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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken and what mechanisms are being used to ensure that Article 15 of the 2025 UK-EU Common Understanding Agreement on cultural exchange and touring matters is being upheld.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken and what mechanisms are being used to ensure that Article 15 of the 2025 UK-EU Common Understanding Agreement on cultural exchange and touring matters is being upheld.
The Common Understanding from the inaugural UK-EU Summit in May 2025 notes that the UK and EU are committed to cultural and artistic exchange, including through the activities of touring artists. This is a priority, as set out in the Government’s manifesto.
To deliver this commitment, we regularly engage with the EU institutions and Member States, as well as music and arts industry stakeholders, to determine the most effective ways to foster cultural exchange and support touring artists who wish to perform across the European continent. Our engagement has led to improvements in individual EU Member States, for instance the recent removal of visa and work authorisation certificate requirements for touring artists and technical staff for stays of less than three months in Croatia.
On 24 March, I co-chaired the first UK-European Commission High-Level Meeting on Culture with Commissioner Micallef (Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport) to support UK-EU cultural cooperation. I also attended an industry panel session at the European Parliament, hosted by MEPs Hannes Heide and Bogdan Zdrojewski in collaboration with the Cultural Exchange Coalition, focused on strengthening UK-EU cultural exchange, including removing barriers to cross-border touring.
I welcome the European Commission’s new EU Visa Strategy, which commits to exploring practical flexibilities for touring artists, specialist crew, and hauliers within the existing Schengen framework. This Government is also modernising cross-border infrastructure to simplify processes and reduce administrative burdens. Most notably, we have launched HMRC’s digital ATA carnets pilot on 1 June, in collaboration with EU Member States, Switzerland, and Norway, enabling touring artists and their crews to move equipment temporarily without the burden of customs duties.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help improve access to arts and culture for young people in Lincolnshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help improve access to arts and culture for young people in Lincolnshire.
The Government is committed to ensuring that all children and young people can access high-quality arts and culture.
Between 2023/24 and 2025/26, Arts Council England invested over £14.6 million in arts organisations and projects across Lincolnshire, including almost £11 million supporting children and young people. This funding supports organisations such as Zest Theatre, an National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) receiving £192,043 per year, whose work centres around providing youth-led theatre, youth spaces, and public art for young people aged 25 and under; and Box Clever Theatre, another NPO receiving £85,352 per year and specialising in writing and producing theatre for young audiences in schools.
Nationally, the Government is also committed to revitalising arts education through a reformed curriculum and support for teachers, including via the new National Centre for Arts and Music Education, due to be established by September 2026.
To increase access to enrichment opportunities across culture, sport, and wider youth sectors for disadvantaged young people, the Every Child Can programme, backed by £132.5 million in dormant assets through the National Lottery Community Fund, will fund activities within schools and in communities, ensuring enrichment is a common entitlement for all.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve access to arts and culture for young people in the West Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve access to arts and culture for young people in the West Midlands.
The Government is committed to ensuring that all children and young people can access high-quality arts and culture.
Between 2023/24 and 2025/26, Arts Council England invested over £170 million in arts organisations and projects across the West Midlands, including almost £40 million supporting children and young people. This funding supports initiatives such as Powered by CAN in Sandwell, which develops creative opportunities and career pathways; Big Brum Theatre in Education, one of the most established Theatre in Education companies in the UK; and Wolverhampton’s City of Youth Culture programme, helping more young people engage with arts, culture and creative activities across the region.
Nationally, the government is committed to revitalising arts education through a reformed curriculum and support for teachers, including via the new National Centre for Arts and Music Education, due to be established by September 2026. To increase access to enrichment opportunities across culture, sport, and wider youth sectors for disadvantaged young people, the Every Child Can programme, backed by £132.5 million in dormant assets through the National Lottery Community Fund, will fund activities within schools and in communities at weekends and in the holidays, ensuring enrichment is a common entitlement for all.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure adequate opportunities for under 16s to engage in sport and cultural activities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure adequate opportunities for under 16s to engage in sport and cultural activities.
The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, including children and young people, have access to and benefit from quality sport and cultural opportunities.
