Speeches by Bryant.

“C’est demain. That was me doing “Macbeth” in Canadian French.”

“If only!”

“Sorry, I think there were about seven questions in there. Thank you for the kind comments about cancer. When you have had cancer, you end up doing cancer admin a lot. Anyway, thanks very much. On freelancers, it is definitely not a fob-off just to have the freelance champion. We have to do a lot more work on precisely …”

“Thank you.”

“Yes.”

“If I may, there is a slightly previous question to that one: how do we make sure that public service broadcasters in the UK are able to compete in a world where the cost of making an hour of high-end television is more like £4 million, rather than £1 million? Are there efficiencies that can be driven forward that make …”

“That is new.”

“We have done that in the past and we are doing it again.”

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

“Sorry, I didn’t hear what you said.”

“No, the bit before that.”

“I want to pay tribute to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the way she conducted the spending review. In the words of Diana Ross, she reached out and touched our Department with £8.2 billion, meaning we can make this world a better place. For the heritage sector, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport is already…”

“It is not rugby league, Mr Speaker. As my hon. Friend knows, I fully support the project, which I know she has been engaged in since before she was an MP right through until now. I am delighted that she has Mary Beard involved and I am sure that by the end of this, she will be able to pronounce “Veni, vidi, vici.””

“Well, I have just been told that I am on the side of Wigan. [Laughter.] But there is a more serious point here, which is that the UK has 35 UNESCO world heritage sites. We are one of the two biggest contributors in the world to UNESCO and passionate supporters of it. There is a slight danger that if we have too many an…”

“The new music growth package will invest up to £30 million to help emerging British artists access international markets with support for touring, showcasing and export promotion.”

“If only the right hon. Gentleman had been a Minister in the previous Government, when they failed to take the deal that was on offer from the European Union. I am absolutely determined to get this sorted. We got something—[Interruption.] If he wants to start promoting creative industries abroad, he might start thinking…”

“I had a horrible fear how that question was going to end. It is really important that we win this battle. This has to be a campaign that we wage across all of Europe—we need to get every single capital city in Europe on our side to make sure that, by the time we get to the next EU-UK summit, we can get this over the li…”

“The hospice sector is not specifically my responsibility, but of course I value hospices. To go back to the earlier point about the state of the finances in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, this is the first Secretary of State who has managed to get £3 billion for investment in capital funding. That is goin…”

“Did you say Ben Hur, Mr Speaker? I do not think we are going to enact Ben Hur.”

“It is a delight to see you in your place, Mr Turner, and to take part in this debate. Given the weather we have been having, it is somewhat ironic that we are worrying about space weather. People sometimes think the sun is a wonderful thing and a delight when it comes out in the UK. It also helps ice cream sales, with …”