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That this House congratulates the Galveston Historical Foundation in Texas on the 50th anniversary of the annual Dickens on The Strand celebration from 1 to 3 December 2023; welcomes the expected 50,000 visitors to the festival which celebrates the life and work of Charles Dickens who spent many years of his life in Kent, most notably in Chatham; notes that the Tall Ship Elissa– the official Tall Ship of Texas – which will host the ‘Salute to Sunset’ during the festival was built in the United Kingdom; celebrates the historical ties between the United Kingdom and the city of Galveston which was home to the first British Consulate in the State of Texas in 1846; and welcomes the role of the British Consulate-General in Houston as the presenting sponsor for this year’s historic event.
That this House congratulates the Galveston Historical Foundation in Texas on the 50th anniversary of the annual Dickens on The Strand celebration from 1 to 3 December 2023; welcomes the expected 50,000 visitors to the festival which celebrates the life and work of Charles Dickens who spent many years of...
Primary sponsor
Tracey Crouch
(Conservative)
Type
Early day motions
Subjects
Anniversaries; Greater London; Festivals and special occasions; Dickens, Charles; Galveston Historical Foundation
Date
16 November 2023
Reference
69
House
House of Commons
To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are giving to the Charles Dickens Museum in Doughty Street in promoting Dickens's work in the bicentenary year of his birth.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are giving to the Charles Dickens Museum in Doughty Street in promoting Dickens's work in the bicentenary year of his birth.
Asked by
Lord Harrison
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Rawlings
(Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
27 February 2012
Her Majesty's Government have not provided the Charles Dickens Museum in Doughty Street with any support in promoting Dickens's work. A number of institutions funded by the Government, including the National Portrait Gallery, the British Council, the British Library and English Heritage are putting on special programmes and events to celebrate the life and works of Dickens. The Charles Dickens Museum has highlighted these events and many others as part of the Dickens 2012 campaign.
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), which makes funding decisions independently of the Government, has awarded the Charles Dickens Museum over £2.3 million towards its redevelopment. HLF has also recently announced support for two Dickens related projects in Southwark, one in Teesdale, as well as supporting the Dickens Community Archive in Portsmouth. To date HLF has awarded more than £2.7 million in grants for the Dickens bicentenary.
Subjects
Anniversaries; Finance; Charles Dickens Museum; Dickens, Charles
Date
27 February 2012
Reference
15654; 735 c210WA
House
House of Lords
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens.
Asked by
Lord Young of Norwood Green
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Rawlings
(Conservative)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
For answer on
9 February 2012
Answered on
9 February 2012
My Lords, Her Majesty’s Government are always delighted to fund and support different institutions and events celebrating the life and work of Charles Dickens, not only in this bicentenary year but at any time. This year includes special programmes with the BBC, the British Council and a number of our museums such as the V&A—there are so many that I dare not recite them all in these few minutes.
Subjects
Anniversaries; Dickens, Charles
Date
9 February 2012
Reference
735 c361-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, Her Majesty’s Government are always delighted to fund and support different institutions and events celebrating the life and work of Charles Dickens, not only in this bicentenary year but at any time. This year includes special programmes with the BBC, the British Council and a number of our museums such as the V&A—there are so many that I dare not recite them all in these few minutes.
My Lords, Her Majesty’s Government are always delighted to fund and support different institutions and events celebrating the life and work of Charles Dickens, not only in this bicentenary year but at any time. This year includes special programmes with the BBC, the British Council and a number of our museums such as the V&A—there are so many that I dare not recite them all in these few minutes.
Answered by
Baroness Rawlings
(Conservative)
Asked by
Lord Young of Norwood Green
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens.
Subjects
Anniversaries; Dickens, Charles
Date
9 February 2012
Reference
735 c361-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, does the Minister recall that I raised the issue with her a few weeks ago that, in this Diamond Jubilee year, it would be appropriate for a gift of a Dickens novel to be given to children throughout the country? When I subsequently wrote to her and had a brief conversation, she said that she would look at ways of trying to promote private sponsorship of such a project. Has she been able to make any progress in that regard?
My Lords, does the Minister recall that I raised the issue with her a few weeks ago that, in this Diamond Jubilee year, it would be appropriate for a gift of a Dickens novel to be given to children throughout the country? When I subsequently wrote to her and had a brief conversation, she said that she would look at ways of trying to promote private sponsorship of such a project. Has she been able to make any progress in that regard?
Asked by
Lord Alton of Liverpool
(Crossbench)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
9 February 2012
I have not actually heard back recently from DCMS on that very interesting suggestion, but I will write to the noble Lord on it.
Subjects
Anniversaries; Dickens, Charles
Date
9 February 2012
Reference
735 c363
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
He did.
He did.
