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Adjournment debate on Thursday, 20 March 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Baroness Hodge of Barking. The answering member was John Whittingdale.

Creative Industries

Westminster hall debate on a motion for the adjournment on creative industries. (Inc ref to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee fifth report of session 2006-07 - HC 509, and the Government's response, Cm 7186.)

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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
473 c295-342WH 
Session
2007-08
Department
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 473 c307WH (Link to this contribution) Leaving aside the possibility of my hon. Friend turning himself and his son in at the end of the deb...
John Whittingdale | 473 c307WH (Link to this contribution) I shall certainly convey that warning. I have to tell the hon. Gentleman that I have done my best al...
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Mark Field | 473 c308WH (Link to this contribution) Does my Friend accept, following the exchange between him and my hon. Friend the Member for Wantage ...
John Whittingdale | 473 c307WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend anticipates precisely the point that I was coming to. He is of course entirely right....
Lord Foster of Bath | 473 c307WH (Link to this contribution) May I ask the hon. Gentleman to advise his son that I had a meeting earlier today with the Internet ...
John Whittingdale | 473 c306-7WH (Link to this contribution) No, indeed—the hon. Gentleman is quite right. However, a huge amount of illegal activity is being un...
John Whittingdale | 473 c308-10WH (Link to this contribution) I half agree with my hon. Friend. I think he is correct when he talks about physical product. There ...
Ian Gibson | 473 c310-1WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to have you in Chair for the first time ever, Mr. Weir. I thought that Westminster ...
Mark Field | 473 c311WH (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to stop the hon. Gentleman—
Mark Field | 473 c311WH (Link to this contribution) I was going to say ““in full flow””—I hope that the hon. Gentleman is not winding-up. The hon. Gentl...
Baroness Hodge of Barking | 473 c298WH (Link to this contribution) If I may just finish this point, I will then give way.
Baroness Hodge of Barking | 473 c298WH (Link to this contribution) That is why I thought that I had better finish my remarks. However, we have listened to what the Eu...
Baroness Hodge of Barking | 473 c298-9WH (Link to this contribution) I am aware of that analysis, and I know it was considered by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee,...
John Whittingdale | 473 c298WH (Link to this contribution) Is the Minister aware of the analysis carried out by LECG into the economic model produced by the Go...
Lord Foster of Bath | 473 c299WH (Link to this contribution) I share the view that that could be exciting. The various newspapers that have done an analysis in r...
Baroness Hodge of Barking | 473 c299-300WH (Link to this contribution) The newspapers have got them wrong on the basis that they have assumed that those are the only resou...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 473 c300WH (Link to this contribution) I can see that the Minister is already benefiting from the Government's dance programme. I think tha...
Baroness Hodge of Barking | 473 c300-1WH (Link to this contribution) We have to work our way through that issue. We certainly think that the youth culture trust ought to...
Lord Foster of Bath | 473 c301-2WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for being generous in giving way. I particularly applaud what she has ...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 473 c302WH (Link to this contribution) I am not sure that I share the enthusiasm of the hon. Member for Bath (Mr. Foster). Perhaps he wants...
Baroness Hodge of Barking | 473 c302WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman and I agree about that. We have to get the balance right, so that it is not seen ...
Janet Anderson | 473 c303WH (Link to this contribution) Before the Minister leaves the subject of intellectual property, may I, as chair of the all-party pa...
Baroness Hodge of Barking | 473 c303WH (Link to this contribution) About 18 months ago, in my previous role as Minister at the old Department of Trade and Industry, I ...
Mark Field | 473 c303WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister will be aware that some of the biggest concerns in the manufacturing sector are to do w...
Baroness Hodge of Barking | 473 c302-3WH (Link to this contribution) Let me correct the hon. Gentleman: I am not handing over the role of sponsoring the creative industr...
John Whittingdale | 473 c305-6WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed—and others. I did not realise at the time that what I was doing was illegal, and certainly no...
Baroness Hodge of Barking | 473 c303-4WH (Link to this contribution) I was pleased that we were able to find an initial sum of money to support the implementation of sec...
John Whittingdale | 473 c305WH (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome the fact that we are debating the creative industries. The Minister gave us some...
Joan Walley | 473 c296WH (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that in the various stages that her Department has gone through to r...
Baroness Hodge of Barking | 473 c296WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is a constant and terrific campaigner on behalf of her constituents, including those ...
Baroness Hodge of Barking | 473 c295-6WH (Link to this contribution) It is delightful to have this debate under your very good chairmanship, Mr. Weir. I am truly gratefu...
Baroness Hodge of Barking | 473 c297WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman refers to one copyright issue that is of particular importance to the music indus...
Lord Foster of Bath | 473 c297WH (Link to this contribution) On that important point, the Minister will be aware that in response to a question asked by the hon....
Baroness Hodge of Barking | 473 c296-7WH (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman had read the report, he would know where the action is. In all sectors, we mus...
