Speeches by Bryant.

“I beg to move, That this House insists on Commons Amendment 32 to which the Lords have disagreed and disagrees with the Lords in their Amendments 32B and 32C proposed to the words restored to the Bill by the Lords disagreement.”

“Notwithstanding the views of the Chinese Government, it is a delight to see you in your place, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am only saddened that I have not been sanctioned, which feels a shame—nor by Russia, for that matter. There is still time. I am delighted to be here today to discuss the Bill, which we last discussed i…”

“My hon. Friend is jumping the gun slightly—I will come on to those issues. I want to praise Baroness Owen with regard to this part of the legislation. If it had not been for her, I do not think it would have ended up in the Bill. There was a bit of to-ing and fro-ing between her and the Ministry of Justice to ensure th…”

“On the subject of never getting the Bill through, I will, of course, give way to the right hon. Gentleman.”

“Well, it is because the Bill was never intended to deal with copyright and artificial intelligence at all. The Government have not introduced any provision relating to AI or copyright, and I think that specific issue would probably be ruled out of scope if it were to be tabled. There are very serious issues in relation…”

“Everybody tells me that Balquhidder is very beautiful—in fact, my hon. Friend told me earlier this morning. I would be interested in a visit if it were also possible to visit the new film studio that I think might be coming to his constituency. Stirling is one matter, but Strathallan and the very wide rural areas in hi…”

“Sorry, say that again. I am slightly deaf and this a really difficult room in which to hear, so if you could bellow, that would be very helpful, Dame Caroline.”

“They are all part of the equation, and I am having a bit more of the conversation here now with them.”

“After all these years. Dame Caroline, as Led Zeppelin sang, when the levee breaks, mama, you’ve got to move.”

“I cannot give you a precise date, but I think it is somewhere between soon and imminently.”

“I was one of the people who signed up to getting the Royal Vauxhall Tavern listed because I thought that it was an important part of our cultural heritage.”

“There could. In a sense, that is what the agent of change principle is seeking to do. As I said earlier, that is why we are considering the question of whether or not we should put that into statute. Incidentally, I am a great fan of Amy Lamé. I remember her when she used to run Duckie at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern.”

“Those are obviously decisions for mayors rather than for us. I know both of them obviously and I think both of them had done an extraordinary job, although some of the media criticised them quite aggressively. The night-time economy is an important part of what people come to the UK for. One of the great delights as a …”

“Yes, although how they make people feel is part of the firepower, if you like. But yes, of course. The number of £124 billion of GVA is repeated by everybody, and quite rightly so, and there will probably be new numbers as well soon, which will probably be higher because this is a sector that is growing faster than any…”

“Sorry, can I just go back on one other point? Sorry, Dame Caroline, there is one other point I should perhaps make, which is that—again I have said this in the Chamber, but I will say this again here—I do not think for an instant that the creative industries are opposed to technological innovation or innovation of any …”

“That might be a debate for tomorrow afternoon, I am afraid.”

“Number one, if the data Bill remains as the data Bill entered the House of Lords, without any reference to copyright, British copyright law will not have changed at all and will be as robust as it ever was, and the protections for copyright holders will be as robust as they ever were. You have heard me many times, both…”

“We are a very small Department. I think when you do the total budget and you do a pie chart, we normally come in the “other” category. There is not much fat in DCMS. I think it is a great Department, and people work extremely hard to be able to deliver on very tiny budgets extraordinary differences to people’s lives. O…”

“With a Minister for the Arts in it.”

“My general principle about things that I read in newspapers is that some of them might be true and some of them might not be true, and my working assumption is that this is in the latter category. But, if I am honest, I have not investigated it very much, and it certainly is not for me to decide. This is one of those m…”