Answered by
Baroness Rawlings
(Conservative)
Asked by
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, did the noble Lord the Leader of the House get Bleak House?
Subjects
Anniversaries; Dickens, Charles
Date
9 February 2012
Reference
735 c362
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
I have not actually heard back recently from DCMS on that very interesting suggestion, but I will write to the noble Lord on it.
I have not actually heard back recently from DCMS on that very interesting suggestion, but I will write to the noble Lord on it.
Answered by
Baroness Rawlings
(Conservative)
Asked by
Lord Alton of Liverpool
(Crossbench)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, does the Minister recall that I raised the issue with her a few weeks ago that, in this Diamond Jubilee year, it would be appropriate for a gift of a Dickens novel to be given to children throughout the country? When I subsequently wrote to her and had a brief conversation, she said that she would look at ways of trying to promote private sponsorship of such a project. Has she been able to make any progress in that regard?
Subjects
Anniversaries; Dickens, Charles
Date
9 February 2012
Reference
735 c363
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, would the Minister agree with me that the film and television industries, which have developed in the past 100 years, would have been pretty stuck for content, had it not been for the works of Charles Dickens? Would she encourage her ministerial colleagues to put some pressure on BAFTA to nominate Charles Dickens for a posthumous fellowship?
My Lords, would the Minister agree with me that the film and television industries, which have developed in the past 100 years, would have been pretty stuck for content, had it not been for the works of Charles Dickens? Would she encourage her ministerial colleagues to put some pressure on BAFTA to nominate Charles Dickens for a posthumous fellowship?
Asked by
Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall
(Labour)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
9 February 2012
My Lords, I am sure that that is a good idea, but I have a feeling that BAFTA is probably an independent body. We will put that forward, and hope that BAFTA reads the noble Baroness’s suggestion in Hansard.
Subjects
Anniversaries; Dickens, Charles
Date
9 February 2012
Reference
735 c363
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, my noble friend Lady Bonham-Carter brings up a very good point. We are committed to encouraging wider reading. I am sure that we will include in the culture education review that is about to come out the various points that she brought up. The Secretary of State for Education has talked frequently about the importance of encouraging children to read books. It is often said that those who read well-written books usually achieve better standards. Dare I quote from Dickens, as everyone has done? "““No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot””."
That is from Our Mutual Friend.
My Lords, my noble friend Lady Bonham-Carter brings up a very good point. We are committed to encouraging wider reading. I am sure that we will include in the culture education review that is about to come out the various points that she brought up. The Secretary of State for Education has talked frequently about the importance of encouraging children to read books. It is often said that those who read well-written books usually achieve better standards. Dare I quote from Dickens, as everyone has done? "““No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot””."
That is from Our Mutual Friend.
Answered by
Baroness Rawlings
(Conservative)
Asked by
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
(Liberal Democrat)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, Dickens referred to this House when he was a reporter here as, "““a conglomeration of noise and confusion””."
It probably continues to be so. As Matthew Parris wrote, the culture of our country is its heartbeat. Who more exemplifies that than Charles Dickens? Can the Minister confirm that the cultural education review due to be published this month will call for a national plan for cultural education and that the coalition Government will celebrate Dickens’s bicentenary by putting into practice the teaching of creativity at the heart of the educational curriculum?
Subjects
Anniversaries; Dickens, Charles
Date
9 February 2012
Reference
735 c363
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Young of Norwood Green, was clever to have put down this Question this week in the 200th year of Dickens’s birth. I know that the noble Lord is a Dickens aficionado—as we have heard. DCMS is delighted with any new ideas, especially by examples as inspired as the noble Lord’s suggestions. Of course we join in the tribute to Dickens as a great reporter. Some noble Lords may have read that the Secretary of State gave a Dickens novel to each Member of the Cabinet on Tuesday. Where possible, the book was linked to their ministerial brief. I thought that was a wonderful idea and one very close to my heart...
[A noble Lord: Did the prime Minister get Bleak House?]
He got Great Expectations. I urge all noble Lords in the Chamber to consider something similar for family and friends.
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Young of Norwood Green, was clever to have put down this Question this week in the 200th year of Dickens’s birth. I know that the noble Lord is a Dickens aficionado—as we have heard. DCMS is delighted with any new ideas, especially by examples as inspired as the noble Lord’s suggestions. Of course we join in the tribute to Dickens as a great reporter. Some noble Lords may have read that the Secretary of State gave a Dickens novel to each Member of the Cabinet on Tuesday. Where possible, the book was linked to their ministerial brief. I thought that was a wonderful idea and one very close to my heart...
[A noble Lord: Did the prime Minister get Bleak House?]
He got Great Expectations. I urge all noble Lords in the Chamber to consider something similar for family and friends.
