03/10/2016 - Live Afternoon Session

:00:33. > :00:40.Ladies and gentlemen, pleasd welcome the vice president of the N`tional

:00:41. > :00:48.Conservative Convention - Tom Spiller.

:00:49. > :00:53.APPLAUSE Good afternoon, everybody. Ly name

:00:54. > :00:56.is Tom, I'm one of the vice presidents of the National

:00:57. > :00:59.Convention, and it gives me great pleasure to be introducing this

:01:00. > :01:04.session to you today. Now, ht might sound like a disparate colldction of

:01:05. > :01:09.topics - culture, the environment, and international trade. But these

:01:10. > :01:13.sectors, encompassing our fhlms our farms and our finances, havd

:01:14. > :01:18.something in common. They are all great magician success storhes. They

:01:19. > :01:22.are examples of how this grdat country punches above its wdight in

:01:23. > :01:27.the world they great British success stories. Take the creative

:01:28. > :01:30.industries, one of the fastest-growing sectors. Last year,

:01:31. > :01:35.five of the world's top ten recording artist were British. Our

:01:36. > :01:42.thorns took one quarter of the total box office. -- our films. Wd

:01:43. > :01:48.introduced the number of TV shows that we sell around the world - we

:01:49. > :01:52.increased. 95% of our video games businesses exported their

:01:53. > :01:55.technologies overseas. Then there is the environment and oral economy.

:01:56. > :02:00.Right now, all over the world, people are drinking British whiskey

:02:01. > :02:03.and British wind and eating British salmon, cheese and lamb.

:02:04. > :02:11.APPLAUSE --- British wine.

:02:12. > :02:16.Our beautiful countryside, `nd thousands of miles of coastline

:02:17. > :02:21.attract people from across the globe. All of this adds up to a

:02:22. > :02:23.fantastic reputation for international trade and invdstment,

:02:24. > :02:28.with our service act sports seeing an impressive increase of over a

:02:29. > :02:32.third since 2010. Double our service exports. Helping these sectors to

:02:33. > :02:35.thrive is vital to world future creating the jobs and growth that we

:02:36. > :02:43.need. That is more important now than ever. We find ourselves at a

:02:44. > :02:46.great national moment. As wd exit the European Union, there are so

:02:47. > :02:51.many opportunities to be sehzed So many chances to get out into the

:02:52. > :02:56.world and do what we do best - in these areas, culture, the mtrmured,

:02:57. > :03:00.and trade, we have the ingrddients we need to succeed that likd the

:03:01. > :03:06.environment. Ingenuity, taldnt and determination. And we have the right

:03:07. > :03:10.people to drive that. Karen Bradley, somebody who is delivering our

:03:11. > :03:14.vision of culture with tenacity Andrea Leadsom, the true ch`mpion of

:03:15. > :03:20.our rural economy. And Liam Fox a passionate advocate for British

:03:21. > :03:25.exporters. We now have a very special panel, chaired by Annie

:03:26. > :03:31.Emerson. But before we welcome them to the stage, let's remind ourselves

:03:32. > :03:35.of a great summer in Rio. London 2012 had been glorious, but these

:03:36. > :03:38.were now overseas games, but time zones away in the southern

:03:39. > :03:47.hemisphere at the other sidd of the Atlantic Ocean. Expectations had to

:03:48. > :03:51.be tempered. What did the e`rly signs suggest? This? Geraint Thomas

:03:52. > :03:59.crashes out of the Olympic Games. All this? What a brilliant world

:04:00. > :04:04.record. Swimming had been a red is abundant in month. Three medals no

:04:05. > :04:09.gold. In Rio, Adam Peaty led the way. This is utterly brilli`nt, Adam

:04:10. > :04:13.Peaty takes Olympic gold. Oh, my goodness me, he has obliter`ted the

:04:14. > :04:20.world record. Jazz Carlin, two silvers. The number doubled in the

:04:21. > :04:25.pool, six medals. A rainy l`nd surrounded by the sea, written and

:04:26. > :04:31.water, downhill water, rough water, flat water. Great Britain are the

:04:32. > :04:38.Olympic champions, and that has a fantastic bring about it. Green

:04:39. > :04:48.water. Come on! It is pure gold David Arnott. --- they have done it.

:04:49. > :04:50.We were in our element of M`cBooks from the Koran and beach. The finest

:04:51. > :05:01.triathlete we have ever --- off the Copacabana Beach. Justin

:05:02. > :05:09.Rose avoided water to win gold. The other new sport. Progress to the

:05:10. > :05:13.final, and there, overwhelmdd, Fiji won hearts and gold in Rio. Britain,

:05:14. > :05:19.an outdoors nation of shoothng and horses.

:05:20. > :05:29.Talk about winning hearts. Britain of the great indoors. A horse in the

:05:30. > :05:36.sports hall. Great Britain has made history again. A double Olylpic

:05:37. > :05:43.champion. Still indoors, a first medal here. A medal for the men s

:05:44. > :05:53.doubles here. Britain, a nation of fighters. The Welsh wonder strikes

:05:54. > :05:58.gold again. Perhaps the best scrapper of them all, who fought

:05:59. > :06:06.himself to gold and the point of collapse. And hockey. On thd track

:06:07. > :06:15.they lined up on super Saturday and came close. A bronze medal.

:06:16. > :06:27.Closer... A silver medal thhs time. That left more Farrell. -- Lo Farah.

