Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design

Lord Berkeley of Knighton Excerpts

Thursday 3rd December 2015 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Evans of Bowes Park]

I know that noble Lords around this House value university autonomy. As I have said, this is a matter for the university, not for the Government.

[Lord Berkeley of Knighton (CB)]

My Lords, does the Minister appreciate that with this move we will lose the only musical instrument building course in the country at a time when the Chancellor is quite rightly, and very admirably, focusing on building up the arts? But this is about the next generation. How are we going to train people for the future?

[Baroness Evans of Bowes Park]

My Lords, as I have said, we provide more than £40 million in funding to specialist arts and music colleges around the country, such as the Courtauld Institute of Art, the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, the Royal College of Music and the Royal College of Art. This Government are committed to supporting the creative industries in this country.