Speeches by Nandy.

“Very much so. I have met the major unions in the field and most of the key industry bodies as well. This is something that I am particularly concerned about and want to get right. You will have seen over the last few months there have been a number of things that have been very prominent in the public debate and in the…”

“Susannah might want to add something about this, but I think that it is challenging when you get a new Government, especially after 14 years. That is a long time in which civil servants have been working to one set of priorities. What has helped us, though, is that we are a mission-led Government and our Department in …”

“To take the example that you gave around tourism, the Minister, Chris Bryant, is doing an enormous amount of work at the moment on tourism, working with colleagues at MHCLG around the towns strategy. There are many coastal and seaside towns in every part of Britain that have great potential for tourism. I recently visi…”

“We know that those industries play an enormously important role in the economy; there is no question about that. What the Department for Business and Trade did when it developed the industrial strategy is it worked with all Government Departments to look at those industries that we think have the greatest potential for…”

“Well, the gaffer picks the team, as I have discovered to my cost on many occasions over the last 14 years. I can honestly say to you hand on heart if I was offered the choice of any role in the Cabinet, this would absolutely be it.”

“Crikey. I very much share your view that longevity is a good thing. I suppose the first thing I would say is that I did a mixture of roles in opposition, including levelling up for quite some time. It is because of that and because over the last 14 years I have had the incredible privilege to represent Wigan in Parliam…”

“For example, with the youth budget, one of the things that we have done is to allocate £100 million of dormant asset funding to youth to make sure that young people are not losing out from the tough financial circumstances that we find ourselves in. I do not know if it would be helpful for Susannah to say something abo…”

“I have not had a formal approach. I read the papers like everybody else and I read the reports over the weekend. We have not started that process officially yet. We are aware, though, that money is tight and until we can get the economy growing we will be in a challenging set of circumstances. We are also very aware th…”

“One of the things that we have done as the new Government is to come in and have a look at the way in which we are delivering to get the right outcomes. For example, we intend to start a review of the Arts Council shortly. We have taken a bit of time to consider how that review should work, particularly around the term…”

“The point of the risk register is that we make sure that it does not because we are ahead of these things and we can predict where problems are likely to arise and make sure that we address them early.”

“I have had a full briefing on the risks that currently exist, as well as the issues that you mentioned. I have had meetings with all those institutions that you mentioned in order to make sure that they are really gripping this and that the Department is providing what they need. We run a risk register. We look across …”

“Yes, I think we are. Thank you for your question and thank you for the opportunity to talk with you more about this important area. We have a very strong ministerial team. We have Chris Bryant and Stephanie Peacock, both of whom held those positions in shadow form in the last Parliament so have a lot of experience. Chr…”

“We looked at this, as did the previous Government. We think that at present it is not the right decision to include the women’s game in the Bill, but it is obviously something that we will keep under consideration as the women’s game develops.”

“I can take that away and look at it. I think the figures that you just gave are shocking. Yesterday, I was in Bristol doing an event with the historian David Olusoga about representation in the creative industries. He painted a very similar story of it being far easier, if you are from an ethnic minority background, to…”

“We fully recognise the importance of fans—part of the intention of the Bill is to put fans at the heart of the game—but also of players. This is something that I have discussed recently with Baroness O’Grady—I think that she is a baroness—over in the other place. In the Bill, the regulator has statutory duties to consu…”

“Yes I do, actually. This has been a very thoughtful piece of work by Tracey Crouch through the fan-led review that fans across this country have taken seriously and engaged in. Too many fans have been in the situation—like James’s constituents, like mine—of seeing their clubs either collapse or be on the verge of colla…”

“As you know, the regime that we currently have puts some, but not all, information into the public domain. It might be helpful for Susannah to explain that a bit further.”

“We are talking about how we want the media landscape to operate. Plurality is obviously a really important principle: we want to make sure that a range of views and voices can be heard. One of those elements is national media but there is also local and regional media, which you know that I am particularly exercised ab…”

“I will turn to the Permanent Secretary for a bit of advice about how to navigate this. I want to make sure that I don’t fall foul of the law.”

“I am afraid I will have to recuse myself from answering questions on this issue because I have a quasi-judicial role as the Secretary of State. I am the single decision maker when it comes to decisions about whether to exercise the power that you mentioned and how to respond to the information that I receive. So, I am …”