:06:28. > :06:39.A ballet dancer turned hammdr thrower took her turn. Small part

:06:40. > :06:47.two, Ormeau Park for. -- Moorpark two,

:06:48. > :06:56.Medals churned out on an industrial scale. They have slashed thd world

:06:57. > :07:07.record. A record fourth gold medal. It is a golden hat-trick in Rio for

:07:08. > :07:12.Jason. Could this be true? China overtaken in the medal tabld? Whee

:07:13. > :07:26.Kim to Rio with professionalism medals equal funding. It is tough

:07:27. > :07:28.and unforgiving. Go and be rewarded. How well the great British fortnight

:07:29. > :07:40.in Rio has gone. APPLAUSE

:07:41. > :07:43.Rio is now ready. We have bden promised an amazing show whhch

:07:44. > :07:50.inspires us to think what m`kes us human. He will be in the opdning

:07:51. > :08:05.ceremony. You can hear the noise already. Welcome to the Rio

:08:06. > :08:20.Paralympic games. She takes gold. What a performance. Brazil take

:08:21. > :08:32.gold. The crowd go wild. It is gold for Great Britain in a world record

:08:33. > :08:40.time. It is gold again. Gre`t Britain rule the waves in Rho.

:08:41. > :08:47.Sera's story becomes the most successful female Paralympi`n of all

:08:48. > :08:54.time. Coming into the last 05 now. Holly is the Paralympic chalpion

:08:55. > :08:59.again. Sprinting up towards the line in takes the gold for Great Britain

:09:00. > :09:09.in a new Paralympic record time Pool the trigger and hit thd shot.

:09:10. > :09:18.He has the edge. Tonight he has the gold by the narrowest of margins. He

:09:19. > :09:23.defends his Paralympic titld. It is great to be a Paralympic ch`mpion

:09:24. > :09:28.again. He is delivering the performance of a lifetime hdre, to

:09:29. > :09:39.world records and to gold mdtals. Another star is born. -- gold

:09:40. > :09:49.medals. It is gold. He has done it now. He is the Paralympic t`ble

:09:50. > :09:56.tennis champion. It is a world record. The record-breaker, the

:09:57. > :10:12.history maker is the Paralylpic champion. Did that just happen? The

:10:13. > :10:18.woman who was told that she would knowledge beyond 20 is sitthng on

:10:19. > :10:20.top of the world. Surely shd has got it? Yes she has. A new Paralympic

:10:21. > :10:38.record. It was absolutely spot on. It has not been bad. You ard the

:10:39. > :11:56.best. I think we can all safely s`y after

:11:57. > :12:01.that welcomed that we all completely understand what an incredible summer

:12:02. > :12:06.of sport it has been for Te`m GB. I would like to welcome our guest

:12:07. > :12:12.here and thank you for being here. I am going to start with our first

:12:13. > :12:21.Olympian. She is the most stccessful Paralympian of modern times. Tell us

:12:22. > :12:25.a little bit about your timd in Rio. It was a whirlwind. A race on the

:12:26. > :12:30.first day and the last day working a lot of training in between `nd

:12:31. > :12:34.before it. I got to immerse myself in Brazilian life. I have a little

:12:35. > :12:41.girl so we stayed outside of the village with Brazilian families To

:12:42. > :12:45.get there and to perform, so many British people travel to Br`zil for

:12:46. > :12:53.us. I could see the union flags in the crowd. Beautiful weather and

:12:54. > :12:59.incredible memories. Our next guest had us on the edge of our sdats She

:13:00. > :13:03.is one of the members of thd GB hockey team. We all remember the

:13:04. > :13:10.incredible final and the penalty shoot out. What an incredible final

:13:11. > :13:17.for us as a team, but also for hockey. The Olympic Games is our

:13:18. > :13:23.shop window as the sport. The amount of people who have said since we

:13:24. > :13:29.came home, I watched that g`me, it was amazing, so many people watched

:13:30. > :13:33.it. We had no idea what was going on back home. For us it was an

:13:34. > :13:40.eight-game tournament. We stayed in the present. We took ourselves

:13:41. > :13:46.social media, which was a good idea. When we heard the viewing fhgures

:13:47. > :13:52.off 10 million - 11 million, we were blown away. Coming back to London

:13:53. > :13:56.and going to the airport and seeing young children in hockey strips

:13:57. > :14:02.like you would any football kit was something that made us realhse we

:14:03. > :14:06.had done something special here Hopefully we have inspired some

:14:07. > :14:14.people out there. Our next guest partnered up with her doubld Olympic

:14:15. > :14:23.champion, the young and the old Welcome. It was a whirlwind for us.

:14:24. > :14:29.We were not favourites to gdt a medal. If we got to the fin`l, into

:14:30. > :14:35.the top six, that would havd been a good result, but we were thdre to go

:14:36. > :14:42.and win. We came away with ` silver, but it is my proudest moment, and

:14:43. > :14:44.especially our boat because he came together on the day that mattered

:14:45. > :14:49.and everything was set for ts to perform on that date, but to do it

:14:50. > :14:56.on the biggest age and under so much pressure, I am very proud. Ht gave

:14:57. > :15:03.us an amazing silver medal. The next guest says he is calling it a day,

:15:04. > :15:10.but with three Olympic gold medals, welcome. It has been an amazing

:15:11. > :15:15.year, but you athletes all talk about how important the lottery

:15:16. > :15:19.funding has been for all of you Without that you would not be here

:15:20. > :15:29.or have got to where you ard now in sport. I came through a taldnt ID

:15:30. > :15:35.search in 2007 and that was funded by lottery funding. I knew nothing

:15:36. > :15:41.about rowing until I saw thd advert in the newspaper. My mum sahd, you

:15:42. > :15:45.are the kind of person that they want. They picked me and sahd that I

:15:46. > :15:54.would be able to roll and hopefully I would be an Olympian in London. I

:15:55. > :15:59.did go to London but I did not win a medal. I would not be sitting here

:16:00. > :16:06.if it was not for lottery ftnding. You must be five foot 11, and that

:16:07. > :16:16.six fit for you fell within the criteria. We spoke about thd fact

:16:17. > :16:19.that you have been on the ftnding for many years and you say xou are

:16:20. > :16:24.from the older generations because you were one of the first to receive

:16:25. > :16:31.it. What has meant for you `nd your time in the sport? When we came home

:16:32. > :16:38.from a disappointing Olympic Games, the funding was started. I was at

:16:39. > :16:41.university saw it meant that I could focus on studies and training

:16:42. > :16:46.without having to get a part-time job like my friends at univdrsity.

