Speeches by Bryant.

“Well, half of it is new and half of it is old.”

“That has already existed.”

“He is against it being Government-run, and you are—”

“It is enabling a marketplace, in essence, and sometimes local government provides the space where the market can take place. Sometimes it owns the market and sometimes it allows the market to be run on an entirely commercial basis. The stock exchange, of course, is a business. We have not decided, but part of what is g…”

“Thank you. Can I go now?”

“No, the bit before that.”

“You are right. We have not highlighted sections where this is brand-new and nothing has ever been done before. The two things that are different from the past, as I say, are access to finance and R&D.”

“We have been giving £1 million for the last few years, and we have not made a firm commitment yet about what we will end up doing.”

“This is God’s own country and I am a mere servant.”

“I think we have to rely on you, Alastair.”

“Bearing in mind what you said last week, Dame Caroline, I think it is about time that we celebrated the creative industries. This is not just a brief encounter; for many people it is a matter of life and death, and in the end there is hunger for change. I hope that by the matter of persuasion, you will accept that we a…”

“Did you say Ben Hur, Mr Speaker? I do not think we are going to enact Ben Hur.”

“The new music growth package will invest up to £30 million to help emerging British artists access international markets with support for touring, showcasing and export promotion.”

“I want to pay tribute to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the way she conducted the spending review. In the words of Diana Ross, she reached out and touched our Department with £8.2 billion, meaning we can make this world a better place. For the heritage sector, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport is already…”

“If only the right hon. Gentleman had been a Minister in the previous Government, when they failed to take the deal that was on offer from the European Union. I am absolutely determined to get this sorted. We got something—[Interruption.] If he wants to start promoting creative industries abroad, he might start thinking…”

“It is not rugby league, Mr Speaker. As my hon. Friend knows, I fully support the project, which I know she has been engaged in since before she was an MP right through until now. I am delighted that she has Mary Beard involved and I am sure that by the end of this, she will be able to pronounce “Veni, vidi, vici.””

“Well, I have just been told that I am on the side of Wigan. [Laughter.] But there is a more serious point here, which is that the UK has 35 UNESCO world heritage sites. We are one of the two biggest contributors in the world to UNESCO and passionate supporters of it. There is a slight danger that if we have too many an…”

“I had a horrible fear how that question was going to end. It is really important that we win this battle. This has to be a campaign that we wage across all of Europe—we need to get every single capital city in Europe on our side to make sure that, by the time we get to the next EU-UK summit, we can get this over the li…”

“The hospice sector is not specifically my responsibility, but of course I value hospices. To go back to the earlier point about the state of the finances in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, this is the first Secretary of State who has managed to get £3 billion for investment in capital funding. That is goin…”

“It is a delight to see you in your place, Mr Turner, and to take part in this debate. Given the weather we have been having, it is somewhat ironic that we are worrying about space weather. People sometimes think the sun is a wonderful thing and a delight when it comes out in the UK. It also helps ice cream sales, with …”