Young People: Creative Industries

Lord Howarth of Newport Excerpts

Thursday 14th July 2011 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Wilcox]

I am happy to answer this question. We are slimming down the curriculum in ways that enable us to spread the accessible required needs for just the things that my noble friend is talking about.

[Lord Howarth of Newport]

Would young people not be better assisted in pursuing careers in the creative industries if the Government were to abandon their policy of disadvantaging teaching and research in the humanities in their funding of universities?

[Baroness Wilcox]

That is slightly wide of the Question, but, as I understand it, we are not doing that.