Speeches by Foxcroft.

“On that point, you touched on a few things that you felt that Government could do, but is there anything else that that Government could do? When you were talking about the visas, can you say something on that as well?”

“Fantastic. We have outlined a lot of the problems on what is happening with legislation, but how have you adapted and changed to deal with the changes that are coming about? We are all about solutions here.”

“Brilliant. Overall, on the ticket sales, are you broadly happy with where things are, or are there other things that you think need to happen?”

“On the tourist tax, what do you think are the pros and cons of that for you? Have you had any engagement with any mayors and so forth on that at this moment? I know that it is quite recent, but it has been spoken about for quite a bit of time before.”

“Exactly, and that is one of the problems, as we both know.”

“I should declare an interest. I have Millwall Football Club in my constituency.”

“Just to make sure that I tick the box of the third one before Damian comes in, you talked about policing costs for events’ organisers. What would you like to see come from this?”

“In particular, on the working well together and back on to the Employment Rights Bill, are there opportunities where there are challenges there of working more collaboratively and together to go and tackle those challenges around lots of work at times and less work at other times?”

“Fantastic. We have outlined a lot of the problems on what is happening with legislation, but how have you adapted and changed to deal with the changes that are coming about? We are all about solutions here.”

“Brilliant. Overall, on the ticket sales, are you broadly happy with where things are, or are there other things that you think need to happen?”

“Damian, I have the question that you are wanting to come in on. What are the impacts of recent and upcoming government legislation on the major events industry? I know you started on some of it on the Employment Rights Bill and so forth.”

“On the tourist tax, what do you think are the pros and cons of that for you? Have you had any engagement with any mayors and so forth on that at this moment? I know that it is quite recent, but it has been spoken about for quite a bit of time before.”

“Exactly, and that is one of the problems, as we both know.”

“How have you dealt with the challenges of Brexit? That is leading into some of that.”

“I should declare an interest. I have Millwall Football Club in my constituency.”

“Just to make sure that I tick the box of the third one before Damian comes in, you talked about policing costs for events’ organisers. What would you like to see come from this?”

“What impact do declining volunteer numbers have on the sector?”

“Just to be clear, I was not saying that about my constituents. I did a lot of work on the Youth Violence Commission, so that is what I was referring to.”

“I guess likewise that it also applies to trustees—as you were saying—and the vacancies there. What impact is that having? Moving on to the final question as well, under your leadership what could the Charity Commission do about trustees and volunteers? You touched on issues around benefit sanctions.”

“I will start by declaring an interest: I am chair of Deptford First, a local charity. I found what you were saying about enabling really interesting. Often, a lot of small to medium charities have a negative perception of the Charity Commission and think that it is just there to monitor and not do some of that enabling…”