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Written Question
Musicians: Coronavirus
Thursday 25th June 2020

Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Departments has to issue guidance to (a) singers, (b) wind and brass players and (c) other musicians on (i) rehearsals and performances as the covid-19 restrictions are eased and (ii) minimising risks of asymptomatic transmission of covid-19.

Answered by Caroline Dinenage

DCMS has worked closely with the Entertainment and Events Working Group to develop guidance which will enable performing artists to train, rehearse and perform safely. The guidance will be published in due course and will include guidance on minimising risk of transmission and supporting singers, wind and brass players and other musicians to return to work in COVID-secure ways.

DCMS is also holding targeted talks with leaders in the orchestra, choral and theatre sectors to better understand how the higher risk of activities like singing and playing of wind/brass instruments can practically be mitigated.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Sep 2019
Hacker House

"Many of us will have constituents who represent companies that might bid for Government funding and constituents with concerns about this place and the probity of anything that happens. It was a former Prime Minister who said that sunlight was the best disinfectant. The Minister has already said he is …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Jun 2019
Free TV Licences: Over-75s

"The Secretary of State may not accept the moral case for keeping the pledge in his manifesto, but there is a good, cold, hard economic case for resolving this too. He said earlier that pensioners would not go to prison, but we know that people go prison for not being …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Jan 2018
BBC Pay

"I join others in welcoming the new Secretary of State. I appreciate that today is only his first or second day in office, but as he goes through his brief he will realise that, thanks to the agreement between the Secretary of State and the BBC, he has the power …..."
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Written Question
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Brexit
Monday 30th October 2017

Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what contingency funding her Department has allocated in relation to the Government's negotiations on the UK leaving the EU for the (a) current, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 2019-20 financial year.

Answered by Matt Hancock

The costs of EU Exit in 2018-19 and 2019-20 will be affected by our negotiations with the EU over the coming months.