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Kevin Brennan Excerpts
Thursday 16th November 2017

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Karen Bradley Portrait Karen Bradley
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I could not have put it better than my hon. Friend has done.

Kevin Brennan Portrait Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab)
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Of course, the people with the greatest interest in careers in the creative industries are the workforce. In those industries, those people are often rights holders as well as workers, so why are the Government continuing to deny membership of the Creative Industries Council to the trade unions? Will the Secretary of State make a pledge now to rectify that glaring omission immediately?

Karen Bradley Portrait Karen Bradley
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Membership of the Creative Industries Council is determined by the membership of the council. It is not a Government decision. The hon. Gentleman will be aware, if he has been speaking to the council, that because of the sector deal, any decisions about future membership have been deferred until the deal has been finalised.