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Houses of Parliament at 11pm. First, questions to the culture Secretary,

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Karen Bradley and her team. Mr Stephen Gethin. Good morning, with

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your permission applied to answer this question with question number

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ten, superfast broadband is now available to over 90% of homes and

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businesses in the UK, up from 45% in 2010 and is on track to reach 95% by

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ten to 2017 and after that we are bringing in a service obligation in

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the Digital economy Bill. Thank the Minister for his response, you will

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be aware of rural community is like North East Fife communities and

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small businesses in particular rely on broadband and there are concerns

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the current plans do not go far enough. Are there any plans to

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further extend those so we can get faster speeds in rural communities?

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Yes, the plan to bring in a universal service obligation means

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just that, it is about making sure to provide broadband is available to

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all. If the SNP will join us in the all. If the SNP will join us in the

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division lobbies supporting the Digital economy Bill as it passes

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through it remaining stages in the other place then we would be very

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grateful. Peter Aldous. Thank you Mr Speaker. While superfast broadband

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is available across much of Waverley, the roll-out of five G can

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play an important role in plugging these gaps and I would be grateful

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if the minister can outline his plans to fast track this provision

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and to consider some pilots. My honourable friend, it is an endless

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champion of a better connectivity in Lowestoft and throughout Suffolk and

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connectivity is improving, by the end of their next year there is a

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license obligation to 90% of the UK landmass covered and I'm sure he

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will keep fighting for his constituents to make sure they get a

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better signal. The ?1 billion in the Autumn Statement will help get us

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there. Access to broadband is not just an issue for oral areas but

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areas like Dinnington Village which lies on the edge of my constituency

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and new-build housing areas like Newcastle great Park where capacity

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simply cannot keep up with demand for this vital service. How will the

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Government speed up delivery to areas like those? Well, she asked a

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very good question and by the 1st of January next year, less than one

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month away it will be a legal climate but superfast broadband into

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new housing development is, 98% of her considers it will be covered by

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access to superfast broadband by the end of the programme in place and

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I'm sure she will want to welcome that. Percentages don't mean much to

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people who haven't got broadband and in many parts of my constituency we

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just don't have it, not only is it residents but businesses and caravan

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parks where people will not actually come to now if there isn't broadband

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access. That is the problem. He is access. That is the problem. He is

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right that is a problem and that is why the universal obligation is so

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important to make sure everybody gets R-Truth to broadband and what

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has happened in the last three years is this has changed from a nice to

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have two must have and we are delivering to make sure people have

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the connectivity they need. Number two please. The UK film industry is

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a great success story contributing over ?4 billion a year to the

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economy and supporting nearly 70,000 full-time jobs. Last year Government

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invested ?349 through the film tax relief and almost ?70 million in

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granting aid and national lottery funding through the British film

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Institute. Like many of our creative industries, British film industry is

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a fabulous success story so what plans has the secretary of state got

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to make sure post Brexit is is still an industry to celebrate and will

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she be contributing to the White Paper in February about the future

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negotiations? I honourable friend is absolutely right about the success

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of the UK film industry, I'm sure many members will be planning to

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enjoy the new Star Wars film over Christmas, which of course was made

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here in Britain. Last week I was in China and signed a co-production

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treaty with China making is only the second country in the world to have

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both film and TV treaties with the Chinese would is important because

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this is a global industry and it is an industry that has not relied on

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the 27 member states of the EU but the whole world and I want to make

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sure it continues to be that success. Because I was born in the

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shadow of Shepperton film studios and has a long link with the film

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industry can I urge her to do something about getting more

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apprentices in the film sector. Our great directors, many of our great

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actors, came from leaving school at 40 or 50 and apprenticeship. Two day

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we see too many bee by the top level not very creative because they've

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all been to it. -- too many people. Do something about getting ordinary

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people into the film industry again! I am incredibly proud of the

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creativity of all our young people, no matter which school they went to

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and maybe this was an audition by the honourable gentleman given his

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close links with film. But he is right to identify there are issues

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about apprenticeships within the film industry based on the business

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model that the film industry has come a particularly the fact there

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are so many freelancers and short-term contracts, we're working

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with the Department for it you to make sure we get those right

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apprenticeships so young people can get the skills they need to be as

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excess in the global success that is the British so -- film industry.

