Speeches by Bryant.

“If only!”

“C’est demain. That was me doing “Macbeth” in Canadian French.”

“No. You would only be at a loss in the sense that there might be a potential route for remuneration for you through this—but only that.”

“Sorry, I do not know enough about the copyright hub. Alastair might know more; I think he was in the Department.”

“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…”

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

“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.”

“That has already existed.”

“Thank you. Can I go now?”

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

“Well, it might be, but writers’ rooms are using AI to help them to do things that would otherwise be very laborious and take a long time. This is the point that I think the BFI is making, which is that lots of people are using AI and the people who are using it within their work are flourishing.”

“That is to be determined, to be honest. As I say, it is very embryonic; I would say that it is only in the first trimester.”

“You know what I am talking about. It is a shock to everyone.”

“Yes, I think it is. Every Government Minister who ever sits before a Select Committee would always love to have twice as much money to invest in everything, and there are areas where we still have a great deal of work to do. I think we have identified the key sectors, which I see as a spectrum in the creative industrie…”

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

“To grow the creative industries, because we know that they are an essential part of our economic future in this country. They have grown faster than most other sectors in the UK economy over the last few years, and we want to make sure that they do so in future. Where there are barriers that are set up by Government th…”

“There is a lot in the plan. There were two key things that I was conscious of before we got to the general election, which had never really landed with regard to the creative industries. One thing was about access to finance. This was brought home to me when I went on a visit to Leeds last year. Women who run career te…”

“Just before you do that, I might take a look at it, because I am not looking forward to this bit. Obviously there are things that stand. You have been a bit critical that we have not said anything more about tax reliefs but, to be honest, we felt that we said what we needed to say on tax relief, for instance in film an…”

“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.”

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