Answered by
Baroness Rawlings
(Conservative)
Asked by
Lord Young of Norwood Green
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
I thank the Minister for her reply. I must admit that I was hoping for a more imaginative response from DCMS, but I know these are hard times. I did not have great expectations. I suggest that a Dickens day in schools would not be a bad idea. I, too, pay tribute to the BBC, which has given us great value for money recently in both TV and radio adaptations. There are also the Royal Mail’s commemorative stamps. I was privileged to attend the Abbey ceremony. I am not sure that Dickens would have thought that particularly appropriate, but I hope the Minister will join me in paying tribute to Dickens’s role, including as a great parliamentary reporter. He reported on the Great Reform Bill of 1831. I am not sure what he would have thought of the Welfare Reform Bill. This would be a bleak House if we did not put on record our acknowledgement and tribute to Dickens as one of our greatest writers.
Subjects
Anniversaries; Dickens, Charles
Date
9 February 2012
Reference
735 c362
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
I thank the Minister for her reply. I must admit that I was hoping for a more imaginative response from DCMS, but I know these are hard times. I did not have great expectations. I suggest that a Dickens day in schools would not be a bad idea. I, too, pay tribute to the BBC, which has given us great value for money recently in both TV and radio adaptations. There are also the Royal Mail’s commemorative stamps. I was privileged to attend the Abbey ceremony. I am not sure that Dickens would have thought that particularly appropriate, but I hope the Minister will join me in paying tribute to Dickens’s role, including as a great parliamentary reporter. He reported on the Great Reform Bill of 1831. I am not sure what he would have thought of the Welfare Reform Bill. This would be a bleak House if we did not put on record our acknowledgement and tribute to Dickens as one of our greatest writers.
I thank the Minister for her reply. I must admit that I was hoping for a more imaginative response from DCMS, but I know these are hard times. I did not have great expectations. I suggest that a Dickens day in schools would not be a bad idea. I, too, pay tribute to the BBC, which has given us great value for money recently in both TV and radio adaptations. There are also the Royal Mail’s commemorative stamps. I was privileged to attend the Abbey ceremony. I am not sure that Dickens would have thought that particularly appropriate, but I hope the Minister will join me in paying tribute to Dickens’s role, including as a great parliamentary reporter. He reported on the Great Reform Bill of 1831. I am not sure what he would have thought of the Welfare Reform Bill. This would be a bleak House if we did not put on record our acknowledgement and tribute to Dickens as one of our greatest writers.
Asked by
Lord Young of Norwood Green
(Labour)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
9 February 2012
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Young of Norwood Green, was clever to have put down this Question this week in the 200th year of Dickens’s birth. I know that the noble Lord is a Dickens aficionado—as we have heard. DCMS is delighted with any new ideas, especially by examples as inspired as the noble Lord’s suggestions. Of course we join in the tribute to Dickens as a great reporter. Some noble Lords may have read that the Secretary of State gave a Dickens novel to each Member of the Cabinet on Tuesday. Where possible, the book was linked to their ministerial brief. I thought that was a wonderful idea and one very close to my heart...
[A noble Lord: Did the prime Minister get Bleak House?]
He got Great Expectations. I urge all noble Lords in the Chamber to consider something similar for family and friends.
Subjects
Anniversaries; Dickens, Charles
Date
9 February 2012
Reference
735 c362
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, Mr Twemlow in Our Mutual Friend expressed his opinion that the House of Commons was ““the best club in London””. Will my noble friend consider instituting a prize for the best contemporary Dickensian description of your Lordships’ House?
My Lords, Mr Twemlow in Our Mutual Friend expressed his opinion that the House of Commons was ““the best club in London””. Will my noble friend consider instituting a prize for the best contemporary Dickensian description of your Lordships’ House?
Asked by
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville
(Conservative)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
9 February 2012
My noble friend Lord Brooke always comes up with original ideas. I am sure that everything will be fed in to the department.
Subjects
Anniversaries; Dickens, Charles
Date
9 February 2012
Reference
735 c362
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I am sure that that is a good idea, but I have a feeling that BAFTA is probably an independent body. We will put that forward, and hope that BAFTA reads the noble Baroness’s suggestion in Hansard.
My Lords, I am sure that that is a good idea, but I have a feeling that BAFTA is probably an independent body. We will put that forward, and hope that BAFTA reads the noble Baroness’s suggestion in Hansard.
Answered by
Baroness Rawlings
(Conservative)
Asked by
Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall
(Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, would the Minister agree with me that the film and television industries, which have developed in the past 100 years, would have been pretty stuck for content, had it not been for the works of Charles Dickens? Would she encourage her ministerial colleagues to put some pressure on BAFTA to nominate Charles Dickens for a posthumous fellowship?
