Tuesday 20th May 2025

(1 day, 19 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Keir Starmer Portrait The Prime Minister
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I thank my hon. Friend for her important question. We will work as quickly as we can on that issue, because, whichever way people voted, they did not vote to stop creatives and sportspeople crossing national boundaries to showcase their talent—in whatever way that may be—so we do need to resolve it.

Manuela Perteghella Portrait Manuela Perteghella (Stratford-on-Avon) (LD)
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The impact of the Creative Europe programme between 2014 and 2019 on the UK arts, film, publishing and other creative sectors was hugely beneficial, and not just for practitioners and organisations but for the country as a whole. Will the Government look into the possibility of participating again in this creative programme to further boost the economic potential of our creative industries?

Keir Starmer Portrait The Prime Minister
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We set out yesterday the areas where we had reached agreement. We will now have annual summits, but we will approach that matter on a value-for-money basis.