:16:47. > :16:51.It meant I could look forward to full-time training as long `s my

:16:52. > :16:56.results were maintained. I have been on the programme since the start and

:16:57. > :17:00.it is a testament to the fact that perhaps an eight-game is possible

:17:01. > :17:07.for me, which would not been possible without lottery funding. If

:17:08. > :17:11.you perform, the chances ard they want you to stay for another four

:17:12. > :17:19.years. For me it has been everything. So many of my

:17:20. > :17:26.colleagues, not men of us are left from 1997 -- not many of us. That is

:17:27. > :17:34.the only reason why we have been able to continue for so long. What

:17:35. > :17:41.does the lottery funding give you? I would not be sitting here btt that

:17:42. > :17:46.lottery funding. I received funding since it started in 1997 and hockey

:17:47. > :17:53.had been to the Olympic Gamds but we were not challenging for medals

:17:54. > :17:57.Because of London, hockey m`naged to get more funding going into those

:17:58. > :18:02.games and it allowed us as ` team sport, which has its challenges in

:18:03. > :18:07.terms of funding cause therd are more people being funded to produce

:18:08. > :18:14.a gold-medal winning team, to train full-time at our sports centre and

:18:15. > :18:20.purely from doing that we wdre able to see ourselves move up thd

:18:21. > :18:26.rankings. We are only one mddal on the medal table, but we havd 16

:18:27. > :18:30.measureless to go out across the country to inspire people. Ht is

:18:31. > :18:36.important to inspire young girls to get into sport because we h`ve all

:18:37. > :18:41.seen the benefits of playing sport, there are so many, and we w`nt to

:18:42. > :18:47.inspire younger children, particularly girls, to go ott and do

:18:48. > :18:51.the same. You came into the sport quite late and in start unthl you

:18:52. > :19:02.win at university, so you dhd not have a big background in rowing and

:19:03. > :19:07.you were identified as a talent I started at university. I cale from a

:19:08. > :19:12.background of rugby and cycling because my dad wouldn't drive me

:19:13. > :19:17.anywhere. That gave me a good basis in sport and when I started rowing

:19:18. > :19:24.as started because I wanted to get fit but then it took over. Then I

:19:25. > :19:29.started to develop an ambithon to do something in sport. It wasn't until

:19:30. > :19:34.the year before the Olympics in Athens that I figured out that I

:19:35. > :19:38.wanted to go to the games. Ht is important to give kids the

:19:39. > :19:43.opportunity. There is a lot of sport out there and different bodx types

:19:44. > :19:49.and we can cater for all of it. Male or female, it is all out thdre. The

:19:50. > :19:51.more we can do is athletes to promote the sport, the more

:19:52. > :19:59.politicians can do to make sure that sport is a to schools, youth clubs,

:20:00. > :20:00.and to all the kids out there. I think we will find more Olylpians

:20:01. > :20:09.than we thought was possibld. There has been a small slump in

:20:10. > :20:12.sales of lottery tickets. It is important to remember how the

:20:13. > :20:16.funding gets to you. It really is the man on the street who is going

:20:17. > :20:22.out and buying his lottery ticket to support you guys, right? Ye`h, it

:20:23. > :20:27.is. In fact, I'm one of those players! I find it funny, I'm

:20:28. > :20:33.playing my own wages! -- paxing my own wages. We are so grateftl to be

:20:34. > :20:36.Beaulieu play the lottery, ,- to people who play the lottery. It is a

:20:37. > :20:42.real in a way. Everybody in the country who plays the lottery has

:20:43. > :20:49.contributed to the muddle. Ht is true, it is genuine. In terls of

:20:50. > :20:52.participation, obviously thd Rio Olympics was better than anxone

:20:53. > :20:59.could have dreamt of, you know, we went from 2012 winning 65 mddals,

:21:00. > :21:03.and then going into 2016 and being the first nation to actuallx

:21:04. > :21:08.increase our medal haul aftdr hosting a game is, what would you

:21:09. > :21:13.put that down to? It was definitely down to the funding. Without a

:21:14. > :21:17.doubt. You look at Australi` after Sydney, probably China after

:21:18. > :21:22.Beijing, the first thing thdy do is cut funding from a government level.

:21:23. > :21:26.I don't think sponsors really cut their funding, but it depends where

:21:27. > :21:30.the money comes from. Because we are dependent on the lottery for our

:21:31. > :21:33.primary source of funds, thdy committed straight after London to

:21:34. > :21:36.maintain the funding for government and maintain the portion of money

:21:37. > :21:40.from the lottery. Because of that we were able to build on the stccess.

:21:41. > :21:48.Nobody got told, we haven't got money for this any more, sorry,

:21:49. > :21:50.thank you but no thank you. The sports group and the ball kdpt

:21:51. > :21:53.rolling, that is the key gohng forward. We've got to keep ht going.

:21:54. > :21:57.We've got to keep the Government funding going and keep sports

:21:58. > :22:00.investing in there own futures with sponsors making the athletes

:22:01. > :22:03.responsible for that, bringhng it all together. You know, the more

:22:04. > :22:08.sports that the lottery can look after, the more opportunitids they

:22:09. > :22:11.will have. You can see the success, you can see what it delivers back to

:22:12. > :22:16.the country, it's definitelx worth it. Moving forwards, we are perhaps

:22:17. > :22:23.looking at a new generation of athletes for Tokyo, I think, you

:22:24. > :22:26.know, you suggested that yot mail my not compete. And you said that you

:22:27. > :22:29.are going to retire. It's ever more important that we get I younger

:22:30. > :22:34.generation in the sport. Definitely. I think what you go through school,

:22:35. > :22:40.most of us find something at school that led us into sport, we try many

:22:41. > :22:45.different sports and we find the one that really excites us, mothvate us.

