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To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 22 May (HL Deb, col 973), whether the three devolved administrations have agreed how the UK’s £3 billion of agricultural support will be divided up; and if not, what plans they have to reach an agreement.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 22 May (HL Deb, col 973), whether the three devolved administrations have agreed how the UK’s £3 billion of agricultural support will be divided up; and if not, what plans they have to reach an agreement.
We have made a commitment that the amount we allocate to farming support - in cash terms - will be protected until the end of this Parliament. Allocations from the current Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) budget were set by the government in 2014.
No decisions have yet been taken on allocations once we have left the EU.
Lords motion to take note of the twentieth report of the European Union Committee on Brexit: agriculture (HL 169) and the fifth report on Brexit: farm animal welfare (HL 15). Agreed to on question.
Lords motion to take note of the twentieth report of the European Union Committee on Brexit: agriculture (HL 169) and the fifth report on Brexit: farm animal welfare (HL 15). Agreed to on question.
Lords motion to take note of the report of the European Union Committee on Brexit: Environment and Climate Change (HL 109). Agreed to on question.
Lords motion to take note of the report of the European Union Committee on Brexit: Environment and Climate Change (HL 109). Agreed to on question.
Lords motion to take note of the eighth report of the European Union Committee on Brexit: fisheries (HL 78). Agreed to on question.
Lords motion to take note of the eighth report of the European Union Committee on Brexit: fisheries (HL 78). Agreed to on question.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to consult stakeholders on the further devolution of forestry, including the cross-border functions and shared services of the Forestry Commission.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to consult stakeholders on the further devolution of forestry, including the cross-border functions and shared services of the Forestry Commission.
The UK Government, after being approached by Scottish Ministers in June, have agreed that officials will work jointly to consider options for the transfer of Forestry Commissioners’ powers and duties, as they relate to Scotland, to Scottish Ministers.
No decisions have been taken yet and any legislative reforms will be subject to the usual Parliamentary scrutiny.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effect of devolution on arts and culture within the United Kingdom.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effect of devolution on arts and culture within the United Kingdom.
My Lords, responsibility for arts and culture is devolved within the United Kingdom. Arts Council England works closely with its counterparts in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and together they share a collective aim of ensuring that arts and culture across the United Kingdom are available to all.
My Lords, responsibility for arts and culture is devolved within the United Kingdom. Arts Council England works closely with its counterparts in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and together they share a collective aim of ensuring that arts and culture across the United Kingdom are available to all.
My Lords, responsibility for arts and culture is devolved within the United Kingdom. Arts Council England works closely with its counterparts in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and together they share a collective aim of ensuring that arts and culture across the United Kingdom are available to all.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effect of devolution on arts and culture within the United Kingdom.
My Lords, decisions regarding the Ulster Orchestra are, of course, matters for the Northern Ireland Executive. I know that meetings have been held with the Northern Ireland Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure and, indeed, with Belfast City Council. I very much hope that those parties can work together to find solutions, but of course the UK Government have a role to play. That is absolutely why all the creative tax reliefs—there are now five and I hope there will be six, with orchestras under consultation—are going to play a very big part in helping creative industries.
My Lords, decisions regarding the Ulster Orchestra are, of course, matters for the Northern Ireland Executive. I know that meetings have been held with the Northern Ireland Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure and, indeed, with Belfast City Council. I very much hope that those parties can work together to find solutions, but of course the UK Government have a role to play. That is absolutely why all the creative tax reliefs—there are now five and I hope there will be six, with orchestras under consultation—are going to play a very big part in helping creative industries.
My Lords, does not the Minister believe that, for regions to fund the arts properly, a provision for arts and cultural production—as a major contributor to a region’s cultural identity—should form a significant aspect of devolutionary arrangements? A prime example of much that is now under threat is the Ulster Orchestra, whose future is of concern not only to Northern Ireland but to the UK as a whole.
My Lords, culture plays a big part in our relationship with many countries around the world. I am not briefed on whether the UK Government themselves are helping with the Patagonian exchange, but if one goes to Patagonia, there are Welsh speaking villages and communities there, so it is important that Patagonia is part of our cultural links. I very much support what the noble Lord said.
My Lords, culture plays a big part in our relationship with many countries around the world. I am not briefed on whether the UK Government themselves are helping with the Patagonian exchange, but if one goes to Patagonia, there are Welsh speaking villages and communities there, so it is important that Patagonia is part of our cultural links. I very much support what the noble Lord said.
My Lords, is the Minister aware that the coming year, 2015, is one in which we in Wales are celebrating the cultural links arising from the establishment of the Welsh community in Patagonia?
My Lords, in fairness I do not think that the prospect for arts funding outside London is bleak. The increase in funding outside London is welcome. The noble Lord mentioned the Chancellor, but the Autumn Statement mentioned government support for £79 million of capital funding towards the construction of a new theatre and exhibition space, Factory, in Manchester, and the Great Exhibition, which is of course across all northern towns. The Government are also supporting the Glasgow School of Art, for example, following the devastating fire there. There are many examples of what is happening around the country.
