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Lords Chamber
UK-EU Relationship (European Affairs Committee Report) - Wed 20 Sep 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Howard of Rising (CON - Life peer) new opportunities for young people and professionals to work and travel in Australia.Last year’s deal - Speech Link
2: Earl of Clancarty (CB - Excepted Hereditary) the need for a visa waiver or cultural touring agreement with the EU; on work permits; on the cost of - Speech Link
3: Baroness Ludford (LDEM - Life peer) touring for creative professionals and on student exchanges, school visits and a youth mobility programme - Speech Link
4: Lord Collins of Highbury (LAB - Life peer) work trips and for musicians and artists seeking short-term visas to tour within the EU. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (CON - Life peer) Now, only three member states—Portugal, Malta, and Cyprus—do not offer any visa or work permit-free routes.Noble - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Beyond Brexit: Institutional Framework (EUC Report) - Mon 06 Dec 2021
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Donaghy (LAB - Life peer) around cabotage, carnets, visas and work permit charges are causing major difficulties.The European - Speech Link
2: Lord True (CON - Life peer) touring in Europe is such an important part of their professional lives. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Touring Musicians: EU Visas and Permits - Thu 18 Nov 2021
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: None permit for Touring professionals and Artists; Oral evidence taken before the Petitions Committee on 4 - Speech Link
2: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) We must redress that imbalance and seek reciprocal visa and work permit arrangements for our UK touring - Speech Link
3: Julia Lopez (CON - Hornchurch and Upminster) states have now confirmed that they offer visa and work permit-free routes for musicians and creative - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Future UK-EU Relationship on Professional and Business Services (EU Committee Report) - Thu 22 Jul 2021
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Viscount Trenchard (CON - Excepted Hereditary) Secondly, a combination of Covid and new rules restricting travel to the UK for artists and creative - Speech Link
2: Lord Callanan (CON - Life peer) DCMS, via our embassies, is engaging with those member states that do not have any visa or permit-free - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Tue 18 May 2021
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Hunt of Wirral (CON - Life peer) many of us that there was no mention in the Queen’s Speech of reciprocal, visa-free travel and work - Speech Link
2: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LDEM - Life peer) , and encourage potential clients to seek help only from properly registered professionals. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Williams of Trafford (CON - Life peer) a wide range of issues including both physical and mental health—physical protection and support for - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement - Fri 08 Jan 2021
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury (LDEM - Life peer) visas, yet there are no reciprocal arrangements for touring artists to move freely. - Speech Link
2: Lord Ricketts (CB - Life peer) of the need for a work permit for each country they visit, complex and expensive customs arrangements - Speech Link
3: Baroness Kennedy of Cradley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) to work short term without a work permit? - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
European Union (Future Relationship) Bill
2nd reading - Wed 30 Dec 2020
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Kevin Brennan (LAB - Cardiff West) is no proper recognition of professional qualifications and they will remove work permit-free access - Speech Link
2: Ellie Reeves (LAB - Lewisham West and Penge) Government to do everything possible to secure a cultural work permit that provides visa-free travel - Speech Link
3: Tracy Brabin (LAB - Batley and Spen) existing arrangements for artists from non-visa countries, such as the United States and Canada—a temporary - Speech Link
4: Heather Wheeler (CON - South Derbyshire) It allows visa-free travel for holiday makers, and in the more niche areas of exporting, such as organic - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
European Union (Future Relationship) Bill
3rd reading - Wed 30 Dec 2020
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Clement-Jones (LDEM - Life peer) anything that helps our touring artists, particularly musicians, actors and sports professionals, with - Speech Link
2: Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (LAB - Life peer) Those who are performing artists will no longer have permit-free access across the EU, and newly qualified - Speech Link
3: Earl of Clancarty (CB - Excepted Hereditary) short-term work for artists? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Brexit: Movement of People in the Cultural Sector (European Union Committee Report) - Wed 15 May 2019
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Jay of Ewelme (CB - Life peer) The first recommendation was that the Government should seek an EU-wide, multi-entry, short-term touring - Speech Link
2: Lord Black of Brentwood (CON - Life peer) practical would be the introduction of an EU-wide, multi-entry, short-term touring visa, with a reciprocal - Speech Link
3: Baroness Massey of Darwen (LAB - Life peer) touring visa for citizens and make a reciprocal commitment for EU citizens. - Speech Link
4: Lord Clement-Jones (LDEM - Life peer) to an EU-wide, multicountry, multi-entry short-term touring visa for UK citizens. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Brexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration - Thu 10 Jan 2019
Department for Exiting the European Union

Mentions:
1: Lord Strathclyde (CON - Excepted Hereditary) at a stroke and begin the work for a positive and prosperity-driven relationship between the UK and - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury (LDEM - Life peer) Crucially, the creative industries rely on people’s ability to move freely across Europe, to work and - Speech Link
3: Lord Armstrong of Ilminster (CB - Life peer) We could seek to defer the deadline and set a new date. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Pinnock (LDEM - Life peer) “Will I be able to continue working Europe-wide? - Speech Link