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8 Jul 2025Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1132)

No, the bit before that.

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8 Jul 2025Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1132)

Sorry, I didn’t hear what you said.

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8 Jul 2025Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1132)

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

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8 Jul 2025Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1132)

You are right. We have not highlighted sections where this is brand-new and nothing has ever been done before. The two things that are different from the past, as I say, are access to finance and R&D.

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8 Jul 2025Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1132)

Just before you do that, I might take a look at it, because I am not looking forward to this bit. Obviously there are things that stand. You have been a bit critical that we have not said anything more about tax reliefs but, to be honest, we felt that we said what we needed to say on tax relief, for instance in film an

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8 Jul 2025Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1132)

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

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8 Jul 2025Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1132)

To grow the creative industries, because we know that they are an essential part of our economic future in this country. They have grown faster than most other sectors in the UK economy over the last few years, and we want to make sure that they do so in future. Where there are barriers that are set up by Government th

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8 Jul 2025Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1132)

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.

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8 Jul 2025Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1132)

Of course, but who are the creators in the film and TV industry? They are actors, designers, writers, hair and make-up, cinematographers—they are an enormously wide group of people. Some of them are freelancers. Those are some of the things that we want to take forward with the freelance champion. We will be looking at

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8 Jul 2025Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1132)

People have not said that back to me. I would be interested to hear what interventions they would like to see in their sector. On publishing, for instance, I have met with the Publishers Association several times. I went to the London book fair and I have listened to its concerns, but those are mostly around IP and cop

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8 Jul 2025Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1132)

All of this happened before elements of the spending review could be unpacked. One of the most successful things that we have been able to do this time in the spending review is not only having a three-year spending review, which makes it much easier for people to be able to make longer-term decisions, but the fact tha

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8 Jul 2025Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1132)

Honestly, I was pleasantly surprised at the feedback that we have had on the back of the plan. I hosted an online call for the best part of 70 or 80 people. It was overwhelmingly positive, because we had managed to nail the two things I have already referred to that previous plans had not been able to delve into or had

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8 Jul 2025Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1132)

Quite a chunk of that work has already happened. I should pay tribute to Shriti Vadera and Baz, who were essential to making all of this happen and delivering it in the way that they did. I think Shriti brought a particular understanding of how capitalism delivers its objectives. This is the first time that we have man

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8 Jul 2025Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1132)

That has already existed.

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8 Jul 2025Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1132)

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.

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8 Jul 2025Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1132)

You know what I am talking about. It is a shock to everyone.

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8 Jul 2025Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1132)

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

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8 Jul 2025Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1132)

We are doing it. You recommended it. Where I possibly can, Dame Caroline, I like to agree with you.

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8 Jul 2025Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1132)

That is new.

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8 Jul 2025Culture, Media and Sport Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1132)

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

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