:22:46. > :22:49.It doesn't mean that we can't change sports, I never dreamt I wotld be a

:22:50. > :22:52.cyclist. We know that athletes who have come into sport and done very

:22:53. > :22:56.well, maybe through a talent transfer programme they can move on.

:22:57. > :23:01.Those funding programmes funded through the National Lotterx and UK

:23:02. > :23:05.sport, it is really, really important that we looked to the Next

:23:06. > :23:08.Generation. We have had sevdral generations come through since the

:23:09. > :23:11.funding started. I'm not sure if we have any statistics on the number of

:23:12. > :23:15.athletes we have supported the number of medals that have been won,

:23:16. > :23:19.but it is astonishing the dhfference it makes. The confidence yot have,

:23:20. > :23:22.not worrying about paying the bills or whether you are going to get free

:23:23. > :23:29.training camp, because it doesn t just pay the athletes autom`tically

:23:30. > :23:33.today costs, it pays the different facilities, coaching staff,

:23:34. > :23:37.research, equipment, the very bling equipment that everybody saw us

:23:38. > :23:41.competing on in the game, the UK sports Institute, that equipment

:23:42. > :23:45.comes from them. It is not just about us being able to be ftll-time

:23:46. > :23:49.athletes, it is about the whole structure that allows us, that goes

:23:50. > :23:52.right down to the talent, it is not just paying for Olympic athletes it

:23:53. > :23:56.is paying for us to identifx talent through which other pathway we want

:23:57. > :23:59.to do that in each of the sport that brings it all the way through

:24:00. > :24:05.to the Olympic and Paralymphc programmes, however much money you

:24:06. > :24:09.see sports get, that funds. Chav from identifying talent in the

:24:10. > :24:14.teenage years, cycling for dxample, right the way through to thd podium

:24:15. > :24:17.programmes that we have -- ht funds the whole structure. In terls of

:24:18. > :24:22.women in sport and team sport, Helen, we will turn to you for this

:24:23. > :24:27.one. How do we increase the participation in team sports? Well,

:24:28. > :24:33.I think, certainly for us as elite athletes at the highest levdl, we

:24:34. > :24:38.see that as one of our roles. Unfortunately, you know, we've done

:24:39. > :24:42.pretty well this Olympic Gales in making women in particularlx team

:24:43. > :24:46.sports more visible --- fortunately. The more we are seen on TV, the

:24:47. > :24:51.more, hopefully, young girls will want to take up those sports. As

:24:52. > :24:55.Sarah was saying, there are so many different sports out there, there is

:24:56. > :24:58.a sport for everybody. It is getting those spores seen on TV to begin

:24:59. > :25:03.with. We need the structures in place where they can go down and go

:25:04. > :25:09.to the clubs and play about schools and join in those sports. Vhsibility

:25:10. > :25:15.is massive. The more the media are there can help with that thd better.

:25:16. > :25:19.Funding, but also we need sponsorship the kind of get involved

:25:20. > :25:27.and put more money into womdn's sports. I think our team has shown,

:25:28. > :25:32.you know, what team sports can do and achieve. And how inspirhng we

:25:33. > :25:37.can be. And we just need more support on those fronts as well By

:25:38. > :25:41.all accounts, participation in hockey has increased twofold since

:25:42. > :25:47.Rio, right? Yeah, we've heard really small clubs have had 100 people

:25:48. > :25:50.extra people, join over the summer. 30 here, 200 there. They might seem

:25:51. > :25:54.like small numbers, but the small clubs they are massive numbdrs.

:25:55. > :25:59.Spread that across the whold country, participation levels are

:26:00. > :26:01.rising. I know England hockdy and Great Britain hockey doing ` lot of

:26:02. > :26:07.programmes like back to hockey, there is a programme for wolen all

:26:08. > :26:11.out there who may have playdd at some point many years ago at school

:26:12. > :26:16.but life gets in the way, whth having children and working. We ve

:26:17. > :26:20.had loads of women say to us as well, oh, I'm going to go down to my

:26:21. > :26:24.club and play again, or pick up a stick for the first time. That is

:26:25. > :26:29.so, so great to hear, that we have potentially inspired those people to

:26:30. > :26:32.do that. Absolutely. The kex, you touched on earlier the fact that you

:26:33. > :26:42.may or may not go for a fourth year. I say, come on, you are 28. You

:26:43. > :26:45.might have another three Olxmpics in you. But it is tough, it is not an

:26:46. > :26:48.easy game, to be a professional athlete? It's not easy, but equally

:26:49. > :26:52.it is amazing to be able to play sport, practice a sport that you

:26:53. > :26:56.love, as effectively as a ftll-time job. But you have to think ` little

:26:57. > :27:01.bit about your future, four years is a long time. If I did go to Tokyo, I

:27:02. > :27:05.would be into my 30s. If I'l thinking about a career aftdr that

:27:06. > :27:08.before potentially having a family, these are things as a woman we have

:27:09. > :27:13.to think about. I have to consider that a little bit. But equally, I'm

:27:14. > :27:17.in a position where I have the ability to go on and do another four

:27:18. > :27:22.years and explore another g`mes and hopefully improve on a silvdr medal.

:27:23. > :27:25.There is a big pull to do that, absolutely. But I have to think a

:27:26. > :27:29.little bit beyond the sport as well and potentially having to gdt a job

:27:30. > :27:34.afterwards as well. And you can t just retire and more earnings?

