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Debate between Tracey Crouch and Kerry McCarthy
Thursday 4th June 2015

(8 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Tracey Crouch Portrait Tracey Crouch
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I congratulate my hon. Friend, and indeed the former Member for Bradford South, Gerry Sutcliffe, on all the work they have done to ensure that mixed ability rugby is played in the area. If my diary permits, I would be delighted to attend.

Kerry McCarthy Portrait Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East) (Lab)
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Is the Minister aware of the campaign by the Writers’ Guild, “Free is NOT an Option”, which is based on a survey that found that TV writers are increasingly being asked or pressurised to write scripts for free, even when they are established writers who have previously written for the same show? What can we do to ensure that creative work is valued in the same way as other work?