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With part of Les Miserables filmed near Kettering and pride and

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prejudice thundered weekly village just outside the town, what more is

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the Government doing to encourage film-makers to use historic sites in

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the great British countryside for their films? I want to see the great

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British countryside used the great British films and four locations and

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it is fantastic to know that Kettering has been such a hotbed of

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these matters. I was also very pleased that a number of films were

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made in the Peak District including the Staffordshire Molins and want to

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see more of them, they are very welcome. For the villain to take

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place in the constituency for the honourable gentleman was deliberate

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and on account of the religious effort of the honourable gentleman.

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Brother Ilan's film commission has invested some 40 million into the US

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keep all network -- US cable network to allow Kaymer phones to be

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delivered, ?115 million has been back into the economy of Northern

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Ireland as a result. It brings greater relation, what discussions

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as the most had with the Northern Ireland assembly to insure the

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Northern Ireland film commission can get even more business within the

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UK? Game of is another fantastic example of a global franchise made

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in the UK, made in Northern Ireland, it is something we are incredibly

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proud of and we must make sure that there is as much support as

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possible. I continue to work with colleagues across all devolved

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nations to make sure those film companies understand just how

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diverse a breadth of opportunities there are to come to the UK and by

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that I mean the entirety of the UK. Over please Mr Speaker. The

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Government takes is matters very seriously. Yesterday I co-chaired a

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meeting with my honourable friend the Home Secretary with stops --

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sports bodies, law enforcement and the NSPCC to ensure that sports are

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able to deal effectively with allegations of nonrecent abuse and

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they have the most robust possible child protection processes in place

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today. Does the Secretary of State agree with me that wealth

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allegations currently under investigation which involve over 100

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clubs are truly shocking, does she agree that the vast majority of

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coaches and volunteers play a crucial role in our constituencies

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and there she agree it is vital we don't put off or discourage

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potential volunteers who have never dreamt of betraying the trust placed

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on them? I agree with my honourable friend, we want to make sure that

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parents and young people have the confidence to participate in sport.

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We have to know what happened and we must make sure the victims come

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forward and the police have the time to carry out investigations and

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there is confidence in the system. The round table I co-chaired

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yesterday was an incredibly helpful one in flushing out where we can do

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more because we can always do more and to give reassuring is that so

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much is being done. I'm sure we are all appalled by the allegations of

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the horrific abuse that have both perched the game we love so much in

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recent weeks. We are aware of the helpline available for people to

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phone up and relay what happened to them. As the Secretary of State has

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conversations with the football bodies but what more can be done

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proactively to action identify those people involved in the abusers in

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the past and had contact with them and assist them in every way to come

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forward with a very difficult decision to relate what happened to

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them? I can confirm that had exactly those conversations with the FA, the

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Premier League, the English football league and the PFA to make sure we

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are identifying those people who may have been victims and are not yet

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having the confidence to come forward. The Secretary of State

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agree there should be a mandate to requirement for the reporting of

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known or suspected abuse for everyone who works in regulated

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activities, including sport? I honourable friend Willem Nel that

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the Department for Education, the Home Office, have carried out a

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joint consultation on mandatory reporting and I understand that the

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responses are being considered just now and our response will be

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forthcoming shortly. My content in these matters is -- my contempt is

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reserved for the abusers and not institutions but we must reflect on

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what went wrong and how to maximise robustness of safeguarding the

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Pegida the house which sporting body she has met recently to have these

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discussions? Not wishing to detain the house the long list but perhaps

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it would be helpful if I was to write the honourable gentleman with

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the full list of the bodies both myself and my honourable friend

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sportsman is to have spoken to. Isn't it remarkable that the people

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that are making statements are those that went to football clubs in

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amongst the 92 teams in the football leagues of Britain. However, most

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people like me working at the pit used to be coached at the miners

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welfare. Nobody has been brought forward that was helping at the

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miners welfare is all over Britain where there were 700 of them. The

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truth is, it's about the money as well. When you are digging into

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this, remember there is a class argument about it. It's about the

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people making money and the Tories know a lot about that. I'm sorry, Mr

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Speaker. Trying to bring party politics into this matter is at all

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appropriate. This is a matter of vulnerable young people who have

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been abused by predatory individuals in all walks of life and I think it

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belittles this Housed to even suggest there is party politics

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involved. You will be unsurprised to learn I have had several discussions

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with the football Association on the subject, as recent as Monday I spoke

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to be chairman Greg Clark was clear I wanted to see reform and the clear

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mechanism for achieving this was through complying and is --

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compliance. I've always been a great admirer of the optimism of the

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minister, especially when we played on the same five aside team.