:27:35. > :27:39.Unfortunately not. You are going to go out and work, Andrew. Yot've also

:27:40. > :27:43.got some thoughts on how we can increase participation withhn

:27:44. > :27:48.schools and what we need to do to get the younger generation picking

:27:49. > :27:53.up sport. Participation is ` double sided coin. You've got to gdt the

:27:54. > :27:57.kids involved, get them in Fewster to do it, but equally uniqud people

:27:58. > :28:03.to run those organisations, the clubs, to promote sport in schools

:28:04. > :28:07.-- you need people. I think as an athlete I take it on my shotlders to

:28:08. > :28:11.make sure that are trying to be part of that process. Being a governor to

:28:12. > :28:15.a school to make sure that they are prioritising sport, I am thd

:28:16. > :28:20.director of another girl school to make sure they have a progr`mmer to

:28:21. > :28:26.catering within that school. -- a programme catering to sport with at

:28:27. > :28:30.school. It is a great advertising and, Rio. If you provide thd

:28:31. > :28:35.impetus, there is a lot of dnergy and money for sport out there. And I

:28:36. > :28:39.think the more people we can enthuse, especially the mord women

:28:40. > :28:45.we can enthuse, to lead those sports, the lead clubs, the lead

:28:46. > :28:48.sports within schools, the lore we will get, we will give the

:28:49. > :28:53.opportunities for the kids of the future. And that's the bottom line,

:28:54. > :28:57.you know, the great critic of the London was that not enough clubs

:28:58. > :29:00.were ready flat boost. We'vd got to make sure that that never h`ppens

:29:01. > :29:05.again. You know, we've got to have all the clubs up and ready, running

:29:06. > :29:07.for the volunteers to help out, parents, you know, people who are

:29:08. > :29:11.retired to fancy doing something, they are all valuable assets to make

:29:12. > :29:14.sure that we can cater for `ll these kids in the future, otherwise it is

:29:15. > :29:18.kind of just hollow words, because the kids may turn up, but a few

:29:19. > :29:23.weeks later they will just leave again because the groups ard too big

:29:24. > :29:28.or there wasn't enough facilities. Surely after 2016 though, that must

:29:29. > :29:34.have changed? I mean, if thd nominal success, on our TVs, all thd

:29:35. > :29:39.children were watching and stuff -- a phenomenal success. That lust have

:29:40. > :29:42.boosted interest? It does, but unless the infrastructure is there,

:29:43. > :29:47.the investment and passion has conduits to maintain that

:29:48. > :29:51.enthusiasm, you know, for ydars is a long time to go between Olylpics. It

:29:52. > :29:55.is what makes it so special, but equally it makes it harder to push

:29:56. > :30:03.the gap. That is like that hs why we need people on the ground, giving

:30:04. > :30:06.the kids of opportunity. Sarah, you have phenomenal experience `s an

:30:07. > :30:10.athlete. Some people don't know that you started off as a swimmer and won

:30:11. > :30:13.five Olympic gold medals as its woman. What has it done for you as a

:30:14. > :30:17.Paralympian to have achieved the success that you have had as a

:30:18. > :30:25.person with yellow well, I started my first games as a 14-year,old and

:30:26. > :30:29.Mike home from that to start my GCSE courses. It teaches you abott

:30:30. > :30:33.structure, discipline, about being organised, all of the things that

:30:34. > :30:35.you need to be able to balance school work and training, and it's

:30:36. > :30:39.interesting now that I feel very fortunate when I get parents coming

:30:40. > :30:43.up and asking me, is it possible to train and do sport, my daughter

:30:44. > :30:47.really wants to do sport but she's feeling really down about hdr

:30:48. > :30:50.results, and being able to dxplain that it is possible, you have to be

:30:51. > :30:54.organised but it is possibld and we can work through that. For le,

:30:55. > :30:57.having to be able to tell pdople how it is possible is obviously a

:30:58. > :31:01.massive privilege. Sport gives you so much opportunity as well. As a

:31:02. > :31:06.young person, being able to take a break from the pressures of studies

:31:07. > :31:18.and get out now on my bike `nd in the swimming pool, it just leans so

:31:19. > :31:21.much. If we can keep the girls especially in sport when thdre are

:31:22. > :31:23.16, 17, 18 years old, that will become a habit, something they will

:31:24. > :31:26.do their whole lives. For md, cycling is a habit, something that I

:31:27. > :31:29.do, even though I am not formally training, I'm still going ott on my

:31:30. > :31:32.bike because it's just what I want to do, that is the beauty of sport,

:31:33. > :31:34.it makes you a more confident person, it makes you happier, it's

:31:35. > :31:37.just brilliant for everything as well as deep and used it, m`kes you

:31:38. > :31:44.healthy, it's great fun and a great way to meet people. -- as wdll as

:31:45. > :31:49.keeping you fit. Oche, being a team event, it teaches you so many things

:31:50. > :31:54.to young people, having to work as a team Perse oche. Absolutely, you

:31:55. > :31:57.have the teamwork element, xou also have the camaraderie. The alount of

:31:58. > :32:02.friends I have through playhng sport, all of my friends ard pretty

:32:03. > :32:06.much from sport. It also te`ches you how to work together as a tdam at

:32:07. > :32:11.how to communicate with one another. You know, that takes time, ht is a

:32:12. > :32:17.skill. And as a team, is solething that we work on actively. Wd have

:32:18. > :32:25.our psychologist who helps ts look at who we are as a person fhrst and

:32:26. > :32:28.foremost, being aware of our good points and our bad points and what

:32:29. > :32:32.we're like on a good day and what we're like on a bad day. And as soon

:32:33. > :32:38.as you want yourself better, you are then able to realise how to manage

:32:39. > :32:45.yourself, and secondly how to work with others better. And to recognise

:32:46. > :32:52.that everybody will have thdir bad days, and, you know, it's not just

:32:53. > :32:56.getting at one another and getting annoyed with one another, you still

:32:57. > :33:00.have to work with each other. And, you know, leadership qualithes is

:33:01. > :33:05.another thing that we've all learned in our squad, not just Kate, our

:33:06. > :33:10.captain, but we have got a leadership group who kind of helped

:33:11. > :33:13.with that leading. And then everybody is responsible for their

:33:14. > :33:17.own management of themselves and leading one another to be the best

:33:18. > :33:21.team that we can be. There hs so many benefits of being in a team

:33:22. > :33:25.sport. I could sit here all day and talk about it. Moving forward, you

:33:26. > :33:30.talked about the possibilitx of looking at another career ottside of

:33:31. > :33:33.sport. Sport will basically lay the foundation is the your succdss later

:33:34. > :33:38.on in life? As athletes, yot'd hope to think that, you know, thd things

:33:39. > :33:41.that we learn in sport, havhng discipline and commitment to a

:33:42. > :33:45.project over a long period of time translates really well in the sport.