My Lords, in fairness I do not think that the prospect for arts funding outside London is bleak. The increase in funding outside London is welcome. The noble Lord mentioned the Chancellor, but the Autumn Statement mentioned government support for £79 million of capital funding towards the construction of a new theatre and exhibition space, Factory, in Manchester, and the Great Exhibition, which is of course across all northern towns. The Government are also supporting the Glasgow School of Art, for example, following the devastating fire there. There are many examples of what is happening around the country.
My Lords, does the Minister recognise that, in the days when local government was treated with respect and enjoyed large freedoms, accountable not to the Treasury but to its own ratepayers, cities thrived and many of them engaged in remarkable patronage of the arts? Unless the
Government are willing to allow greater freedoms to cities across the United Kingdom and not just the ones that the Chancellor particularly favours, will not the prospects for funding for the arts outside London be pretty bleak?
My Lords, there are many good examples of cities and towns that realise that arts and culture are at the very heart of their opportunity for economic growth. I very much hope that Newcastle will take a different turn, because cities such as Derry/Londonderry, or Hull, which will soon be City of Culture, have recognised that there is an opportunity. I very much encourage Newcastle to think the same.
My Lords, there are many good examples of cities and towns that realise that arts and culture are at the very heart of their opportunity for economic growth. I very much hope that Newcastle will take a different turn, because cities such as Derry/Londonderry, or Hull, which will soon be City of Culture, have recognised that there is an opportunity. I very much encourage Newcastle to think the same.
Following on from the question by my noble friend Lord Howarth, has the Minister read the article in today’s Guardian by Charlotte Higgins about what has happened in Newcastle over recent years as a result of the local authority there seeking to withdraw all its funding from its local arts organisations? Does he agree that with the inexorable move towards greater regional autonomy, it is absolutely essential that the arts and culture are built into the core provision that any local authority should be expected to make available to its citizens?
My Lords, I will reflect on what the noble Lord said. I would want to think about it, but the devolution arrangements that we want to have in place are so that there is local identity and national identity. Welsh language and culture are very important.
My Lords, I will reflect on what the noble Lord said. I would want to think about it, but the devolution arrangements that we want to have in place are so that there is local identity and national identity. Welsh language and culture are very important.
My Lords, in relation to broadcasting in Wales, will the Minister undertake that the Welsh broadcasting authority, S4C, will be given a special status and strength either by statute or in the new charter for the BBC, which comes into force on 31 December 2016? That would honour the solemn pledge given by the Prime Minister in the heady days following the Scottish independence referendum that Wales would be at the very heart of the devolution settlement?
My Lords, I do not have the figures in front of me but I know that there are robust figures about what the DfE is undertaking in music education, the importance of music education and the opportunities it brings. When I have the figures in front of me I shall speak to my noble friend.
My Lords, I do not have the figures in front of me but I know that there are robust figures about what the DfE is undertaking in music education, the importance of music education and the opportunities it brings. When I have the figures in front of me I shall speak to my noble friend.
Does my noble friend accept that the arts are a unifying force throughout the United Kingdom? Does he also accept that there is considerable unease at the withdrawing of funds from
musical education? Nothing is more calculated to bring young people together than a common love of music. This is a cause of real concern.
My Lords, the funding for the lottery is on a capita basis but deprivation is part of its consideration.
My Lords, the funding for the lottery is on a capita basis but deprivation is part of its consideration.
My Lords, the Minister failed to answer the question put by my noble friend Lady Nye on 20 November, which concerned National Lottery funding for the arts and the current unequal impact this has on the arts in the regions. Does the Minister agree with those who argue that National Lottery funding for the arts should be allocated on an equal per capita basis?
My Lords, again, there are very good examples of where regeneration and the arts run hand in hand. In Northern Ireland, for instance, the creative industries are worth half a billion pounds a year, and there are areas around Belfast cathedral where creative industries are centred, which is very much part of the regeneration of that great city.
My Lords, again, there are very good examples of where regeneration and the arts run hand in hand. In Northern Ireland, for instance, the creative industries are worth half a billion pounds a year, and there are areas around Belfast cathedral where creative industries are centred, which is very much part of the regeneration of that great city.
