Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Vaizey of Didcot and Jeremy Lefroy

Thursday 16th October 2014 Commons Chamber

[Mr Vaizey]

The hon. Gentleman is a very nice man in my experience; no Division is needed to pass that motion. When it comes to the arts and culture in the north and north-east, the list is endless: Sage Gateshead; the Yorkshire sculpture park, which I think is the national museum of the year; and the flourishing Opera North. My glass is very much half-full when it comes to the fantastic cultural delights to be found all over Yorkshire.

[Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con)]

4. What recent estimate he has made of the contribution of tourism to the economy.