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Unfortunately her optimism about the future of the FA is not shared by

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previous chairmen who said earlier this week that there needed to be

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legislation to address the deficiencies within the

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organisation. Will she gave an undertaking to this house that

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before the end of April, she will come to this house either to

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announce her agreement with the FA about future Government's

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arrangements with proposals for legislation? On the five aside

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pitch, it was never optimism, just skill. I can assure him that I take

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this matter incredibly seriously. We do believe that the FA have heard

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the warning from all sides of the Housed, more levels within

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Parliament, that they need to reform, need to do so quickly, we

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believe very strongly the incentive of removing public funding will do

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that. I would be very happy to update the Housed on a progress may

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make it in April. Mr Speaker, we will be making an announcement on

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the future status of Channel 4 in due course. Thank you, Mr Speaker.

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The Minister knows Channel 4 not only support a thriving independent

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production sector through commissioning but it has proven time

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and time again to be a sustainable successful business model. We know

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this Government likes to great uncertainty, poverty uncertainty

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away from Channel 4, its advertisers and the independent production

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company the support and come to a decision on this? It has been

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delayed for far too long. As he well knows, were looking at all the

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options to make sure we have a strong and sustainable future for

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Channel 4. I am a great supporter, it was a Conservative Government in

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1980s that the Channel 4 in place and we will do what is necessary to

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sustain its future. I am completely open-minded as to the ownership of

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Channel 4 as long as they make sure that the programming standards are

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maintained. But can I remind my right honourable friend but ITV and

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Sky and many others produce a great documentaries, wonderful dramas and

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the are privately owned. Of course. It's an important thing to remember.

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What we're looking at is how can you have the most sustainable vibrant

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future for our brilliant Channel 4? Is the Minister comfortable that

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currently Channel 4 has no one from a diverse background on its board?

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Can he explain the process in which he or the Secretary of State made a

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decision and excluded the deputy chief executive of the arts Council

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from the board? We have recently made some appointments to the

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Channel 4 board and those appointments were all made on merit.

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I would just like to remind the honourable gentleman that

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appointments must be made on merit. I want to also give him the

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statistics. Since this team has been in place in the DCM S, 24% of all

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public appointments have gone to people from minority ethnic

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backgrounds, 24%, far higher than the proportion in the economy. We

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are passionately devoted to making sure that our great institutions are

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represented by people from all backgrounds and will continue to do

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that based on merit. The honourable member photog is right. Channel 4

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isn't diverse and so can the Minister make sure there aren't as

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many politically correct left wingers at Channel 4 in the

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interests of diversity? As he does so, can he tell us what, can you set

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out Wiesner taxpayer's interest to own a left-wing broadcaster? Channel

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4 appears as way and these brain cells and is not subsidised. It's

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just owned by the taxpayer. With contributions like that, the

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honourable member will bring great insight and entertainment to his

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election to the women and equalities select committee. Thank you, Mr

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Speaker. The Minister topped off merit. Channel 4 has 13 board

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members, ten of them are men, all of them are white. Did the minister

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explain it to the house, why he or she, at the sole black candidate, a

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candidate described as outstanding buy off com? In this case there were

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for vacancies and we choose the format best candidate and I will

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have no truck with an argument that we should have tokenism. I support

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appointment on merit and I support making sure that we reach into all

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communities and the fact that this ministerial team has appointed 24%

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of people from black and minority backgrounds. Were not as slow as all

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that, Minister. The honourable gentleman has made that point with

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force and eloquence, it doesn't give much by being repeated. I misread

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the Minister's laconic attitude toward this isn't helpful at all. He

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has just said that the appointments were made on merit and that had he

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gone through with the recommended appointment, it would've been an

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example of tokenism. That's an absolute insult to the candidate who

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he well knows was perfectly well-qualified and was recommended

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for appointment on merit. When are we going to get an end to this

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uncertainty about Channel 4? 150 days the Secretary of State has been

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ablaze, the sector are an absolute despair about the lack of decision

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from the Government. When will we get an answer? The sector are going

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from strength to strength and I strongly support them in doing that.