Our arm’s length body Sport England works to increase participation in grassroots sport, including providing more opportunities for children and young people from all backgrounds to be active.
The Government is committed to revitalising arts education through a reformed curriculum and support for teachers, including via the new National Centre for Arts and Music Education, due to be established by September 2026, and through continued investment in Music Hubs. To increase access to enrichment opportunities across culture, sport, and wider youth sectors for disadvantaged young people, the Every Child Can programme, backed by £132.5 million in dormant assets through the National Lottery Community Fund, will fund activities within school and in communities at weekends and in the holidays, ensuring enrichment is a common entitlement for all.
To ask His Majesty's Government what resources have been provided to the Care Quality Commission to undertake its additional function arising from the Manchester Arena Inquiry of managing registrations and inspections of medical providers delivering healthcare at sporting and cultural venues and events.
To ask His Majesty's Government what resources have been provided to the Care Quality Commission to undertake its additional function arising from the Manchester Arena Inquiry of managing registrations and inspections of medical providers delivering healthcare at sporting and cultural venues and events.
Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections will be supported by a dedicated team of specialist advisors with expertise across a range of settings, including pre-hospital care. The CQC will continue to review the skills and capacity of its teams ahead of implementation to ensure it can regulate the sector effectively.
The Department, in consultation with the CQC, has agreed to a phased approach to implementing the updated regulations, reflecting the time and resource required for registration and ongoing compliance.
The registration period will begin in September 2026, followed by a 15‑month transition period before the regulations come into force, giving providers a lengthy lead-in time to make any changes to meet the required standard.
This is intended to support providers to prepare and minimise disruption to the events sector, and to enable the CQC to prepare for the receipt of additional registration applications and manage their processing in a timely way.
The Government has considered the impact of these changes through a public consultation, which invited stakeholder views on potential effects.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the resources required by medical providers delivering healthcare at sporting and cultural venues and events to become registered with the Care Quality Commission and maintain compliance.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the resources required by medical providers delivering healthcare at sporting and cultural venues and events to become registered with the Care Quality Commission and maintain compliance.
Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections will be supported by a dedicated team of specialist advisors with expertise across a range of settings, including pre-hospital care. The CQC will continue to review the skills and capacity of its teams ahead of implementation to ensure it can regulate the sector effectively.
The Department, in consultation with the CQC, has agreed to a phased approach to implementing the updated regulations, reflecting the time and resource required for registration and ongoing compliance.
The registration period will begin in September 2026, followed by a 15‑month transition period before the regulations come into force, giving providers a lengthy lead-in time to make any changes to meet the required standard.
This is intended to support providers to prepare and minimise disruption to the events sector, and to enable the CQC to prepare for the receipt of additional registration applications and manage their processing in a timely way.
The Government has considered the impact of these changes through a public consultation, which invited stakeholder views on potential effects.
I thank the noble Lord, Lord Addington, and other noble Lords for their gold medal contributions today—if I am allowed to say that, at this stage at least. As the noble Lord, Lord Foster, and my noble friend Lord Hayward set out, there are quite often unintended consequences, the sausage...
I thank the noble Lord, Lord Addington, and other noble Lords for their gold medal contributions today—if I am allowed to say that, at this stage at least. As the noble Lord, Lord Foster, and my noble friend Lord Hayward set out, there are quite often unintended consequences, the sausage...
I thank the noble Lord for tabling Amendment 58, which would introduce an exception to prohibition on unauthorised association. I understand that this amendment seeks to ensure that a licensed premises’ use of representations in pre-existing advertising material will not breach the prohibition, providing that the use does not suggest...
I thank the noble Lord for tabling Amendment 58, which would introduce an exception to prohibition on unauthorised association. I understand that this amendment seeks to ensure that a licensed premises’ use of representations in pre-existing advertising material will not breach the prohibition, providing that the use does not suggest...
I thank the Minister for that reply. Yes, I think the idea is that everybody is saying, can we avoid what we can only describe as the cock-up school of history? That is when something goes wrong that is unintended and gets in the way of the enjoyment here. I...
I thank the Minister for that reply. Yes, I think the idea is that everybody is saying, can we avoid what we can only describe as the cock-up school of history? That is when something goes wrong that is unintended and gets in the way of the enjoyment here. I...