Does my noble friend accept that an individual new development in the regions, such as the Lowry in Salford, can have a much wider regenerative effect when it is coupled with, say, the Imperial War Museum of the North and the BBC? The wider regenerative effect of a cluster can be much greater in the regions than in, say, our capital city.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have for the transfer of funding responsibility for S4C from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to the Welsh Government, in the light of the Silk Commission report.[HL6109]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have for the transfer of funding responsibility for S4C from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to the Welsh Government, in the light of the Silk Commission report.[HL6109]
I have noted that the Silk Commission has made recommendations in relation to the transfer of funding responsibility for S4C. We will carefully consider the Silk Commission’s recommendations and their implications in full and respond in due course.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 20 November (WA 219), why the Royal Charter on Self-Regulation of the Press is subject to approval by the devolved institutions when Parliament has no such role.[HL4098]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 20 November (WA 219), why the Royal Charter on Self-Regulation of the Press is subject to approval by the devolved institutions when Parliament has no such role.[HL4098]
The Royal Charter, which was granted by the Privy Council acting on the advice of UK Government Ministers on 30 October 2013, has been discussed and debated in Parliament eleven times since Easter 2013 and was the result of a cross-party agreement concluded by the leaders of the three main political parties.
Following the vote in the Scottish Parliament on 30 April 2013 agreeing to Scottish participation in the Charter, discussions have been held with the Scottish Government to ensure the Charter properly reflects Scotland’s devolved responsibilities, Scots law and Scottish circumstances.
The Northern Ireland administration has not at this time entered into similar arrangements in relation to the Charter.
The self-regulation of the press in Wales is not a devolved matter. Officials have continued to update officials in all three devolved administrations on progress of the Charter.
Any legal advice received on this issue is subject to legal professional privilege and it is therefore not appropriate to disclose any such advice.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 20 November (WA 219), whether the Royal Charter on Self-Regulation of the Press is a devolved matter in (1) Wales, and (2) Scotland; and, if so, what discussions they have held with the respective...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 20 November (WA 219), whether the Royal Charter on Self-Regulation of the Press is a devolved matter in (1) Wales, and (2) Scotland; and, if so, what discussions they have held with the respective...
The Royal Charter, which was granted by the Privy Council acting on the advice of UK Government Ministers on 30 October 2013, has been discussed and debated in Parliament eleven times since Easter 2013 and was the result of a cross-party agreement concluded by the leaders of the three main political parties.
Following the vote in the Scottish Parliament on 30 April 2013 agreeing to Scottish participation in the Charter, discussions have been held with the Scottish Government to ensure the Charter properly reflects Scotland’s devolved responsibilities, Scots law and Scottish circumstances.
The Northern Ireland administration has not at this time entered into similar arrangements in relation to the Charter.
The self-regulation of the press in Wales is not a devolved matter. Officials have continued to update officials in all three devolved administrations on progress of the Charter.
Any legal advice received on this issue is subject to legal professional privilege and it is therefore not appropriate to disclose any such advice.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 20 November (WA 219), whether they will place in the Library of the House the legal advice they have received regarding the operation of the Royal Charter on Self-Regulation of the Press in the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 20 November (WA 219), whether they will place in the Library of the House the legal advice they have received regarding the operation of the Royal Charter on Self-Regulation of the Press in the...
The Royal Charter, which was granted by the Privy Council acting on the advice of UK Government Ministers on 30 October 2013, has been discussed and debated in Parliament eleven times since Easter 2013 and was the result of a cross-party agreement concluded by the leaders of the three main political parties.
Following the vote in the Scottish Parliament on 30 April 2013 agreeing to Scottish participation in the Charter, discussions have been held with the Scottish Government to ensure the Charter properly reflects Scotland’s devolved responsibilities, Scots law and Scottish circumstances.
The Northern Ireland administration has not at this time entered into similar arrangements in relation to the Charter.
The self-regulation of the press in Wales is not a devolved matter. Officials have continued to update officials in all three devolved administrations on progress of the Charter.
Any legal advice received on this issue is subject to legal professional privilege and it is therefore not appropriate to disclose any such advice.
My Lords, the Government’s industrial strategy sets out a long-term, whole-government approach to delivering economic growth. Although some measures will be UK-wide, economic development, including financial assistance to industry, is a devolved matter. Her Majesty’s Government lead regular discussions with the devolved Administrations to ensure that the strategy reflects this. This involves consulting devolved Administrations on key policies as well as sharing information and good practice on a regular basis. The Government support growth across the whole UK by introducing ultrafast broadband into Belfast, generating new investment in Scotland for North Sea oil fields, and bringing mobile coverage to 60,000 rural homes in Wales.
My Lords, the Government’s industrial strategy sets out a long-term, whole-government approach to delivering economic growth. Although some measures will be UK-wide, economic development, including financial assistance to industry, is a devolved matter. Her Majesty’s Government lead regular discussions with the devolved Administrations to ensure that the strategy reflects this. This involves consulting devolved Administrations on key policies as well as sharing information and good practice on a regular basis. The Government support growth across the whole UK by introducing ultrafast broadband into Belfast, generating new investment in Scotland for North Sea oil fields, and bringing mobile coverage to 60,000 rural homes in Wales.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether their industrial strategy is fully supported by the three devolved Governments.