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We are going to continue our support for Channel 4, and appointments

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based on merit and the great British TV sector. Question six, Mr Speaker.

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The Government wants to ensure the best possible deal for Britain on

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leaving the EU. They greeted industries are one of the UK's

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greater success stories, contributing over ?87 billion to the

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economy and over ?19 billion in exports. We are working closely with

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the industry to assess both the impacts and opportunities that our

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department -- departed presents. I am hosting a series of round tables

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on this. The ministers are I hope aware of concerns from the world's

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biggest festival of the arts, Brexit and hostile immigration policies

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pose a serious threat to their ongoing exit success. What is

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insurance can she give Edinburgh Festival that they will remain truly

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international enables Brexit Britain? I went to Edinburgh

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Festival this summer and it was a fantastic experience and I love the

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big signs of welcome which were very clear that this was a global

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festival. The Edinburgh Festival was in existence before the UK joined

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the European Union and I want to make sure that it continues going

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from strength to strength in its anniversary year. Mr Speaker, last

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week I visited China along with the largest cultural delegation ever to

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accompany a DC MS Minister abroad. We made key partnerships with the

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Chinese travel companies, Chinese television sector and the Beijing

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Winter Olympics as well as announcing the forthcoming

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terracotta warriors exhibition in Liverpool. The BBC royal charter has

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been approved by Her Majesty and Council and printed and sealed. I

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laid copies of the Royal Charter in both houses today will accompany

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written statement. I hope you won't mind, Mr Speaker, if I promote the

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MP for a single that I know the honourable gentleman opposite is

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part of, supporting the Jo Cox campaign. I hope we all download

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that single and we get to number one for Christmas. My right honourable

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friend will be aware that virgin media is committed to rolling out 2

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million premises across the UK under the project Lightning, including my

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constituency, helping the Minister to envision a brighter future. Can

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the Minister clarify every fibre refund will be limited to areas of

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market failure? My honourable friend represent a constituency that has

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97% superfast coverage which I'm sure he will welcome. He is right to

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highlight we announced additional funding in the Autumn Statement to

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boost the UK's Digital infrastructure and will be

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announcing further details for that fund in course. Happy Christmas to

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you, your family and the staff of the House, Mr Speaker. In light of

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the recent data security breaches, does the Secretary of State have

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confidence in the operational security of the national lottery and

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that Camelot is operating within its let -- regulatory obligations? The

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honourable gentleman is right to highlight that we should all be very

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aware and alert to our cyber security and should take advice as

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issued by cyber security experts in terms of updating passwords, and so

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on. I have met the national lottery and continue to work with them to

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ensure the cyber secure. Give the House her absolute assurance that

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Britain's national lottery is saved and will she commit to come back to

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the dispatch box if there are any further revelations of security

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breaches of Camelot? I repeat, I have met Camelot, working with

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Camelot to make sure they are as secure as they possibly can beat and

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all cyber security measures that they can. I am sure the honourable

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gentleman and I will discuss these matters over the dispatch box and

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wish him and you a very happy Christmas. An independent

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organisation has published research which shows that over the last ten

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years, just 3% of the 4000 people interviewed about the EU on the

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BBC's today programme were supporters of Brexit. Even this

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demonstrable bias which since the referendum has no conflated with

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almost daily doom and gloom from the show's business section, how can the

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licence fee payer funded BBC be held to account to deliver the impartial

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news service it is -- its charter requires? I am sure my honourable

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friend welcomes the laying of the Charter today, which sees a new

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regular solid Tory regime that the BBC including off, having regulatory

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responsibility. He will also ensure we support the Digital economy Bill,

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making its passage through the other place, to ensure that regulatory

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regime comes into force. BT owns a massive 42% of the UK's usable

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mobile spectrum, meaning challenging companies suffer capacity

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constraints. Will the Minister asked off, to include a cap considerably

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below 42% in the forthcoming spectrum? Were making sure we have a

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fully competitive mobile market is very important. Off, going to take a

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view to make sure that continues, that is in the remit. And that we

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make sure spectrum is auctioned in such a way we get the broadest

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possible coverage. The National Citizen service has done a great

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deal to encourage young people in north-east Lincolnshire to broaden

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their horizons. What further action is the Minister taking to promote

