Oral answer to question provided on Monday, 24 April 2006 in the House of Commons, by David Lammy (Labour), Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
National Theatres (Regional Tours)
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My advice, which is directed not to the chairman of the Arts Council but to the people of this country, is to vote Labour, because when people vote Labour, they get a 70 per cent. increase in Arts Council funding, some of which goes to regional theatres. That is why we have seen an expansion, and that is my advice to his constituents.
This is an answer to the Oral question asked on Monday, 24 April 2006 by Michael Fabricant (Conservative).
- Question
- The Minister is right to address the importance of national companies undertaking regional tours, but it is also important to provide regional arts companies—for example, the Lichfield Garrick theatre—with sufficient funds to conduct tours of their own and to operate as production houses as well as receiving houses. What is the Minister's advice to the chairman of the Arts Council on how to strike that balance?
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- 445 c348
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- 2005-06
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- House of Commons chamber
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- Theatre National Theatre Royal Shakespeare Company
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