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Grand Committee
Goods Vehicles (International Road Transport Permits and Haulage Within the EU) Regulations 2024 - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Randerson (LD - Life peer) A badly affected sector is performers—musicians and artists of various sorts—who have found it impossible - Speech Link
2: Lord Tunnicliffe (Lab - Life peer) developed—as I say, this is the UK end of it—and that the biggest damage is in what one might call the musicians - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Finance (No. 2) Bill
2nd reading - Wed 17 Apr 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Mid Worcestershire) We have much lower levels of taxation than Germany, France, Italy and many other countries. - Speech Link
2: Richard Fuller (Con - North East Bedfordshire) He should go to the majority of G7 countries, where he will find lower growth than in the UK. - Speech Link
3: Drew Hendry (SNP - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) Even if we put aside our squandered EU membership, the fact is that they will not implement the basic - Speech Link
4: Drew Hendry (SNP - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) But here is the rub: the closest thing we had to a magic money tree was our EU membership, which could - Speech Link
5: Nickie Aiken (Con - Cities of London and Westminster) I am in no doubt that this uplift in tax credits will have a positive impact on actors, musicians, costume - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Asylum and Migration - Thu 14 Mar 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Priti Patel (Con - Witham) Friend mentions the EU—that would have been the Commission in particular. - Speech Link
2: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) have to start imposing their own borders, which have largely been dismantled in the context of the EU - Speech Link
3: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) I have lost track of the number of academics, musicians, artists, religious ministers and sometimes even - Speech Link
4: Michael Tomlinson (Con - Mid Dorset and North Poole) in my view, the single biggest global challenge facing not just the United Kingdom, France and the EU - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
Report stage - Wed 13 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) The EU has proved that such a regulatory regime can be delivered; why cannot the UK Government, with - Speech Link
2: Lord Moynihan (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Many leading musicians, sportsmen and sportswomen also support further action, as does FanFair Alliance.Amendment - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) First, it was EU regulations that forced the latest iPhone to include a USB-C charging point rather than - Speech Link
4: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) The UK is clearly not moving at the same pace as comparable countries when it comes to regulating online - Speech Link
5: Lord Moynihan (Con - Excepted Hereditary) very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Leong, who highlighted that we should listen not solely to the musicians—the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Mon 11 Mar 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Bill Wiggin (Con - North Herefordshire) farmers who blockade EU buildings and burn bales on the motorway. - Speech Link
2: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) The Minister can say all she likes about comparisons with other countries, but a near post-war high is - Speech Link
3: John Baron (Con - Basildon and Billericay) It does not happen in other countries, and the cost that other companies in other jurisdictions put on - Speech Link
4: Barbara Keeley (Lab - Worsley and Eccles South) Grassroots venues are where many musicians learn their trade. - Speech Link
5: Damian Green (Con - Ashford) The abolition of VAT-free shopping, when other big EU countries allow it, clearly sets the UK at a disadvantage - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Higher Education - Thu 07 Mar 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Blunkett (Lab - Life peer) The number of overseas students, who now include EU students, has actually dropped, marginally. - Speech Link
2: Lord Mountevans (XB - Excepted Hereditary) As well as providing world-famous actors and musicians, its production arts department provides the West - Speech Link
3: Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Con - Life peer) We might need a broader range of countries to hedge our bets in the future. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Wilcox of Newport (Lab - Life peer) However, we lag behind countries such as the United States in generating and scaling spin-outs. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) equivalent to a bachelor’s degree or above, surpassing other G7 nations and exceeding the OECD and EU - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Brexit: Benefits to Economy and Society - Wed 06 Mar 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) That growth in trade is greatly assisted by our free trade agreements, now signed with 73 countries globally - Speech Link
2: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) We managed to get America’s place in this group of 12 countries which have 15% of global GDP and 40% - Speech Link
3: Earl of Clancarty (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Is the Minister aware that for the musicians touring, despite the good news about tax relief that we - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 22 Feb 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Barbara Keeley (Lab - Worsley and Eccles South) A1 forms ensure that musicians do not have to pay additional tax when touring in the EU, but some musicians - Speech Link
2: Lucy Frazer (Con - South East Cambridgeshire) We have bilateral agreements with many other countries to ensure that touring can take place, but I will - Speech Link
3: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) What steps the Church is taking to support Anglican churches in countries listed in the World Watch List - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
UK Economy - Mon 19 Feb 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Bim Afolami (Con - Hitchin and Harpenden) For example—to describe that international context—10 EU countries were in recession in 2023. - Speech Link
2: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) The international context that he refers to is that Japan and the UK are the only G7 countries in recession - Speech Link
3: Barbara Keeley (Lab - Worsley and Eccles South) for musicians touring in Europe. - Speech Link
4: Nia Griffith (Lab - Llanelli) With the US and the EU incentivising investment, what is the Minister now going to do to get the investment - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Earl of Clancarty (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Many musicians and crew are receiving their forms after a tour has ended, meaning that money is withheld - Speech Link
2: Lord Aberdare (XB - Excepted Hereditary) My Lords, 20% of orchestras’ earned income comes from touring, mostly to countries in the European Economic - Speech Link
3: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) The certificates are a slightly different issue because of course that will depend on the overseas countries - Speech Link
4: Lord Grocott (Lab - Life peer) That was before the EU was even thought of. - Speech Link
5: 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