Speeches by Bryant.

“That is new.”

“At the Grange Festival the other day, they had “Les Indes galantes”, the French production of the Rameau opera, which is a combination of hip-hop with 18th century music. Apparently it was an absolutely storming success. Those kinds of intersections are important. In the UK, we sit at the crossroads of the nations. Som…”

“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…”

“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…”

“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.”

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

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

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

“For instance, we are moving on R&D. We are not completely scrapping the concept of R&D and writing a whole new version, but later on this year we will produce an answer that I think leans more into a version of what the Select Committee has said about it. On the apprenticeship levy, likewise: it is a well-made point th…”

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

“We are doing it. You recommended it. Where I possibly can, Dame Caroline, I like to agree with you.”

“All of this happened before elements of the spending review could be unpacked. One of the most successful things that we have been able to do this time in the spending review is not only having a three-year spending review, which makes it much easier for people to be able to make longer-term decisions, but the fact tha…”

“People have not said that back to me. I would be interested to hear what interventions they would like to see in their sector. On publishing, for instance, I have met with the Publishers Association several times. I went to the London book fair and I have listened to its concerns, but those are mostly around IP and cop…”

“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…”

“If only!”

“Thank you.”

“There are tax reliefs for orchestras, for touring and so on, and for galleries, so it is a wider set. Of course, many actors move between theatre, cinema and television, so I would argue that it is much more cross-sector.”

“Sorry, I think there were about seven questions in there. Thank you for the kind comments about cancer. When you have had cancer, you end up doing cancer admin a lot. Anyway, thanks very much. On freelancers, it is definitely not a fob-off just to have the freelance champion. We have to do a lot more work on precisely …”

“There is something that my view has changed on this year. At the beginning of the year, I think I thought that all AI in future would be general-purpose large language models and that there would be just five or six massive ones. I think the future will lie in much more closed, proprietorial large language models, whic…”