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HANSARDEnvironment Agency: Flood Defence ExpenditureMy Lords, I will follow on from the question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours. In answer to a Written Question that I asked last month, I had the most extraordinary…20 Feb 2024HANSARDSelf-employment: A1 FormsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve the provision of A1 forms, in particular for self-employed workers in the music industry touring in the…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSelf-employment: A1 FormsMy Lords, as the Minister will be aware, concern is such that both LIVE and the Independent Society of Musicians have written to the Treasury about this issue. I appreciate that…12 Feb 2024HANSARDArtsMy Lords, I too congratulate the Government on deciding to ratify the UNESCO treaty on intangible cultural heritage. I thank Patricia Lovett, who has campaigned on this for so…01 Feb 2024HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]My Lords, briefly, I thank the Minister for his active engagement on the artist’s resale right; I am encouraged by the direction of travel. In particular, I thank him for…23 Jan 2024HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise briefly in support of Amendments 7 and 8 from the noble Lord, Lord Foster. I will say only one thing on the concerns about performance rights, because the noble…16 Jan 2024HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]14 Dec 2023HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]My Lords, this group of amendments concerns the arts and creative industries; although, in the case of intellectual property, not exclusively so. It therefore picks up directly…14 Dec 2023HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply on my amendment, which I found reasonably reassuring. As far as I can see, the Government are moving in the right direction on this.…14 Dec 2023HANSARDBBC FundingMy Lords, I am not against a review of the funding model, but that is a completely different matter entirely from the long-term squeezing of funds available to the BBC—which is…12 Dec 2023HANSARDClassical MusicMy Lords, many of us will no doubt have had recent listening experiences which give us hope that there is a future for classical music in this country. But will the Minister…07 Dec 2023HANSARDClassical MusicTo ask His Majesty’s Government whether they intend to take steps to improve support for classical music, particularly for orchestras and opera companies.07 Dec 2023HANSARDEnglish Flood DefencesMy Lords, are the Government satisfied that the public are sufficiently aware of flood risk when they buy a house, aside from what needs to be done legally in terms of a…30 Nov 2023HANSARDJobs Market: GraduatesMy Lords, further to the question of the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, and the question of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, this is not just for the arts, and it is about not just…27 Nov 2023HANSARDWorkers’ RightsMy Lords, there are well over 4 million self-employed workers in the country. Does the Minister not agree that much more could be done for their workers’ rights? Furthermore, is…23 Nov 2023HANSARDDesign Right, Artist’s Resale Right and Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I declare an interest as a visual artist. Some of my remarks will, I hope, be of interest to DCMS as well. Many of the areas covered by these regulations are important…20 Nov 2023HANSARDAccess to Musical Education in SchoolMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Boateng, on his passionate introduction to this debate. I start by quoting from the letter co-signed by music directors Edward…18 Oct 2023HANSARDCultural Education PlanMy Lords—17 Oct 2023HANSARDCultural Education PlanMy Lords, the plan has highly laudable aims, but does the Minister not appreciate that the national curriculum and accountability measures being out of scope, as the terms of…17 Oct 2023HANSARDUK-EU Relationship (European Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, there were various reasons on both sides why people voted the way they did in 2016. My main personal reason at the time was to protect freedom of movement, in particular…20 Sept 2023