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participation in the scheme and will he commit to visit some of the

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projects in Cleethorpes? I thank you for that question, he is a big

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supporter of NCS and I'm aware coastal areas face significant

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challenges and NCF can and does have a significant impact on health in

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those areas. It is great news that there is a place on NCS for every

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young person that wants one and this summer 285 young people have taken

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part in north-east Lincolnshire, subject to my diary, I am very happy

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to visit those schemes and his area. The Minister has said he is

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considering all options on Channel 4. Does that include privatisation

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and part privatisation? We are going to be setting out the plans for the

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future of Channel 4 in due course. Possible justification is there for

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the Government owning both BBC and Channel 4? Channel for it is not

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paid for by the Government. It is owned by the Government. It was set

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up in Government ownership and it pays to itself and its advertising

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and delivers brilliantly within its remit. I have arranged for sport

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England to attend my constituency in January to meet with local sports

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clubs, many of whom are struggling to stay afloat because of the

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decrease in grants and huge cuts to local authority funding. In light of

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the child obesity strategy, does the Minister agree the Government should

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make it a priority to engage and promote these small sports clubs?

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Can I congratulate the honourable lady for this initiative and I hope

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other colleagues from around the house will do something very

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similar, because actually in order to get sport England funding there

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is a lot of work that has to be done to go through the paperwork in doing

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that. Would like to encourage all local sports clubs to do that and I

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congratulate her. Customs is envisaging to Premier

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players in 12 clubs and I believe in putting Matej Vydra. Would the

:26:45.:26:47.

Mizdow Greek fans are having a right to be angry angry that people like

:26:48.:26:53.

Captain we Rooney have dirty the magnificent game through tax

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dodging? I agree those in football should protect the repetition of

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football but he's asking me to comment on the matter that HMRC is

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still investigating and football players, clubs and managers are

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traditional deep -- deftly to others and expected to adhere to the same

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principles. I welcome the Government's announcement yesterday

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of a review into volunteering but can I ask the Minister to confirm

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the Government will provide a full response to each of the reviews'

:27:20.:27:26.

provincial recommendations, in particular for a legal status for

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full-time volunteers? I thank you for that question and can I begin by

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saying how proud I am of the fantastic work already undertaken by

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NCS and the eye will campaign that is already making a dramatic

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difference to young people and volunteering. Wine is to review

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yesterday and we'll respond in detail to the reports findings. It

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is widely acknowledged the BBC's institutionally biased in favour of

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the EU, would the Secretary of State explain what BBC don't acknowledge

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it in itself? Mr Speaker I repeat the answer I gave my honourable

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friend earlier, the new charter does look wider impartiality, we have

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Ofcom to regulate that and the new unitary board with a management

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responsibility for the BBC and the NAL that you value for money. I

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think that package of regulation and value for money auditing should give

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the honourable gentleman the comfort he needs. Speak BBC about the role

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they can play in the future of Gaelic language broadcasting

:28:36.:28:40.

business the company spent less than a quarter of 1% on Gaelic

:28:41.:28:42.

programming and as a result the otherwise excellent BBC Alba is left

:28:43.:28:50.

with a 74% repeat rate. I'm sure the honourable gentleman will look on

:28:51.:28:53.

the fact this is an 11 year settlement that will guarantee

:28:54.:28:56.

Gaelic language broadcasting and I of course we'll be happy to discuss

:28:57.:29:00.

that further with the BBC but I'm sure he welcomes the fact that this

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is a long-term sustainable settlement. Our committee libraries

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have the capability of being prices for study, multimedia use and for

:29:11.:29:16.

acting as a real community hub. What steps is my honourable friend going

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to take to encourage local authorities to develop our libraries

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so they become since Cremazie hubs? Aggie for that question. Usman

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community hubs. We recently published a report that highlights

:29:30.:29:33.

that libraries are an important part of local communities and can be

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greedy hubs providing a range of activities, supporting reading,

:29:37.:29:40.

digital skills culture help implement and learning. I urge local

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authorities to think innovatively and use libraries to deliver

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services to their community so they are sustainable and can thrive in

:29:49.:29:53.

future. Questions to the Secretary of State for International trade.

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Greg Williams. Number one. Thank you. My department is working

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globally to attract foreign firms to set up or expand their businesses in

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the UK

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