Mark Field | 473 c296WH (Link to this contribution) Given the immensely cheaper labour and other costs in places such as China, how can we ensure that t...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 473 c332WH (Link to this contribution) It is a delight to appear in this important debate under your chairmanship, Mr. Weir. I did not mean...
Lord Foster of Bath | 473 c331-2WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister shakes her head, but I listened to the interview on the ““Today”” programme with the Se...
Lord Foster of Bath | 473 c338WH (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister suspect that the rather cynical view of the hon. Member for Wantage is a reflectio...
Baroness Hodge of Barking | 473 c338WH (Link to this contribution) No, not at this point. The hon. Gentleman showed the usual negative approach and cynicism, facing bo...
Baroness Hodge of Barking | 473 c338WH (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. Nothing could be better than having the Minghella centre on the south bank. I think that...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 473 c332-8WH (Link to this contribution) I am deeply offended by the hon. Gentleman. He has just taken over the role as my mentor, as he is n...
Baroness Hodge of Barking | 473 c338WH (Link to this contribution) I should have said this in my opening remarks, but I join other hon. Members in recognising the enor...
Baroness Hodge of Barking | 473 c338-9WH (Link to this contribution) I know that my hon. Friend the Member for Norwich, North (Dr. Gibson) is absolutely exhilarated by t...
John Whittingdale | 473 c339WH (Link to this contribution) Is the Minister saying that she will only consider that question on the basis of the economic impact...
Baroness Hodge of Barking | 473 c339-40WH (Link to this contribution) The impact that copyright extension would have on those who might benefit from it is enormously impo...
Joan Walley | 473 c340WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed, we are engaging with the regional development agency, but the ceramics industry is relevant ...
Baroness Hodge of Barking | 473 c340-2WH (Link to this contribution) I accept my hon. Friend's point, but the RDAs also have to capture the importance of those factors b...
Pete Wishart | 473 c320-1WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that compliment. Live music is close to my heart, and in the creative industry str...
Joan Walley | 473 c321-2WH (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to take part in this debate, particularly under your chairmanship, Mr. Weir, ...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 473 c322WH (Link to this contribution) I wonder whether the hon. Lady, given her interest in ceramics and craft, would support our proposal...
Joan Walley | 473 c322-3WH (Link to this contribution) As someone who has not served on the Select Committee and who has not followed all the detailed deve...
Mark Field | 473 c323-6WH (Link to this contribution) The City of London is famously home to the UK's financial services industry. The hon. Members for No...
Lord Foster of Bath | 473 c326-8WH (Link to this contribution) I am delighted that we have the opportunity to have this debate. As has been said, it is disappointi...
Joan Walley | 473 c328WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Lord Foster of Bath | 473 c328WH (Link to this contribution) I give way to the hon. Lady, who has read the document even more diligently than I have.
Joan Walley | 473 c328WH (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful. I have indeed read the document with a toothcomb, and I take great heart from a ...
Lord Foster of Bath | 473 c328-31WH (Link to this contribution) Excellent. I am delighted that the hon. Lady is satisfied, but perhaps she could persuade the Govern...
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 473 c313WH (Link to this contribution) Is it not also a problem for writers that the Government have cut the money available for the public...
Ian Gibson | 473 c312-3WH (Link to this contribution) Well, it is a kind of ant. Now there is a confession for you. Publishers and others should encourag...
Ian Gibson | 473 c312WH (Link to this contribution) It is a very social insect. Does the hon. Gentleman understand what an ant is?
Lord Vaizey of Didcot | 473 c312WH (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman is going to share this information with the House, he could at least specify w...
Ian Gibson | 473 c311-2WH (Link to this contribution) I apologise to the hon. Gentleman. Of course Imperial, Manchester, Newcastle, Dundee, Edinburgh and ...
Ian Gibson | 473 c313-4WH (Link to this contribution) That is another issue, of course. The ALCS owes the Prime Minister £60 for a book that he produced, ...
Baroness Hodge of Barking | 473 c314WH (Link to this contribution) Although we have given a tough settlement this year—the hon. Member for Wantage (Mr. Vaizey) is corr...
Ian Gibson | 473 c314-5WH (Link to this contribution) I am not into sectarian violence in Havana Hall this afternoon, that is for sure. However, the point...
Pete Wishart | 473 c317-9WH (Link to this contribution) I recognise the efforts being made, although I am not sure that I would support Apple's intention of...
Ian Gibson | 473 c319WH (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Gentleman familiar with the case in the United States whereby Cliff Richard increased th...
Pete Wishart | 473 c315-7WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr. Weir. I would like to refer to my entry in the Registe...
Lord Foster of Bath | 473 c317WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman might be right that a voluntary approach will not work, but does he not at least ...
Pete Wishart | 473 c319-20WH (Link to this contribution) I am not saying that some artists, creators or whoever should not be similarly rewarded. There is a ...
Lord Foster of Bath | 473 c320WH (Link to this contribution) I have the benefit of being able to see the hon. Gentleman's notes, to which he has hardly referred,...
Pete Wishart | 473 c319WH (Link to this contribution) I can understand the hon. Gentleman's frustration, given Cliff Richard's great wealth, but the issue...
Ian Gibson | 473 c319WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman add to that list the artists who, if they sell a picture, sculpture or whate...
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Broadcasting Business Arts Copyright Digital broadcasting Film Industry Innovation Media Technology Television Skilled workers
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