"My Lords, last week I saw “The Standard of Living”, about that great Liberal and founder of the Arts Council, Maynard Keynes. Forget the maintenance—he actually built a theatre for his wife. We can no longer build but we need to maintain, and we on these Benches believe he knew …..." Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury - View Speech
"My Lords, I admire both the noble Lord, Lord Vaizey, and the noble Baroness, Lady Mackenzie, but I add my concern that the party of the noble Lord, Lord Vaizey, has decided to slash all this money for culture and arts. We welcome the Government’s commitment to extra funds for …..." Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury - View Speech
"My Lords, I join others in thanking my noble friend for initiating the Bill. I know and appreciate her dedication to and belief in the cultural and creative sector. She is creative in every way.
"My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her Question. Is the Minister aware that the Department for Education is cutting the strategic priorities grant in higher education that supports media and journalism? It is also excluding them from new maintenance grants and the lifelong learning entitlement—all this while Skills …..." Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury - View Speech
"My Lords, we welcome the Green Paper, which rightly recognises the severe financial challenges facing our PSBs, vividly exposed by the recent devastating cuts at the BBC. We have long proposed on these Benches that the BBC World Service should be fully funded directly from an FCDO budget, freeing up …..." Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury - View Speech
"My Lords, my amendment covers a slightly different area. It seeks to ensure that cultural events affiliated with a sporting event are part of the Bill’s scope. We on these Benches support the Bill’s aim to create a legislative framework. However, past experience has shown that cultural events such as …..." Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury - View Speech
"In moving Amendment 15 I shall speak also to Amendments 26 and 79. We on these Benches think that we should consider events that are in scope of this Bill as part of the free-to-air listed events regime for audiences in the UK, so that those who wish to follow …..." Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury - View Speech
"I thank everyone for taking part in this debate—except possibly the noble Lord, Lord Hayward, who is making me have to think of a different way of saying “free to air”. I am, of course, disappointed but actually not surprised by the Minister’s response. She has given me valuable time …..." Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury - View Speech