Speeches by Dinenage.

“I am grateful for the Minister’s commitment to the issue. He will know that it was the cornerstone of the Select Committee’s work on grassroots music venues, and he also knows that our music ecosystem is very finely balanced. Grassroots venues are still shutting at an alarming rate, and not one of the top 10 best-selli…”

“Among our greatest UK exports are our culture and our creative industries, so I am keen to hear what conversations the Foreign Secretary has had with international counterparts—not only to improve the opportunity for British artists to tour, particularly post Brexit, but to take advantage of the appetite for bilateral …”

“I welcome the Government’s putting music fans at the forefront of these consultations, although the Minister will know that I would like him to go further and have a full fan-led review of music. Meanwhile, looking at the details of these consultations, it is telling that while Ticketmaster welcomed the resale consulta…”

“The action plan calls for an AI sector champion in the creative industries, but what the Government really need is a creative industries champion. The Government’s copyright and AI consultation, which is so crucial for the creative industries, does not close until 25 February. One option on the table includes maintaini…”

“The starting point of your consultation, Prime Minister, is a carve-out for AI developers to be able to use content without permission or payment unless creators opt out and then opt back in to their own copyright. It is in, out, in, out—it is like the hokey-cokey of policymaking. You talk about the optimism in the cre…”

“It sounds to me like you are in the camp that says you prefer the foreign big tech companies over the British creative industries, but let me ask you something else. You announced members of your industrial strategy council last week. They are all very impressive, but there is not one executive representative from a co…”

“Prime Minister, you say the landscape is bleak, but it has not been for our world-leading creative industries. They have been growing at twice the rate of the rest of the economy, and I know they are a key part of your Government’s growth story. AI companies have scraped the internet of books, films and music created b…”

“Yesterday the Minister for Creative Industries told the House that the Government’s proposals were untested anywhere in the world, and that we will only progress them if there is a solution that meets all of the Government’s aims. Are you saying that once this consultation is over, if there is a solution that works for…”

“But effectively what you are doing is gambling a world-class British success story. The creative industries are worth £125 billion to our economy. They fly our flag around the world. You are gambling them in favour of companies that are already so rich that your own Secretary of State said we need to treat them like na…”

“But the starting point is not right; it is very heavily skewed towards the tech industry. You are proposing to take rights away and force creatives to opt back in to their own copyright. It is a bit like saying a burglar can nick all your stuff and that is all fine unless you have a sign up saying that is not okay.”

“I think they will want more than your words, Prime Minister. I think they will want to see that they are valued as much as AI.”

“Ultra-realistic deepfake porn is increasingly being used to target women, and I know the Government agree because they committed to criminalising it in their manifesto. For the sake of victims, intimate image abuse needs to be tackled without delay, so why on earth did the Government not back Baroness Owen’s Bill in th…”

“I think we can forgive our overseas territories for being a little concerned about this Government’s commitment to their right to self-determination. Those of us who, like me, are a bit older and have long memories will remember when the previous Labour Government opened negotiations with the Spanish Government over th…”

“Minister Peacock, are you working on the assumption that the funding of the BBC World Service will come in under the charter review?”

“The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report says what many WASPI women across my constituency have been saying for years, which is that between 2005 and 2007 the DWP and the last Labour Government let them down. I am therefore grateful to the Secretary of State for her apology, but that will come as cold co…”

“Is it a question that will be taken into consideration at the point of the charter review?”

“Licence fee payers are also taxpayers. Do licence fee payers know that they are funding the World Service? Do you think that they mind? When we had Tim Davie before us a moment ago, he was talking about, “Any money that you spend on World Service is money that you are not spending on domestic telly, radio or digital”. …”

“What is the plan in the meantime to stop the BBC World Service getting to a point where it has to turn around to you and say that they are going to have to cut one of their language services?”

“Minister Peacock, are you working on the assumption that the funding of the BBC World Service will come in under the charter review?”

“Is it a question that will be taken into consideration at the point of the charter review?”