Speeches by Bryant.

“There is a lot in the plan. There were two key things that I was conscious of before we got to the general election, which had never really landed with regard to the creative industries. One thing was about access to finance. This was brought home to me when I went on a visit to Leeds last year. Women who run career te…”

“I am not the broadcasting Minister, so I have to be very careful when I tread in this space. I am the Minister for Creative Industries, so I have responsibility for the production of films and high-end television. As I have said to the Committee before, I want to achieve two things in this space. I want to make sure th…”

“Thank you. Can I go now?”

“That has already existed.”

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

“We have been giving £1 million for the last few years, and we have not made a firm commitment yet about what we will end up doing.”

“I was going through the list, having read the contribution from the Chair in the statement last week, and I thought it was a little unfair to call me “Dr No”.”

“For instance, we are moving on R&D. We are not completely scrapping the concept of R&D and writing a whole new version, but later on this year we will produce an answer that I think leans more into a version of what the Select Committee has said about it. On the apprenticeship levy, likewise: it is a well-made point th…”

“I cannot remember whether it was your debate or somebody else’s debate in Westminster Hall at which I said that I thought it is completely inappropriate for people to use pirated copies of other people’s books, including the Minister for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism’s books. As I understand it, there are peopl…”

“Erasmus+ is obviously where we are engaged. In our relationship with the EU, we are trying to be as rational as we possibly can. Where there are significant financial advantages and economic advantages to us and where we can strengthen that relationship, we will, but sometimes it is a question of money and sometimes it…”

“We have been giving £1 million for the last few years, and we have not made a firm commitment yet about what we will end up doing.”

“This is God’s own country and I am a mere servant.”

“Bearing in mind what you said last week, Dame Caroline, I think it is about time that we celebrated the creative industries. This is not just a brief encounter; for many people it is a matter of life and death, and in the end there is hunger for change. I hope that by the matter of persuasion, you will accept that we a…”

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

“If only!”

“Well, that is new, but not to this. It is part of the wider Government since the general election last year.”

“No, the bit before that.”

“There has been an issue about whether they are getting paid swiftly enough, but we are already looking at that. That is just an administrative element, rather than a policy.”

“If it is all right, Dame Caroline, I am going to be the data Minister and the creative industries Minister in one. I do not think anybody should be spooked by it. It is an entirely positive thing to consider, but it is very embryonic at the moment. If I can be just the data Minister for a moment, we have a stock exchan…”

“Yes. My understanding is that is imminent. I do not have responsibility for it—it is Baroness Twycross—but my understanding is that is imminent.”