"My Lords, I thank the Minister for that response, for the meeting that we all attended a few weeks ago, which was very useful, and, perhaps, for future meetings, because we want to know much more about what this champion will do. The Minister says that the champion will be …..." Earl of Clancarty - View Speech
"My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 160, although I support all the amendments in this group. I declare an interest as a self-employed visual artist. Amendment 160 seeks to establish a freelance commissioner. It is closely tied to consequential Amendments 161 and 162, in the name of the …..." Earl of Clancarty - View Speech
"My Lords, there are many self-employed workers in the creative industries, so is this something the new creative industries freelance champion will be looking at?..." Earl of Clancarty - View Speech
"My Lords, I will be exceedingly brief. I put my name to this amendment in the spirit of support for our heritage, of which our heritage railways are a significant part. We need to do everything we can to allow young people who wish to do so to work as …..." Earl of Clancarty - View Speech
"My Lords, there is a case for amending the existing legislation in a narrow way to allow our national museums to return permanently certain artifacts to their country of origin on a case-by-case basis—none more so than the Parthenon sculptures, so that the frieze and other sculptures can be seen …..." Earl of Clancarty - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they plan to introduce legislation to enable artefacts, including the Parthenon sculptures, to be returned to their country of origin...." Earl of Clancarty - View Speech
"My Lords, the tourist levy initiative is not just about seaside towns, important though those are. Manchester has introduced a voluntary charge; others are following. Are the Government at least looking at the recommendations of the Cultural Policy Unit’s report on this levy, which argues that it could provide an …..." Earl of Clancarty - View Speech
"My Lords, on the movement of trucks across EU borders, what developments, if any, have there been on sorting out the urgent question of cabotage for touring musicians, which the Minister’s department should be taking a keen interest in?..." Earl of Clancarty - View Speech
"My Lords, at its best, the ecosystem of the arts and creative industries is a dynamic combination of the non-commercial and commercial, a point well made by the noble Baroness, Lady Debbonaire, in her excellent maiden speech last week. Does the Minister agree that there would be no Steve McQueen, …..." Earl of Clancarty - View Speech