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Peter Bone Excerpts
Thursday 6th September 2018

(6 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Margot James Portrait Margot James
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I assure the hon. Lady that I am in touch with the Creative Industries Federation and very much understand its concerns. My Department is working with the Home Office to ensure that, post Brexit, the industry will continue to have access to the best skills and talent from wherever in the world it comes.

Peter Bone Portrait Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con)
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Does the excellent Minister agree that coming out of the EU will be of great benefit to the creative industries? If there was a no deal, could a little bit of the £40 billion we would not give to the EU be spent on the creative industries?

Margot James Portrait Margot James
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As I said earlier, the Government are working hard to get a deal, because, no, we do not think that exiting from the EU without a deal would be to the benefit of the creative sector or, indeed, any other sector.