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Lords Chamber
Media Bill
2nd reading - Wed 28 Feb 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Newcastle (Bshp - Bishops) This brought home to me the global nature of our context and the way in which music and language convey - Speech Link
2: Lord Foster of Bath (LD - Life peer) They remove many of the genres expected to be covered, from music and the arts to science and religion - Speech Link
3: Baroness Thornton (Lab - Life peer) could express it any better than the noble Lords, Lord Birt and Lord Hall—Birt and Hall sounds like a music - Speech Link
4: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) and markets report, which last year reported on 15 key genres including religion and belief, arts and classical - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Self-employment: A1 Forms - Mon 12 Feb 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Earl of Clancarty (XB - Excepted Hereditary) they are taking to improve the provision of A1 forms, in particular for self-employed workers in the music - Speech Link
2: Lord Macpherson of Earl's Court (XB - Life peer) Does the Minister agree that the provision of music, particularly rock music, is something in which Britain - Speech Link
3: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) I absolutely agree with the noble Lord that the UK has one of the finest music industries in the world - Speech Link
4: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) When it comes to music, we are talking about not just the EU but the entire world. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Arts - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Bragg (Lab - Life peer) Classical music would be bereft without it. - Speech Link
2: Lord Aberdare (XB - Excepted Hereditary) have music at their heart. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hooper (Con - Life peer) could and should be extended.In the short time available, I will concentrate my remarks on dance and classical - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Classical Music - Thu 07 Dec 2023
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) My Lords, opera, orchestras and classical music enrich our lives. - Speech Link
2: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) It is doing so partly because of the great strength of classical music across the north-west of England - Speech Link
3: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) The classical music industry is a net surplus invisible exporter for this country, and it is absolutely - Speech Link
4: Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall (Lab - Life peer) The Minister will be aware that opera and classical music still suffer from a quite widespread perception - Speech Link
5: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) The Arts Council did a very valuable study on diversity in classical music—diversity in every form. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Media Bill (Second sitting)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting - Tue 05 Dec 2023
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: John Whittingdale (Con - Maldon) precisely the same genres as they have in the past, and those will include things such as arts and classical - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Tue 21 Nov 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) I leave all classical allusions—and illusions, for that matter—to another former Prime Minister with - Speech Link
2: Lord Razzall (LD - Life peer) concern vis-à-vis the United States, which is of course a significant player in the whole recorded music - Speech Link
3: Lord Holmes of Richmond (Con - Life peer) trouble the House with who was the victor of that sporting clash of titans but, due to the sotto voce classical - Speech Link
4: Lord Johnson of Lainston (Con - Life peer) on a consultation which will enable us to ensure that we set the right level of protection for our music - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] - Thu 19 Oct 2023
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Harrington of Watford (Con - Life peer) constitution, there a number of appointed trustees from other institutions such as the Royal College of Music—usually - Speech Link
2: Viscount Chandos (Lab - Life peer) iconic part in our national life, not least as the central venue for the annual BBC Proms, the largest music - Speech Link
3: Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Con - Life peer) It is also worth reminding ourselves that the BBC Proms, the world’s largest classical music festival - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Access to Musical Education in School - Wed 18 Oct 2023
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Boateng (Lab - Life peer) music, and to the best qualified music teachers, matters. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) Playing music, listening to music and understanding music are good for people as human beings, equipping - Speech Link
3: Earl of Clancarty (XB - Excepted Hereditary) There is a sense in which these words are emblematic of the struggle facing not only classical music - Speech Link
4: Lord Aberdare (XB - Excepted Hereditary) I declare my interest as chair of a small classical music education charity. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Creative Industries (Communications and Digital Committee Report) - Fri 07 Jul 2023
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury (LDEM - Life peer) Music hubs have been reduced from 116 to 43. But what a good report. - Speech Link
2: Lord Berkeley of Knighton (CB - Life peer) I compliment my co-chair on the APPG for Classical Music, Barbara Keeley, for pursuing this successfully - Speech Link
3: Lord Watson of Invergowrie (LAB - Life peer) department of the UK’s £5 billion-a-year music industry. - Speech Link
4: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (CON - Life peer) sector remains one of the biggest music exporters in the world. - Speech Link


General Committees
Energy Bills Discount Scheme Regulations 2023 Energy Bills Discount Scheme (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023 Energy Bills Discount Scheme (Non-Standard Cases) Regulations 2023 Energy Bills Discount Scheme Pass-Through Requirement Regulations 2023 Energy Bills Discount Scheme Pass-Through Requirement (Heat Suppliers] Regulations 2023 - Mon 22 May 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Kevin Brennan (LAB - Cardiff West) I give credit to the Music Producers Guild for their work, and to the Government for their response, - Speech Link
2: Amanda Solloway (CON - Derby North) Member for Cardiff West about the music industry. I understand his great passion. - Speech Link