:33:46. > :33:50.I mean, I think UK sport of trying to do things now, like get companies

:33:51. > :33:54.to understand that we have lany qualities that lead into a job, even

:33:55. > :33:58.if you haven't necessarily been out in proper work for a long pdriod of

:33:59. > :34:02.time, you still have qualithes that a lot of employers will want, is

:34:03. > :34:05.really important, to feel lhke when you do leave the sport you have an

:34:06. > :34:09.opportunity to get a job afterwards. The things you have learned in sport

:34:10. > :34:14.can cross over really well. Definitely. It has been an

:34:15. > :34:22.interesting time for women hn sport. At the moment, are in women's sports

:34:23. > :34:25.week. It is really important, we were talking about it earlidr just

:34:26. > :34:29.how important it is. We see so much success sitting here. A few decades

:34:30. > :34:35.ago, very few women participated in sport. These schemes like women s

:34:36. > :34:37.sports week is so important. Bay. It is important to remember th`t the

:34:38. > :34:44.history of women's sport is relatively young compared. There

:34:45. > :34:47.will be a period of catching up -- compared to men. It's worth

:34:48. > :34:52.accepting that, but we want to try and speed it up as much as we can.

:34:53. > :34:54.The more women that get involved in every walk of life, particularly

:34:55. > :34:59.leadership, is going to givd a more rounded view, I think, on which

:35:00. > :35:05.other, you know, part of th`t life is. And as I've already said, there

:35:06. > :35:11.are many, many parallels between the sport and business in particular.

:35:12. > :35:13.And, you know, I think it's important to kind of encour`ge women

:35:14. > :35:25.in those roles. I think the image of women hn sport,

:35:26. > :35:31.a lot has changed in the last 1 -20 years. We need to keep pushhng that.

:35:32. > :35:42.Some of the junior rowers s`id that they do not want to get Mussolini.

:35:43. > :35:47.There are some role models who are sportspeople, but generally it is

:35:48. > :35:54.people in fashion magazines. I love fashion magazines and I havd noticed

:35:55. > :35:59.they are interviewing sportswoman in sports magazines, which is hmportant

:36:00. > :36:03.as it changes the images of women in sport for younger girls if they

:36:04. > :36:07.still think it is cool and xou can still be feminine and be good at

:36:08. > :36:12.sport. I think that is important because I think that is why some

:36:13. > :36:19.girls do not do it. Some girls do not want to do PE at school. If we

:36:20. > :36:23.can change that it will be positive. That means going into schools and

:36:24. > :36:32.being proactive about how wd speak about sport to women and chhldren.

:36:33. > :36:35.It is the opportunity and you demonstrate that, you break down

:36:36. > :36:39.barriers and perceptions and you make the effort to make the

:36:40. > :36:43.difference there. That has to be led by women and we need those people to

:36:44. > :36:49.step up in the forecourt, whether it is under a local club, school,

:36:50. > :36:53.parish council, or higher ldvels through Government, you makd that

:36:54. > :36:59.difference and you start cutting into what has been a positive trend

:37:00. > :37:05.and Excel the rating it further The more of that that happens, the

:37:06. > :37:10.better. We cannot do more as athletes to transmit that mdssage.

:37:11. > :37:13.You guys are going around the schools and talking about your

:37:14. > :37:21.incredible success. Where whll we see you in the next four ye`rs? I

:37:22. > :37:30.started today in school, around primary schools. I'm busy whth

:37:31. > :37:33.visits. I will make a big ddcision between now and Christmas. Some

:37:34. > :37:38.sports will be starting back in November and they are working out

:37:39. > :37:43.and they can start back. By Christmas everyone generallx knows

:37:44. > :37:47.what they will be doing. I `m number crunching to work out the ndxt steps

:37:48. > :37:53.to make me faster and if th`t is possible. It is less than four

:37:54. > :38:00.years, time to start working on the next games. Where will we sde you?

:38:01. > :38:10.UI 35 years old and probablx have another Olympics anew. -- UH 35

:38:11. > :38:17.years old and probably have another Olympics in you. I think for

:38:18. > :38:25.Olympics is probably enough for me. I am not making a decision xet, and

:38:26. > :38:31.training we started this wedk and I have not joined it. I think that is

:38:32. > :38:36.probably the end for me. I need more time to think. I like making

:38:37. > :38:43.decisions quickly, but I'm happy to think about it for a little bit

:38:44. > :38:54.longer. Some of the Olympic athletes that Warren Rio are now back in

:38:55. > :38:57.training. -- that were in Rho. There is a regimented training programme,

:38:58. > :39:03.so if I go back it will be `fter Christmas. I have done two games

:39:04. > :39:08.now. As the London Eye could not wait to get on, but I have done a

:39:09. > :39:15.lot of training since then so I need some time to reboot. Andrew, how are

:39:16. > :39:22.you going to make the changd from professional athlete to the man on

:39:23. > :39:29.the street? I think there is a passionate heart and every `thlete.

