"To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they intend to take to support the heritage craft and building sector; and how they will develop its skills pipeline...." Earl of Clancarty - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for the meetings we have had in this area. Does she agree that, with our heritage in crisis with regard to the repair and maintenance not just of our historic homes and churches but of much pre-1919 build, specialist skills are needed more than …..." Earl of Clancarty - View Speech
"My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, on a thoughtful opening speech.
The phrase I became heartily fed up with was “punching above our weight”, usually uttered by Ministers whose Government continued to wield the axe for further cuts to the arts. According to Voice of the Listener …..." Earl of Clancarty - View Speech
"My Lords, further to the points made about skills, will the Minister look at a new report by the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre that finds that arts, culture and heritage sectors are all
“losing skilled employees due to low pay, limited progression and lack of flexibility”.
"My Lords, I congratulate the Government on getting us back into Erasmus+, something for which many of us have been asking for a long time. I add that it is a complete myth that working-class students did not make use of Erasmus when we were previously a member of Erasmus+.
"My Lords, does the Minister acknowledge how important culture in the round is in this context? Has she seen the report Improving Places, produced by the Mayor of London, the Arts Council and King’s College London, which details, through case studies, everything from supporting artists’ studios to wider community …..." Earl of Clancarty - View Speech
"Is there a relationship here with concerns over IP and copyright, because our rules for data reuse are relevant to alignment with the EU?..." Earl of Clancarty - View Speech
"My Lords, the Sutton Trust finds that there are barriers to young people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds at every stage of the creative industries pipeline—in schools, higher education and job opportunities. Does the Minister agree that the continuing loss of arts courses in higher education, from the loss of the …..." Earl of Clancarty - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government how they intend to improve social mobility for careers in the arts and creative industries...." Earl of Clancarty - View Speech
"My Lords, would the Minister agree that one of the problems with the immigration system for attracting exceptional emerging talent in the creative industries from abroad—it is the emerging talent we should be concentrating on—is that its inflexibility does not allow for the realities of this sector, where short-term contracts …..." Earl of Clancarty - View Speech