Speeches by Hinds.

“The common travel area is with the island of Ireland. For many different purposes such as trade, the movement of people, and various health and social aspects—lots of different ways—there are exceptions to many rules for the Republic of Ireland. I just wondered, for your band that is choosing Dublin, if it is easier to…”

“Can any of you summarise what the difference is pre and post leaving the European Union in terms of the volume of paperwork? Bear in mind, of course, that we were never a member of Schengen. Some of these things may not be entirely obvious, but is anyone in a position to say?”

“How does it work in reverse? What is the difference in the regime for European-domiciled performers coming to the UK?”

“Working here?”

“Final question from me: where do artists look for guidance on this system? I am sure they look to your organisation among others, but is it also a question of Governments and wider arts organisations? How, if at all, is it different for artists in Britain and in other countries?”

“I am sure we have the ONS data, but it would be helpful to perhaps follow up on that. You mentioned that Equity had done a survey and half of its members said they had lost work. How did you conduct that survey?”

“Was it a voluntary response?”

“It would be super helpful if we could quantify this. You have all said that there is less work and it may be because people are being blocked in the first place. It might be because of complexity of paperwork. Is there any way of quantifying the days, hours, cash takings, numbers of tours, or performances of British ar…”

“So it was not a sample. You would have to agree that that probably exaggerates the effect because, when you ask a question and it is a voluntary response, you will always hear from the people who feel most strongly about an issue rather than a representative sample. It would be helpful to get those actual numbers. Do a…”

“The common travel area is with the island of Ireland. For many different purposes such as trade, the movement of people, and various health and social aspects—lots of different ways—there are exceptions to many rules for the Republic of Ireland. I just wondered, for your band that is choosing Dublin, if it is easier to…”

“To set the scene, Euan, could you just say what all the different visa and social security requirements are and the different levels of paperwork?”

“Final question from me: where do artists look for guidance on this system? I am sure they look to your organisation among others, but is it also a question of Governments and wider arts organisations? How, if at all, is it different for artists in Britain and in other countries?”

“How does it work in reverse? What is the difference in the regime for European-domiciled performers coming to the UK?”

“Working here?”

“Can any of you summarise what the difference is pre and post leaving the European Union in terms of the volume of paperwork? Bear in mind, of course, that we were never a member of Schengen. Some of these things may not be entirely obvious, but is anyone in a position to say?”

“Moving back to outbound—this may be quite difficult to quantify and I am sure it will vary for different sectors and, of course, every act is different—but we talk about the EU sometimes as if everybody is going to be visiting 27 different countries on their tour whereas some just go to Germany. The question is: how di…”

“That was my question.”

“You mentioned Dublin. How does the common travel area play into all this?”

“Is that for this financial year?”

“It was about the Minister’s projection for the Connect to Work numbers by the end of this financial year, its first year in operation.”