Moved by
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
59: Schedule 5, page 42, line 3, at end insert—
“(2A) A plan prepared under this Schedule must—
(a) have regard to sustainable modes of transport, including public transport, walking and cycling,
(b) aim to minimise greenhouse gas emissions associated with travel to and from sporting events, and
(c) include...
Moved by
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
59: Schedule 5, page 42, line 3, at end insert—
“(2A) A plan prepared under this Schedule must—
(a) have regard to sustainable modes of transport, including public transport, walking and cycling,
(b) aim to minimise greenhouse gas emissions associated with travel to and from sporting events, and
(c) include...
Thank you. I am so sorry I was not at Second Reading. This is very much the sort of thing that I feel very strongly about. My three amendments in this group are on three different topics. One is transport, one is sustainability reporting and the third is on climate...
Thank you. I am so sorry I was not at Second Reading. This is very much the sort of thing that I feel very strongly about. My three amendments in this group are on three different topics. One is transport, one is sustainability reporting and the third is on climate...
My Lords, my Amendment 91 seeks to insert a duty to clear up waste after a sporting event. This is a probing amendment that puts a clear, time-bound duty on the relevant local authority to keep event areas clear of litter and refuse during the event and to clean them...
My Lords, my Amendment 91 seeks to insert a duty to clear up waste after a sporting event. This is a probing amendment that puts a clear, time-bound duty on the relevant local authority to keep event areas clear of litter and refuse during the event and to clean them...
My Lords, I have two amendments in this group, which follow up the remarks by the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, in that we ought to write into the Bill the requirement for the sports industry to recognise the effects of climate change and the need to adjust sporting facilities, materials...
My Lords, I have two amendments in this group, which follow up the remarks by the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, in that we ought to write into the Bill the requirement for the sports industry to recognise the effects of climate change and the need to adjust sporting facilities, materials...
I am in agreement with the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, on these amendments. I think she was very wise to bring this before the Committee, because this is a case where many of the international governing bodies and federations— the IOC in particular—have taken a lead. Without this legislation reflecting...
I am in agreement with the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, on these amendments. I think she was very wise to bring this before the Committee, because this is a case where many of the international governing bodies and federations— the IOC in particular—have taken a lead. Without this legislation reflecting...
I was not going to speak on this, but I thought I might follow the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, because we both spent many years of our lives grappling with the London Olympics.
I first became involved in the London Olympics in 1999. The first meeting on day 1 was with...
I was not going to speak on this, but I thought I might follow the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, because we both spent many years of our lives grappling with the London Olympics.
I first became involved in the London Olympics in 1999. The first meeting on day 1 was with...
My Lords, I just want to make a few comments on this. The idea that we would not have some sort of ongoing environmental impact built into one of these assessments is unthinkable, to be perfectly honest. The exact wording used in any of these might not be the one...
My Lords, I just want to make a few comments on this. The idea that we would not have some sort of ongoing environmental impact built into one of these assessments is unthinkable, to be perfectly honest. The exact wording used in any of these might not be the one...
My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, for leading the debate on this series of amendments. As she says, it is unavoidably in our minds today in the current heatwave. I am sure that noble Lords are particularly grateful to all the organisers...
My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, for leading the debate on this series of amendments. As she says, it is unavoidably in our minds today in the current heatwave. I am sure that noble Lords are particularly grateful to all the organisers...
I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, the noble Lord, Lord Harlech, and my noble friend Lord Whitty for their amendments. As highlighted by the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, there was clearly considerable consensus during the debate. I will, I hope, add to that a little, but I...
I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, the noble Lord, Lord Harlech, and my noble friend Lord Whitty for their amendments. As highlighted by the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, there was clearly considerable consensus during the debate. I will, I hope, add to that a little, but I...
I thank the Minister for raising the point about us maybe sharing some of the knowledge we gained through the Olympics. I certainly would be really willing to do that, and I am sure the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, would as well. Some of us are concerned that, under successive...
I thank the Minister for raising the point about us maybe sharing some of the knowledge we gained through the Olympics. I certainly would be really willing to do that, and I am sure the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, would as well. Some of us are concerned that, under successive...