Speeches by Frith.

“You made a point about plugging gaps in multi-use venues. If that opportunity is increasing, does it amount to direct competition with specialist venues like yours? Are you now increasingly competing with the multi-use venues that may come with different experiences for the comics as much as for the audiences?”

“I have a question about audience habits for the rest of the panel. How are habits changing? What are your observations?”

“Female comedians have described sexism and even sexual assault as a peril of the job. What is the industry and specifically the Live Comedy Association doing to change this?”

“How many reports does your venue get every week of sexual harassment or assault of female comics?”

“You have not met my mum.”

“How does the copyright concern strike creatives like you? Is it a very real threat?”

“I refer Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I congratulate the Secretary of State on bringing the Bill to the House. I hope the House will join me in congratulating Bury FC, the Mighty Shakers, for their historic first promotion since the club’s no-fan-fault eviction from the football l…”

“I thank everybody for their considered remarks. I have been so inspired by the turnout, not just of colleagues, but of industry representatives and other concerned stakeholders. It was remiss of me not to begin by referring to my wife, as is often the case: I failed to declare that she is a jobbing actor and a recordin…”

“My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. It is fundamental to future coexistence that the licensing and legal peace of mind that the industry requires, and is seeking, is uppermost in any future position that the Government take. Let us take a closer look. We know that behind the AI models being created and trained are…”

“I agree, and as I am about to say, there is ample proof of the stripping away of that very metadata, which could be the identifying feature when it is being used and scraped. With AI models, rights holders cannot see what is being used. This is not a crisis of legislation; it is an absence of transparency, attribution …”

“My hon. Friend makes an excellent point and demonstrates both the economic might of these industries—the sheer size of their contribution—and the fact that this is Britain’s best industry, giving some of the best life experiences. I know how well my hon. Friend is thought of. Creative industries must not be expected to…”

“My hon. Friend makes a precise and excellent point. Seemingly by the day, we learn of whole sections of our creative industries having their work ripped off. I will come on to what we need to do. We need an assertion of first principles: economic fairness and an honest day’s pay for an honest day’s work—the cost of doi…”

“I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention; I will expand on her point about transparency. We must have transparency, and it needs to be granular, enforceable and practical. AI developers must be required to disclose which copyrighted works they used to train or fine-tune their models. TollBit’s “State of the Bots” rep…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the impact of AI on intellectual property. It is a pleasure to serve under you, Ms McVey. I am grateful to all colleagues who have joined us here today. None of us will wish to prevent the inevitable, exciting power of change. This is not about resisting that change, but ab…”

“It is absolutely imperative that we strike the right balance. This is not about pitting one side against the other; it is about coexistence and mutual interdependence. Will the Minister consider introducing a stronger framework for personality rights under the data Bill, as proposed by Equity and the wider creative sec…”

“My hon. Friend is making a typically impassioned speech. He says the general public are ahead of us. Where might that same public be when faced with the bill for bringing in the nationalisation he is clearly wedded to? Furthermore, in the event that we do not have to buy the water industry but seize it, the implication…”

“Will my hon. Friend give way?”

“Will my hon. Friend give way?”

“The right hon. Gentleman and I stood for election in 2019 on a manifesto of public ownership of the utilities and water companies. It cost me my job, and the public decided to give Labour the worst electoral thumping in our history. Will he take some responsibility for that? Does he reflect on the point that what he is…”

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