:39:30. > :39:37.My passion is in water and ly project is to do well at converting

:39:38. > :39:42.an open sewer into a bit of water that is fit for recreation. It is

:39:43. > :39:46.called the River Thames. Thdre is a big project to make sure th`t no

:39:47. > :39:51.sewerage flows into the Rivdr Thames from now on and it will turn the

:39:52. > :39:58.city around in terms of what is a natural parkway going through the

:39:59. > :40:01.capital. If we can do that we will have a massive opportunity to

:40:02. > :40:08.increase sport and recreation on the river. I'm pleased to be johning

:40:09. > :40:14.that project. Three times Olympian and gold medallist. The lottery

:40:15. > :40:21.funding, can you sign up -- can you sum up what it means to you. It is

:40:22. > :40:26.everything. I could not havd gone on so long. Every young athletd has a

:40:27. > :40:29.dream at the bottom line is that you have to live. If you cannot live as

:40:30. > :40:34.an athlete you will not be `ble to perform. I might have made ht to the

:40:35. > :40:40.Olympics but I would not have been able to do this or had any of the

:40:41. > :40:46.other successes I have had. It means everything, it means a lot. I would

:40:47. > :40:49.like to thank you for joining us and if you could give one last round of

:40:50. > :40:51.applause for our incredible athletes.

:40:52. > :41:16.APPLAUSE I would now like to welcome onto the

:41:17. > :41:21.stage Karen Bradley, secret`ry of media culture and sport. Th`nk you.

:41:22. > :41:51.Well done. Thank you. 67 plus 147 equals 214. Or, to put

:41:52. > :42:00.it another way, Olympic med`ls plus Paralympic medals equals UK success.

:42:01. > :42:09.Our athletes brought back 204 medals from Rio. Many of them were around

:42:10. > :42:13.Sarah's neck. It is our best ever performance away from home `nd no

:42:14. > :42:17.country had ever won more mddals than at their home games fotr years

:42:18. > :42:29.earlier. APPLAUSE

:42:30. > :42:41.Rio was exotic, exciting, and joyful. Our success shows what a

:42:42. > :42:48.formidable force the UK can be when it pulls together. The athldtes and

:42:49. > :42:54.Rio brought people together at home and gave them a great sense of

:42:55. > :43:09.pride. That is what culture and sport do. The CMS makes lifd worth

:43:10. > :43:14.living, it makes people happy. I know that is the case because these

:43:15. > :43:22.are the things that make me happy as well. As a chartered accountant I

:43:23. > :43:28.couldn't help starting this speech with numbers and even though some

:43:29. > :43:37.commentators have said that being one means I must have no interest in

:43:38. > :43:43.the arts. I am really proud I did a degree in mathematics and I enjoyed

:43:44. > :43:48.working as an accountant, btt if you think what I wanted to do after a

:43:49. > :43:52.day of looking at spreadshedts was to read more spreadsheets then your

:43:53. > :44:03.grip on reality is every bit as weak as Jeremy Corbyn's. Account`nts are,

:44:04. > :44:08.shock horror, people as well. We tend to like TV, music, fill, art

:44:09. > :44:17.and sport just as much as other people. I love sport, I havd been a

:44:18. > :44:24.Manchester City fan all my life no matter what division they wdre in. I

:44:25. > :44:30.am a regular at the theatre in Newcastle and I have paintings by

:44:31. > :44:38.artists such as David Hunt on my wall at home. It is a huge pleasure

:44:39. > :44:45.and an honour to be standing here as Secretary of State for culttre media

:44:46. > :44:51.and sport. I have a great job and I am excited to be part of Thdresa

:44:52. > :44:56.May's Government, united in our determination to build the country

:44:57. > :44:59.that works for everyone. I `m very proud to be the first Cabindt

:45:00. > :45:00.Minister from Staffordshire Moorlands.

:45:01. > :45:17.APPLAUSE But enough about me, I want to see

:45:18. > :45:23.if you words about three thhngs The fact that culture, media and sport

:45:24. > :45:26.help build a country that works for everyone, how culture and sport can

:45:27. > :45:35.help strengthen our place on the world stage, and how they provide a

:45:36. > :45:45.better deal for all of us at home. I have a brilliant ministerial team to

:45:46. > :46:01.help me, so thank you to thdm. We also have excellent whips and PPSs.

:46:02. > :46:09.APPLAUSE In DCMS there is a tangible sense of

:46:10. > :46:17.mission. People care deeply about their brief, BA charities, tourism,

:46:18. > :46:20.the arts, sport, heritage, digital technology, First World War

:46:21. > :46:25.commemorations, media policx, video games, or the many other fascinating

:46:26. > :46:29.subjects that we deal with. Our ministers and officials are

:46:30. > :46:33.committed to ensuring that the many and varied elements of this

:46:34. > :46:41.country's extraordinary culture are available to everyone, not just to a

:46:42. > :46:45.privileged few. In fact, thd things we do our deep things that dverybody

:46:46. > :46:51.cares about and what we do to help these sectors to flourish is vital

:46:52. > :46:54.to bringing people together, whether they or their children have dance

:46:55. > :47:01.lessons, learn an instrument or play cricket. One of the first m`de as

:47:02. > :47:05.Culture Secretary was in Liverpool, where I was reminded how much

:47:06. > :47:15.culture and the arts matter for their own sake and how they can help

:47:16. > :47:18.everybody. The project at T`te Liverpool that are bringing together

:47:19. > :47:25.families with children that have altars and was inspiring. Bding part

:47:26. > :47:29.of an orchestra or netball squad teaches us to have discipline and to

:47:30. > :47:41.work as the team and to respect others. More than that, the exercise

:47:42. > :47:45.our minds and let our hearts. I want young people everywhere in the UK,

:47:46. > :47:51.no matter what their background to have the chance to do these things.

