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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 25 Nov 2020
Sport Sector: Financial Support

"My Lords, I draw attention to my interests as set out in the register. On behalf of the entire rugby league family, I thank my noble friend and the Government for the additional funding in the package of £12 million for rugby league, coming on top of the £16 million …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 13 Jul 2020
Covid-19: Performing Arts

"My Lords, having raised the plight of small music venues previously, I warmly commend the Government for the unprecedented package of support announced last week, which for many will be the difference between closure and survival. With venue owners now looking forward to planning schedules and reopening, particularly in time …..."
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Written Question
Music: Coronavirus
Thursday 2nd July 2020

Asked by: Lord Caine (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Barran on 23 April (HL Deb, col 82), what further discussions they have held with the Music Venue Trust; and what additional support is being provided for small music venues in (1) London, and (2) other parts of the UK.

Answered by Baroness Barran - Shadow Minister (Education)

DCMS continues to engage with the Music Venue Trust including through:

  • Regular ministerial roundtable discussions;

  • Regular contact at official level;

  • Membership of the ministerially chaired Entertainment and Events Working Group.

The Entertainment and Events Working Group was established alongside a number of working groups to support the Secretary of State’s Cultural Renewal Taskforce. The Music Venue Trust is an active and valued member of the Working Group, the focus of which is to produce sector-led guidance for the safe reopening of live music venues both in London and across the UK.

We continue to speak with HM Treasury colleagues to ensure that the full spectrum of government support reaches the UK's world-leading music industry.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 13 May 2020
Covid-19: Sports

"To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support they are making available for sports affected by the COVID-19 pandemic...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 13 May 2020
Covid-19: Sports

"My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper and draw attention to my interests in the register...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 13 May 2020
Covid-19: Sports

"I am grateful to my noble friend for that reply. As she will be aware, few, if any, sports are embedded within communities quite like rugby league, particularly here in the north of England. On behalf of the entire rugby league family, I therefore thank the Government for recognising the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 23 Apr 2020
Covid-19: Music Sector and Creative Economy

"My Lords, while much of the focus will be on the so-called high-end events affected by Covid-19, including many festivals cancelled this summer, will my noble friend also consider the plight of small music venues, which play a key role in nurturing new talent as well as being essential and …..."
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Written Question
Rugby: Disadvantaged
Thursday 6th February 2020

Asked by: Lord Caine (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of The Rugby League Dividend report, published by the Rugby Football League on 22 August 2019, on the economic and social impact of rugby league in disadvantaged communities and the role of sport in promoting social mobility.

Answered by Baroness Barran - Shadow Minister (Education)

The Government welcomes the RFL’s Dividend Report which demonstrates the valuable contribution that rugby league can have within communities. Rugby League is a fantastic example of how sport and physical activity can play a leading role in engaging people from every background.

The Government’s Sporting Future strategy is explicit that everyone, regardless of background, sex, age or level of ability should be able to engage in sport and physical activity as participants, spectators and in the workplace, and that sport and physical activity should be valued for the much broader positive impact it can have across a range of physical, social and economic outcomes. The strategy included a specific focus on engaging people from groups in society that have traditionally been underrepresented in sport and physical activity and who have the most to gain from getting more active.

Government is directly supporting rugby league through more than £11m of Sport England investment in the Rugby Football League over 2017-21 and investment of up to £10m in rugby league facilities to help drive a legacy from the 2021 Rugby League World Cup.