Speeches by Nandy.

“I will mention that.”

“Yes, we are very alive to that. Of course, it is my job to make sure that the voice of the creative industries is not just heard but acted upon in Government. I would say to you that as a new Government we do genuinely like each other and we pick up the phone to one another and we talk about these issues a lot. Peter K…”

“Certainly, we are not going to delay this, James. I would love to give you an early Christmas present. I cannot give you a date at the moment. I will definitely update the Committee. What we tend to do is update the Committee in advance of major announcements, so we will make sure in this case that we do that. To reass…”

“We know it is something that we need to get moving on.”

“I want to say imminently but I do not know if that is—”

“Yes. There is no split between our Department and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology on this issue. Both Peter Kyle and I see the enormous potential in AI, but we also see the risk to the creative industries, which are among our fastest-growing industries with the potential for good jobs and growth i…”

“Let me reassure you first of all that we take very seriously the right of people to proper remuneration for their own work. We are a Labour Government; we feel very strongly about that. The Prime Minister set out that argument in a Guardian article a few months ago. We are about to consult on this specific issue. We ar…”

“We are going through business planning at the moment so we have not made any final decisions about the shape of departmental funding. The Prime Minister was asked about this by the outgoing Leader of the Opposition recently in the House and he reiterated our strong support for cricket. It is on my agenda and it has com…”

“You will have to invite me sometime.”

“Like I said, we want a better partnership with them. From my point of view in government now, the value of charities is not just the work that they do directly with people; it is the research that they produce, it is how they inform policy, it is how they challenge and hold government to account. We are very keen that …”

“It is a tough decision and I don’t want to pretend that for some charities there won’t be an impact; there will. The voluntary sector is used to spinning gold out of thread every single day. I will not say “we”; I am not in it any more, but that is what charities do. In discussions that Minister Peacock has had with th…”

“The first thing we did was to host representatives of the sector in Downing Street for a roundtable and a reception with the Prime Minister to discuss how we form a better partnership with the charity sector. Under the last Labour Government we had a civil social compact—testing my memory now. I was in the charity sect…”

“One of the challenges, as you know, is that a lot of girls often get the later slots. We were talking about prominence with the public service broadcasters. There is a similar issue of girls often being the last in the queue to get access to facilities. The Minister is very keen that that should change.”

“I think the Lionesses are already doing a very good job of raising the profile of women’s sport. I think that the job of government is to take the dreams of those young girls who looked at their screens and saw young women who came from their own communities, who look and sound like this country, who are ordinary peopl…”

“It genuinely depends on the balance between protecting revenues, making sure that we can still produce top-flight football in this country and making sure that fans are at the centre of the game. It is something that I have discussed with all the bodies you just named but it is a challenge for them because they have to…”

“These things are always very contentious. Every single fans’ group that I have ever met has a very strong view about that. Football has to balance the need for global audiences with the need for fans to be able to attend and participate. In some ways, football is challenged by its own success, because not just men’s fo…”

“It is a challenge; it is certainly a challenge that we recognise, but a number of public service broadcasters have been able to win rights. The deal that has been done on the Olympics is an example. Under the current regime, at least one of those channels must be offered the opportunity to air events as part of that de…”

“We think that we have broadly got the balance right at the moment in terms of listing, but we are aware that there are potentially issues coming down the line with streaming. The Department is looking closely at that. We want to get the balance right. We want to make sure that we sustain the sporting revenues that are …”

“Yes, so it is something that will be on the agenda.”

“I am due to meet Channel 5 shortly.”