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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 12 Oct 2020
Amazon

"My Lords, has the Minister read the report by the TUC and the GMB this morning on Amazon’s dire employment practices? In this Covid period, Amazon has received a lot of government and public sector contracts. Why are the Government not using their leverage over those contracts to ensure that …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 10 Sep 2020
Music Industry

"In normal times, many musicians and music enterprises make part of their money from live appearances and touring, particularly across Europe. I have yet to have a reply to my question to the noble Lord, Lord True, last week as to what post-Brexit provisions for free movement of musicians and …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 15 May 2019
Brexit: Movement of People in the Cultural Sector (European Union Committee Report)

"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Jay, and I congratulate him on the work that he and his sub-committee have done on the cultural sector.

Nearly two years ago now, my own sub-committee of your Lordships’ European Union Select Committee produced a report on …..."
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Written Question
Tourism: Salisbury
Wednesday 4th July 2018

Asked by: Lord Whitty (Labour - Life peer)

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

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 14 May (HL Deb, col 413), what funding they have allocated to support businesses and organisations in Salisbury affected by the decline in tourism following the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal; and how much of such funding has been disbursed to date.

Answered by Lord Ashton of Hyde

DCMS has provided £200,000 of funding to support the visitor economy of the Salisbury area following recent events. £100,000 will be spent through the GREAT campaign to promote Salisbury internationally as a tourist destination. £100,000 has been allocated to VisitWiltshire to support a variety of promotional activities.

Additionally, BEIS, MHCLG and the Swindon & Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership provided funding to Wiltshire Council to help them support businesses directly affected by the incident and to encourage broader collaborative efforts to promote recovery and growth.

The majority of this money has now been allocated by Wiltshire Council and has benefited 60 businesses impacted by the incident.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 13 Nov 2017
Data Protection Bill [HL]

"My Lords, my name is attached to two of these amendments. This is a very difficult subject in that we are all getting used to algorithmic decisions; not many people call them that, but they are what in effect decide major issues in their life and entice them into areas …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 13 Nov 2017
Data Protection Bill [HL]

"I fully support my noble friend’s assertions and the Minister’s response. It is very important that registered political parties can operate effectively. I wonder whether, in the discussions he is proposing to undertake, the Minister will also address the issue of other organisations and political parties attempting to influence the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 06 Nov 2017
Data Protection Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I have two sets of amendments in this group. The first ones are actually amendments to that of the noble Lord, Lord Arbuthnot, because, like him, I think it would be useful, given the range of delegated powers within the Bill, if we wrote the super-affirmative resolution into …..."
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