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HANSARD Leisure Centres: Government SupportI am pleased to respond to this debate and I am very grateful to the hon. Member for Warrington North (Charlotte Nichols) for securing it. The contributions that we have heard…15 Dec 2022HANSARD Short-term and Holiday-let Accommodation (Licensing) BillI do. There are many complex issues around this important point, and the hon. Lady highlights one of them. During my time as the Minister for Housing, I was speaking to colleagues…09 Dec 2022HANSARD Short-term and Holiday-let Accommodation (Licensing) BillI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend that we need to have a measured and effective approach, and I will come on to that shortly.09 Dec 2022HANSARD Short-term and Holiday-let Accommodation (Licensing) BillI thank the hon. Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell) for bringing this important debate to the House and for her diligence in continuing to highlight this important matter.…09 Dec 2022HANSARD Short-term and Holiday-let Accommodation (Licensing) BillI hope that I have indicated how seriously the Government take this issue, but it is right that we do this properly and make sure we get as much data as possible, so that we…09 Dec 2022HANSARD Dormant Assets Funding: Community Wealth FundsI really mean it when I say that it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Harris; like the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South (Barbara Keeley), I think it is…06 Dec 2022HANSARD Performing Arts: English National OperaI will come on to those points, but I am afraid I do not accept the premise that we are not levelling up areas around the country. I just do not accept that.05 Dec 2022HANSARD Performing Arts: English National OperaIf the hon. Member will just let me speak, in Blackburn, for example, there was no funding from the Arts Council at all, but there are now four projects. We are seeing that all…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Performing Arts: English National OperaThe premise, but not the individual applications—and that is the critical point. This is an arm’s length body, and if there were any ways in which it was breaching the terms set…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Performing Arts: English National OperaLet me finish, please. These decisions were taken against well-established criteria by regional teams spread across nine offices across England via directors with expertise in…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Performing Arts: English National OperaI am really sorry, but I do not understand how funding more organisations than ever before, in more parts of the country than ever before, is not spreading that opportunity for…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Performing Arts: English National OperaI just want to come on to this point. English National Opera, in particular, is just one decision out of 1,700. As I say, there are 990 organisations in the next portfolio, and…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Performing Arts: English National OperaOf course I will, and I am coming on to that. I think it is important to point out that there are three main reasons why we need to have this levelling-up agenda in culture: it is…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Performing Arts: English National OperaThis is certainly a fun way to end a Monday evening! I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill) for securing this debate and…05 Dec 2022HANSARDTourism Sector and Visitor EconomyThe Arts Council is an arm’s length body; it makes the decisions and has done so very carefully. It is working with various organisations that will be leaving the funding.…01 Dec 2022HANSARDYouth Services: Voluntary SectorI am grateful to my hon. Friend for that question. He is absolutely right that it is important that there is joint working across Departments. We are doing that with the…01 Dec 2022HANSARDTourism Sector and Visitor EconomyThe UK was one of the first countries to remove the barriers to both domestic and international visitors, and set out a post-covid tourism recovery plan in summer 2021. An…01 Dec 2022HANSARDYouth Services: Voluntary SectorThe hon. Lady is right to praise the work of many of our non-military uniformed youth groups. I am pleased to say that, in trying to tackle many of the waiting lists across…01 Dec 2022HANSARDYouth Services: Voluntary SectorThank you very much, Mr Speaker. This Government know the importance of local youth services, and we have guaranteed that by 2025 every young person in England will have access to…01 Dec 2022HANSARDArts Council England Funding DecisionsDecisions about which organisations to fund and at what level were taken by the Arts Council, an arm’s length body from Government. The Arts Council remains committed to…01 Dec 2022