:47:52. > :47:57.Culture is not just a means to an end, but an end in itself. No one

:47:58. > :48:03.has a monopoly on our cultural pursuits. They do not belong to the

:48:04. > :48:07.Government, they do not belong to the wealthy and privileged, they do

:48:08. > :48:16.not belong to quangos or broadcasters. They are therd for

:48:17. > :48:21.everyone. Sports, heritage `nd the arts can bring us together `nd open

:48:22. > :48:27.doors. It is through our culture, our uniquely rich, varied and

:48:28. > :48:31.marvellous culture, that most people in other countries first cole to

:48:32. > :48:39.understand what Great Britahn is all about. It is our main sourcd of soft

:48:40. > :48:45.power, the way we share and spread our values, values of toler`nce

:48:46. > :48:50.freedom of speech, gender epuality, diversity and opportunity for

:48:51. > :48:58.everyone. In fact, we already lead the world in many fields. DCMS

:48:59. > :49:02.sectors provide opportunitids for us to make life better at home and to

:49:03. > :49:08.project ourselves to the rest of the world. The games and Rio showed how

:49:09. > :49:15.DCMS can open doors across the globe. At the British House,

:49:16. > :49:21.WinSport baulk-mac trade met culture, we were able to showcase

:49:22. > :49:30.the best of British. Everyone wanted to be there. I am not going to deny

:49:31. > :49:34.it was partly because you could meet fantastic athletes, but you could

:49:35. > :49:40.also go and see a Shakespeare play or marvel at British fashion or

:49:41. > :49:44.design. It is thanks to a Conservative Prime Minister, Sir

:49:45. > :49:50.John Major, that we have a National Lottery but has funded sport,

:49:51. > :49:53.heritage, and charitable projects up and down the country.

:49:54. > :50:09.APPLAUSE Lottery funding helped win ledals in

:50:10. > :50:15.Rio. And it will keep on helping win medals. I'm pleased to annotnce that

:50:16. > :50:22.Sport England is awarding ?4 million of lottery money to spend the

:50:23. > :50:28.biggest, strongest and most diverse team ever, to the 2018 Commonwealth

:50:29. > :50:32.Games in Australia. It will allow team England to top the med`l table

:50:33. > :50:43.in Glasgow 2014 to take on the Aussies in their own backyard.

:50:44. > :50:51.Of course, we'll be looking to work with Australia as one of our closest

:50:52. > :50:54.friends, but, hey, we still want to beat them!

:50:55. > :50:58.LAUGHTER Eight years later, the Commonwealth

:50:59. > :51:01.Games could be hosted right here in Birmingham. After last week's

:51:02. > :51:09.announcement that it is preparing a bid for 2026. This city has a

:51:10. > :51:14.fantastic sporting pedigree. And we look forward to seeing therd

:51:15. > :51:19.exciting plans. The Governmdnt has a long track record of support for

:51:20. > :51:24.major events, from London 2012 the last year's the World Cup. @nd we

:51:25. > :51:31.are ready to share our knowledge and expertise with her medium and any

:51:32. > :51:37.other interested UK cities to help them develop a strong bid -, with

:51:38. > :51:41.Birmingham. Sporting culturd captivates people at home and

:51:42. > :51:48.abroad. And they need to other benefits, too. My department's

:51:49. > :51:55.industries represent a vital part of the modern UK economy. Tourhsm is

:51:56. > :52:01.worth more than ?60 billion. Creative industries contribtte more

:52:02. > :52:11.than ?87 billion. The fashion industry alone is worth ?26 billion.

:52:12. > :52:14.To give you some context, otr revitalised and very import`nt

:52:15. > :52:22.automotive industry is worth around ?19 billion. Altogether, DCLS

:52:23. > :52:27.sectors account for more th`n 1 % of all our goods and services. So I

:52:28. > :52:32.will be working closely with Liam Fox to help sell our cultur`l and

:52:33. > :52:39.creative offerings to the rdst of the world. And, as the department

:52:40. > :52:47.responsible for digital polhcy, I'm determined to ensure we are ready to

:52:48. > :52:51.take advantage of new opportunities. For example, the 5G innovathon

:52:52. > :52:56.centre at the University of Surrey, in which the Government has

:52:57. > :53:00.invested, will help make thd UK a world leader in the developlent of

:53:01. > :53:05.next-generation communications technology. It is also vital that

:53:06. > :53:12.people have the skills they need to thrive in a modern economy. But too

:53:13. > :53:17.many are struggling to get by, with more than 10 million adults lacking

:53:18. > :53:23.the skills to use technologx or navigate the internet that lost of

:53:24. > :53:28.us take for granted. So, working with my colleague Justine Greening,

:53:29. > :53:34.we want to help all digitally deprived adults access the training

:53:35. > :53:39.and education they need. Through the Digital economy Bill, we will

:53:40. > :53:44.introduce a new statutory dtty that puts free training in basic digital

:53:45. > :53:49.stills on the same footing `s equivalent training for English and

:53:50. > :53:53.maths. -- digital skills. This is all part of a Conservative

:53:54. > :53:55.industrial strategy that works for everyone, and will keep us

:53:56. > :53:57.competitive in a fast changhng world.

:53:58. > :54:15.APPLAUSE Last month, Microsoft committed to

:54:16. > :54:21.investing billions in Britahn over the next few years, as they opened

:54:22. > :54:27.their new cloud infrastructtre here. Amazon are creating 3.5 thotsand new

:54:28. > :54:29.technology jobs right across the country in Edinburgh, Manchdster,

:54:30. > :54:38.Cambridge, Leicestershire and London. Meanwhile, Apple ard going

:54:39. > :54:44.to site then London headquarters at Battersea Power Station with 14 0

:54:45. > :54:49.staff. These are big vote of confidence in Britain, and hn our

:54:50. > :54:59.determination to be a leading player in the global Digital econoly.

:55:00. > :55:08.But we shouldn't be surprisdd - Britain is a great country, and my

:55:09. > :55:16.department will be at the forefront of making sure that it works for

:55:17. > :55:18.everyone. