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Creative Industries

Although we have given a tough settlement this year—the hon. Member for Wantage (Mr. Vaizey) is correct in saying that—does my hon. Friend agree that we have increased the amount of money that an author can get per copy in the past five years? I think that it has more than doubled. That is a massive increase, and it shows the support that we give writers, unlike the Conservatives, who never did anything but cut, cut, cut every year.