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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 29 October 2009. It occurred during Grand Committee proceedings (HC) on Responding to the Downturn and Planning the Future Economy.


Responding to the Downturn and Planning the Future Economy

I recently had a meeting with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to look at the issue. The matter came to light because of the situation with the studios in Leeds, and the question was whether more could be done. We want to ensure that lots of filming continues to be done through Screen Yorkshire. The hon. Gentleman will know that there are issues regarding ““Heartbeat””, ““The Royal”” and other programmes, and that a number of big productions such as ““Red Riding”” and ““Wuthering Heights”” have recently been filmed in Yorkshire. Through Screen Yorkshire, we continue to look at the possibilities, so as to ensure that we can offer the crews the expertise needed; that expertise should come to Yorkshire, and help to ensure that the productions are good. We must consider how, when filming in Yorkshire, broadband connections can be used to get material to the production studios—


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
YHRGC c25-6 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons Grand Committees
Subjects
Regional planning and development Economic recession Yorkshire and the Humber
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk