"My Lords, there is concern that the Creative Industries Council, of which the freelance champion will be a member, has very little workforce representation within its newly expanded membership. It includes not one working practitioner in any area. Will the Minister promise to look at this?..." Earl of Clancarty - View Speech
"My Lords, my Amendment 6 would rectify what is, at present, a significant omission from the list of areas of competence: cultural concerns. Amendment 51 is intended to ensure that this area has its own commissioner. I share Amendment 52 with the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, on a …..." Earl of Clancarty - View Speech
"My Lords, I will be brief. I am grateful for all the support across the Committee that my noble friend Lady Prashar and I have had for our amendments. I am disappointed by the Minister’s initial response. I am very happy to meet her; it is essential that we do …..." Earl of Clancarty - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they intend to take to support the heritage craft and building sector; and how they will develop its skills pipeline...." Earl of Clancarty - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for the meetings we have had in this area. Does she agree that, with our heritage in crisis with regard to the repair and maintenance not just of our historic homes and churches but of much pre-1919 build, specialist skills are needed more than …..." Earl of Clancarty - View Speech
"My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, on a thoughtful opening speech.
The phrase I became heartily fed up with was “punching above our weight”, usually uttered by Ministers whose Government continued to wield the axe for further cuts to the arts. According to Voice of the Listener …..." Earl of Clancarty - View Speech
"My Lords, further to the points made about skills, will the Minister look at a new report by the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre that finds that arts, culture and heritage sectors are all
“losing skilled employees due to low pay, limited progression and lack of flexibility”.