Subjects
Anniversaries; Dickens, Charles
Date
9 February 2012
Reference
735 c363
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, did the noble Lord the Leader of the House get Bleak House?
My Lords, did the noble Lord the Leader of the House get Bleak House?
Asked by
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
(Labour)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
9 February 2012
He did.
Subjects
Anniversaries; Dickens, Charles
Date
9 February 2012
Reference
735 c362
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My noble friend Lord Brooke always comes up with original ideas. I am sure that everything will be fed in to the department.
My noble friend Lord Brooke always comes up with original ideas. I am sure that everything will be fed in to the department.
Answered by
Baroness Rawlings
(Conservative)
Asked by
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville
(Conservative)
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, Mr Twemlow in Our Mutual Friend expressed his opinion that the House of Commons was ““the best club in London””. Will my noble friend consider instituting a prize for the best contemporary Dickensian description of your Lordships’ House?
Subjects
Anniversaries; Dickens, Charles
Date
9 February 2012
Reference
735 c362
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, Dickens referred to this House when he was a reporter here as, "““a conglomeration of noise and confusion””."
It probably continues to be so. As Matthew Parris wrote, the culture of our country is its heartbeat. Who more exemplifies that than Charles Dickens? Can the Minister confirm that the cultural education review due to be published this month will call for a national plan for cultural education and that the coalition Government will celebrate Dickens’s bicentenary by putting into practice the teaching of creativity at the heart of the educational curriculum?
My Lords, Dickens referred to this House when he was a reporter here as, "““a conglomeration of noise and confusion””."
It probably continues to be so. As Matthew Parris wrote, the culture of our country is its heartbeat. Who more exemplifies that than Charles Dickens? Can the Minister confirm that the cultural education review due to be published this month will call for a national plan for cultural education and that the coalition Government will celebrate Dickens’s bicentenary by putting into practice the teaching of creativity at the heart of the educational curriculum?
Asked by
Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury
(Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
9 February 2012
My Lords, my noble friend Lady Bonham-Carter brings up a very good point. We are committed to encouraging wider reading. I am sure that we will include in the culture education review that is about to come out the various points that she brought up. The Secretary of State for Education has talked frequently about the importance of encouraging children to read books. It is often said that those who read well-written books usually achieve better standards. Dare I quote from Dickens, as everyone has done? "““No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot””."
That is from Our Mutual Friend.
Subjects
Anniversaries; Dickens, Charles
Date
9 February 2012
Reference
735 c363
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
My Lords, which Member of the Cabinet got A Tale of Two Cities?
My Lords, which Member of the Cabinet got A Tale of Two Cities?
Asked by
Bishop of Chester
(Bishops (affiliation))
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
9 February 2012
I am afraid that I do not know.
Subjects
Anniversaries; Dickens, Charles
Date
9 February 2012
Reference
735 c362-3
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
I am afraid that I do not know.
I am afraid that I do not know.
Answered by
Baroness Rawlings
(Conservative)
Asked by
Bishop of Chester
(Bishops (affiliation))
Type
Oral answers to questions
My Lords, which Member of the Cabinet got A Tale of Two Cities?
Subjects
Anniversaries; Dickens, Charles
Date
9 February 2012
Reference
735 c362-3
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
House
House of Lords
I understand that at this morning's Cabinet meeting the Culture Secretary gave the Deputy Prime Minister for Dickens day a copy of ““Oliver Twist””. Did his Tory Cabinet colleagues then burst into a chorus of, ““Consider yourself one of us””?
I understand that at this morning's Cabinet meeting the Culture Secretary gave the Deputy Prime Minister for Dickens day a copy of ““Oliver Twist””. Did his Tory Cabinet colleagues then burst into a chorus of, ““Consider yourself one of us””?
Asked by
Lord Brennan of Canton
(Labour)
Answering body
Deputy Prime Minister
Topical questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
7 February 2012
That was a well-rehearsed and well-delivered joke. No, they did not.
Subjects
Anniversaries; Dickens, Charles
Date
7 February 2012
Reference
540 c152
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
That was a well-rehearsed and well-delivered joke. No, they did not.
That was a well-rehearsed and well-delivered joke. No, they did not.
Answered by
Nick Clegg
(Liberal Democrat)
Asked by
Lord Brennan of Canton
(Labour)
Answering body
Deputy Prime Minister
Type
Oral answers to questions
I understand that at this morning's Cabinet meeting the Culture Secretary gave the Deputy Prime Minister for Dickens day a copy of ““Oliver Twist””. Did his Tory Cabinet colleagues then burst into a chorus of, ““Consider yourself one of us””?
Subjects
Anniversaries; Dickens, Charles
Date
7 February 2012
Reference
540 c152
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons