Speeches by Bryant.

“Thank you. Can I go now?”

“I am very painfully aware that it is one thing to make a film and another matter to get it in front of eyes and actually make a living out of it. That depends on distribution and a whole series of different things. Do we have enough cinemas? Do we have cinemas that know how to market? Do we have distributors that are a…”

“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…”

“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…”

“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.”

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

“Well, that is new, but not to this. It is part of the wider Government since the general election last year.”

“The first thing we needed to do was get an agreement out of the European Union-UK summit, which we did, which was that we were to take forward further work on this. One of the issues for us is that we are the people who want this to happen. I think it is in the interests of every other country in Europe to enable prope…”

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

“On top of that, we managed to find £75 million this year for capital investment for museums and galleries that are run by local authorities around the country, which was an important part of the pitch that we made to Treasury for the first spending review. Now we have to think about what we do for the next three years …”

“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…”

“Well, that is new, but not to this. It is part of the wider Government since the general election last year.”

“If only!”

“Thank you.”

“Interestingly, France has a seasonal workers plan for British people to be able to work on ski resorts and so on, which lots of people would not even know about. We just need to get to a rational decision in all these areas. Part of that rational decision is about being able to enable touring and enable proper youth ex…”

“Quite a chunk of that work has already happened. I should pay tribute to Shriti Vadera and Baz, who were essential to making all of this happen and delivering it in the way that they did. I think Shriti brought a particular understanding of how capitalism delivers its objectives. This is the first time that we have man…”

“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…”

“Sorry, Mr Hinds, but what matters is that it needs to be data that is usable by others. That is the point. For instance, if you are buying your ticket from Trainline and you have a condition, at the moment you cannot know. You would have to use some other means of finding out what railway stations—”