Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"T3. The Secretary of State will know that Coventry will be the city of culture in 2021. However, the Priory Visitor Centre in Coventry has closed through lack of funding. Will he talk to the relevant authorities to ensure that the Priory centre is adequately funded? Equally importantly, the House …..."Jim Cunningham - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 1st July 2019
Asked by:
Jim Cunningham (Labour - Coventry South)
Question
to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to raise the maximum prize limit for Society Lotteries to £1 million.
Answered by Mims Davies
- Shadow Minister (Women)
The Department of Digital, Media, Culture and Sport ran a consultation on society lotteries reform from June to September 2018. This included the following options for increasing the maximum prize limit:
- Retaining the current limit of £400,000;
- Raising the limit to £500,000 (The Government’s preferred option);
- Raising the limit to £1 million;
- Reducing the limit to £250,000.
We hope to respond to the consultation before the summer recess.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 May 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"What deal have the Government come to to compensate the BBC if it decides to continue with free television licences, bearing in mind that this was in the Conservative party’s manifesto for the general election?..."Jim Cunningham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 May 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"The Secretary of State will know that Coventry will be the city of culture in 2021. Will he meet me to discuss the future of the Priory museum in Coventry? In that area, under Henry VIII, the old church was destroyed. The Parliament of Devils was held there...."Jim Cunningham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 May 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"9. What recent discussions he has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions on ensuring more effective prosecutions of cases of (a) rape and (b) other sexual offences where the victims are involved in criminal gangs. ..."Jim Cunningham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 May 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"I draw the Attorney General’s attention to the fact that organisations such as the Coventry rape and sexual abuse centre are struggling to be funded. These organisations play a major role in advising victims. When will these organisations be properly funded, and will he meet me to discuss it?..."Jim Cunningham - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 13th May 2019
Asked by:
Jim Cunningham (Labour - Coventry South)
Question
to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to (a) protect and (b) increase funding for arts and culture outside London.
Answered by Michael Ellis
We are committed to promoting the Arts and culture outside London, and continue to work closely with the Arts Council to ensure that the whole of the country has access to funding for arts and cultural programmes.
Last year 70% of Arts Council's lottery funding was awarded outside London. Between 2018 and 2022 an additional £170 million of National Portfolio Organisation funding will be invested outside London.
In addition, the recent Cultural Development Fund has seen £20 million of funding shared between five towns and cities outside of the capital, while programmes such as Creative People and Places and the City of Culture programme continue to focus outside of the capital.
DCMS has also recently announced an additional £4 million of funding for the DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund. In 2019/20, 35 museums and galleries will benefit from this funding which aims to improve audience experience. Over 80% of regional museums outside London will receive money from this Fund.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 May 2019
TV Licences for Over-75s
"If what the hon. Gentleman says is right, why did he put this in his manifesto? We have to come back to that: why did the Conservatives put it in their manifesto knowing that they were not going to honour it?..."Jim Cunningham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 May 2019
TV Licences for Over-75s
"My hon. Friend will recall that last week I asked the Prime Minister a question about TV licences and bus passes and got an extremely vague answer. More importantly, when that manifesto was drawn up, the Prime Minister and the Government already knew that they had handed over responsibility to …..."Jim Cunningham - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 May 2019
TV Licences for Over-75s
"To come back to the point I made earlier, if you have given the responsibility to the BBC, why did you include it in your election manifesto? That is the nub of the issue. Can you clarify whether you are going to honour the manifesto commitment or leave it to …..."Jim Cunningham - View Speech
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