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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Dec 2025
Arts and Creative Industries: Social Mobility

"I am very happy to meet the noble Baroness to discuss this. I agree that those schools have an incredible record in this area. We are reforming the area of post-16 training pathways generally to make options simpler, clearer and better aligned to student needs and employer demand. We want …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Dec 2025
Arts and Creative Industries: Social Mobility

"We are working with the DWP and Skills England to refine and develop the growth and skills offer to deliver apprenticeships and skills training that recognise the particular needs of the creative industries. We will introduce short courses in areas such as digital, artificial intelligence and engineering to support industrial …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Dec 2025
Arts and Creative Industries: Social Mobility

"My Lords, making creative careers accessible for everyone is a key priority for the Government. I agree wholeheartedly with the premise of the Question that there is an issue for us to address. That is why our refreshed £9 million creative careers service will focus on supporting priority areas where …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Dec 2025
Arts and Creative Industries: Social Mobility

"High-quality arts education cannot be for the privileged few. To provide certainty over future funding, we are increasing tuition fee caps by forecast inflation next year and the year after. Alongside this, we continue to invest in creative arts through the strategic priorities grant, which includes support for world-leading creative …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 02 Dec 2025
Draft Statutory Guidance on the Meaning of “Significant Influence or Control”

"My Lords, my life would be truly boring without the chance to talk about football in your Lordships’ House, so I am very pleased to have the opportunity to provide clarity on the draft statutory guidance on the meaning of “significant influence or control” in the context of the Football …..."
Baroness Twycross - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 02 Dec 2025
Draft Statutory Guidance on the Meaning of “Significant Influence or Control”

"I will have to defer to the Box on that point, but I will be happy to pick that up with the noble Lord afterwards...."
Baroness Twycross - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 02 Dec 2025
Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) (No. 2) Regulations 2025

"My Lords, the foreign state influence regime is designed to prevent foreign states controlling, influencing or owning our newspapers and news magazines. It is essential that we safeguard our free press and a pluralistic media landscape for the sake of our democracy. Newspapers remain a vital trusted news source. The …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 02 Dec 2025
Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) (No. 2) Regulations 2025

"That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 30 October be approved.

Relevant document: 41st Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (special attention drawn to the instrument)..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 02 Dec 2025
Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) (No. 2) Regulations 2025

"My Lords, this has been an important and useful debate, and I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to it. I am particularly grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell of Beeston, for her engagement over many months with DCMS. I think we have a better …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2025
Charities: Advancement of Religion

"Anyone who advocates for violence against women has absolutely no place in a charity. The Charity Commission, as the independent regulator, will not hesitate to act where charities promote harmful or unlawful actions. The Government will consult in due course on new powers for the Charity Commission to automatically ban …..."
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