dec 2023HANSARDLoot Boxes in Video GamesResearch has provided evidence that loot box purchases may be linked to a variety of harms. In particular, there is robust evidence of an association with problem gambling, as the…13 Dec 2023HANSARDLoot Boxes in Video GamesWe welcome new industry-led guidance to strengthen player protections in relation to loot boxes. We have agreed a 12-month implementation period, during which we expect the…13 Dec 2023HANSARDBBC FundingI agree with my noble friend. We want to strike a balance that is fair to licence fee payers, who are, of course, facing pressures on the cost of living. We want to show that the…12 Dec 2023HANSARDBBC FundingMy Lords, I am grateful to the two noble Baronesses for their questions. I was not clear from the contribution of the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, whether the Labour Benches are…12 Dec 2023HANSARDBBC FundingThe review aims to ensure that the BBC’s funding model is fair to licence fee payers, sustainable for the long term and supports the BBC in the vital work it does, including its…12 Dec 2023HANSARDBBC FundingAs we know from previous exchanges, there is the immediate decision about licence fee increases and the settlement that the Government reached with the BBC at the beginning of…12 Dec 2023HANSARDBBC FundingI did not know there were so many ways to make an apple crumble, but I am sure my noble friend’s was delicious, however he made it. He is right. The BBC is getting more than £3.8…12 Dec 2023HANSARDBBC FundingI have indeed pointed to the extra freedom that the Government have given the BBC to pursue its commercial income, so that it can continue to do its excellent work and be funded…12 Dec 2023HANSARDBBC FundingThat thorny question is one for the future funding review, but it is important. We want to ensure that the BBC has a sustainable income, but also that the sources of that are…12 Dec 2023HANSARDBBC FundingI must disagree with the noble Lord. We want to ensure that the BBC continues to be able to do its work over the next hundred years just as brilliantly as it has over the past…12 Dec 2023HANSARDBBC FundingI hope the right reverend Prelate can tell from what my right honourable friend the Secretary of State said in another place that we do appreciate the huge value that the BBC…12 Dec 2023HANSARDBBC FundingI do not agree that providing the BBC with more than £3.8 billion is undermining it. That is a large amount of money for the BBC to do its important work. The noble Lord is right…12 Dec 2023HANSARDBBC FundingMy noble friend is right to draw your Lordships’ attention to the excellent report done by McKinsey and published recently, which highlights the successes of our creative…12 Dec 2023HANSARDBBC FundingThe whole of the Government are committed to the BBC’s important role as a public service broadcaster. My right honourable friend in her Statement in another place rightly called…12 Dec 2023HANSARDClassical MusicOn a recent visit to Devon, I had the opportunity to meet the new chief executive of Dartington Trust. The noble Lord is right to point to the brilliant work done by Cheltenham…07 Dec 2023HANSARDClassical MusicMy Lords, opera, orchestras and classical music enrich our lives. Through its investment programme, Arts Council England is spending almost £60 million per year on classical music…07 Dec 2023HANSARDClassical MusicI congratulate OperaUpClose, which is one of the new operatic organisations that have joined the Arts Council national portfolio. I met another, Pegasus Opera, which is doing…07 Dec 2023HANSARDClassical MusicSince it was introduced in 2016, £75 million has been paid out through orchestra tax relief. We have extended it at the headline rates for another two years and are grateful to…07 Dec 2023HANSARDClassical MusicWell, I have had the pleasure of hearing both the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the Hallé perform. Of course, as the noble Lord may know, English National Opera has this week…07 Dec 2023