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HANSARDLocal Authorities: BudgetsMy Lords, arts facilities will be among the first to go when local authorities have no money. The wonderful Lightbox gallery in Woking, not far from me, is now under threat, as…19 Sept 2023HANSARDClothing Sales: SustainabilityMy Lords, with three-quarters of UK exports going to Europe, fashion is yet another creative industry detrimentally affected by Brexit. Has the Minister seen the new report…11 Sept 2023HANSARDEU ProgrammesMy Lords, this is, on the face of it, excellent news for the sciences. Now we need excellent news for education and those whose interests are in the arts and humanities as well as…07 Sept 2023HANSARDTeacher ShortagesMy Lords, following on from the question from the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, if, as is clearly the case, bursaries are an effective driver of teacher recruitment, will the…06 Sept 2023HANSARDCreative and Cultural Industries: Impact of Visa and Immigration PoliciesMy Lords, looking at this in the opposite direction to the noble Baroness, Lady Bonham-Carter, is the Minister aware of the real concern of losing British creative skills…25 Jul 2023HANSARDCreative and Cultural Industries: Impact of Visa and Immigration PoliciesMy Lords—25 Jul 2023HANSARDTeacher VacanciesMy Lords, arts subjects are penalised, not just through the accountability measures, EBacc and Progress 8, but through the total lack of bursaries for those subjects. Yet art and…13 Jul 2023HANSARDCreative Industries (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, this is an important report and I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell, on her introduction to it. The report divides into two parts. The first concerns the…07 Jul 2023HANSARDHigher Education: Arts and HumanitiesTo ask His Majesty’s Government, following the recent announcement of staff cuts in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of East Anglia, what steps they are taking…28 Jun 2023HANSARDHigher Education: Arts and HumanitiesMy Lords, would the Minister acknowledge that these cuts, while shocking in themselves, are simply the latest in a pattern of such cuts at universities across the country? In…28 Jun 2023HANSARDSchool Trips to the United KingdomMy Lords, today the Tourism Alliance released figures predicting that this year there will be an almost 40% shortfall on 2019 levels for school visits from the EU because of…19 Jun 2023HANSARDSchool Trips to the United KingdomTo ask His Majesty’s Government whether they will take steps better to facilitate school trips to the United Kingdom from European Union countries.19 Jun 2023HANSARDArts and Creative Industries: Freelancers and Self-employed WorkersTo ask His Majesty’s Government what support they intend to give to freelancers and other self-employed workers in the arts and creative industries; and what assessment they have…15 Jun 2023HANSARDArts and Creative Industries: Freelancers and Self-employed WorkersMy Lords, this is an interestingly timed debate, not least because of yesterday’s announcement of the Creative Industries Sector Vision , about which I will say something later…15 Jun 2023HANSARDFree Music EducationMy Lords, the Minister repeatedly tells us that the EBacc has had no effect on the arts, including music, in schools. How, then, will she account for the fall in GCSE music…12 Jun 2023HANSARDStudent VisasMy Lords, can the Minister say when this policy is going to start? Can he promise that it will not affect students who have already had offers or are in the process of applying?25 May 2023HANSARDTourist Spending: VATMy Lords, the Minister should look at the Oxford Economics report from last year, which showed a net economic benefit from tax-free shopping. Does she not accept that this is…24 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 387 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Randall of Uxbridge. This is not an area I usually speak on, and I apologise for not having spoken at Second…18 May 2023HANSARDVehicles: Headlamp GlareMy Lords, I also thank the Minister for seeing some of us about these concerns. Can she say whether headlights causing glare potentially have a disruptive effect on wildlife,…09 May 2023HANSARDPerforming Arts: GCSE and A-level QualificationsMy Lords, can the Minister confirm whether discussion of the national curriculum and of accountability measures will be within scope of the cultural education plan, to which she…26 Apr 2023