Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport)
Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Peer
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her Question. Is the Minister aware that the Department for Education is cutting the strategic priorities grant in higher education that supports media and journalism? It is also excluding them from new maintenance grants and the lifelong learning entitlement—all this while Skills England has just identified media and journalism as a key occupational...
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Brennan. As the last debate was a little short, maybe at the end he could give us a little performance. From concerts and festivals in stadiums and fields to small local venues, such as churches, mosques, temples and pubs, as the noble Baroness, Lady Wilcox, mentioned, music brings us together as a nation, as my friend the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay,...
My Lords, we welcome the Green Paper, which rightly recognises the severe financial challenges facing our PSBs, vividly exposed by the recent devastating cuts at the BBC. We have long proposed on these Benches that the BBC World Service should be fully funded directly from an FCDO budget, freeing up millions of pounds per year. The World Service is so important both for underpinning soft...
I thank everyone for taking part in this debate—except possibly the noble Lord, Lord Hayward, who is making me have to think of a different way of saying “free to air”. I am, of course, disappointed but actually not surprised by the Minister’s response. She has given me valuable time but I hope we can explore this further. To pick up on what the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, said, the...
In moving Amendment 15 I shall speak also to Amendments 26 and 79. We on these Benches think that we should consider events that are in scope of this Bill as part of the free-to-air listed events regime for audiences in the UK, so that those who wish to follow a sporting event but cannot obtain a ticket due to cost or availability can still follow the event without incurring extra costs and...
My Lords, my amendment covers a slightly different area. It seeks to ensure that cultural events affiliated with a sporting event are part of the Bill’s scope. We on these Benches support the Bill’s aim to create a legislative framework. However, past experience has shown that cultural events such as the Cultural Olympiad were hard to include and very much seen as an afterthought. Those...
To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to change their policy on temporary skilled worker visas for creative occupations.
I thank the Minister for his reply. I am particularly concerned about the world of dance. Despite the fact that dancers and choreographers spend years training, their qualifications are assessed as being below degree level, and consequently they are eligible for sponsorship to work in the UK via the skilled workers visa route only if they remain on the temporary shortage list. If they do not...
Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent progress has been made in negotiations relating to cultural mobility, with particular reference to CITES-regulated instruments moving between the UK and EU.
To ask His Majesty's Government what support is available to UK musicians navigating CITES requirements when touring in Europe.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to establish a dedicated advisory service for performers travelling with instruments that include regulated materials.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the dangers of state-sponsored disinformation.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for continued investment in the BBC World Service.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to provide funding to support the continued operation beyond June 2026 of (1) the National Glass Centre, and (2) the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art; and when they last discussed the future of those galleries with (a) Sunderland City Council, and (b) Sunderland Culture.
To ask His Majesty's Government when the Department of Education’s tendering process will take place for the Dance and Drama Awards scheme for academic year 2026–27 onwards, and whether they anticipate any delays to their usual timeframe.
To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to their consultation on copyright and artificial intelligence (CP1205), whether a market impact assessment will be published relating to any proposed changes to copyright law for text and data mining for AI models.
Mwy o cwestiynau ysgrifenedig Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
