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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI am grateful to the noble Earl for his questions. If it is helpful, I am very happy to speak to him in advance of my meeting with Ben Cowell next week, so that I can have a…20 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, let me start by saying how saying how pleased I, too, am that we are now in Committee. I thank all noble Lords for giving up their time to attend the technical briefings…19 Apr 2023HANSARDYoung Female Racing DriversTransgender participation in sport has been looked at by the UK sports councils, which have produced well-researched and well-considered guidance. As the sports councils concluded…18 Apr 2023HANSARDYoung Female Racing DriversMy Lords, the Government are committed to supporting women’s sport at every opportunity, pushing for greater participation, employment, commercial opportunities and visibility in…18 Apr 2023HANSARDYoung Female Racing DriversI certainly agree with my noble friend that it is definitely a worthwhile investment. As recent achievements in football, rugby and tennis have shown, women’s successes in sport…18 Apr 2023HANSARDYoung Female Racing DriversThe noble Lord is right to point to the many ways that women can get involved in motorsports, not just as drivers but as team principals, nutritionists, psychologists, talent…18 Apr 2023HANSARDYoung Female Racing DriversMy department is in the process of finalising a new government sports strategy. Central to that is tackling the inequalities that exist in activity rates and making all sports…18 Apr 2023HANSARDYoung Female Racing DriversI certainly do, and I know that Extreme E was important to Jamie Chadwick’s career progression before the W Series. I had the pleasure of taking part in the Lords versus Commons…18 Apr 2023HANSARDYoung Female Racing DriversI certainly agree with the noble Baroness: we want to hear more from the women who are involved at the highest levels in motorsport, inspiring women such as Susie Wolff, and to…18 Apr 2023HANSARDYoung Female Racing DriversMy noble friend’s point is a matter for colleagues in the Department for Transport, but I shall certainly pass it on. I agree with him. Motor sports are ones in which women and…18 Apr 2023HANSARDYoung Female Racing DriversThe age of Formula 1 drivers shows that this is a young sport, and the track record of those who have been successful in it shows that they start at a very young age. That is why…18 Apr 2023HANSARDYoung Female Racing DriversMy noble friend’s point will, I am sure, have been heard on the Benches opposite, and I am sure that they will pass on to the Mayor of London the strong views in this House and…18 Apr 2023HANSARDMusic IndustryMy noble friend is right to point to the brilliant work of our noble friend Lady Fleet on the national plan for music education. She and many others remind us that the arts…17 Apr 2023HANSARDMusic IndustryMy Lords, the music industry is a key national asset, contributing £4 billion to our economy in 2021, fuelling tens of thousands of jobs and projecting our soft power on the…17 Apr 2023HANSARDMusic IndustryI agree with the noble Lord about the importance of ensuring that pupils in the state sector have opportunities. I myself benefited from a peripatetic music teacher at school. Our…17 Apr 2023HANSARDMusic IndustryWhile my noble friend was watching BBC Four, I was listening to Radio 2, where one of the BBC orchestras was playing from Great Yarmouth—most enjoyably. Of course, the BBC is…17 Apr 2023HANSARDMusic IndustryThe permitted paid engagement exemption route allows artists to tour the UK for up to a month without a visa, but only if they do not undertake paid work that is unrelated to…17 Apr 2023HANSARDMusic IndustryIndeed they are, and that is why colleagues in the Treasury have identified the creative industries as one of five key growth areas for our economy. The creative industries were…17 Apr 2023HANSARDMusic IndustryMy Lords, 23 of the 27 member states of the EU already offer visa- and work permit-free routes for touring artists from the UK. We have seen progress on portable musical…17 Apr 2023HANSARDMusic IndustryI must disagree with my noble friend. The Arts Council’s portfolio, which has now begun, includes around £21 million per annum of investment in music. That is £2 million more than…17 Apr 2023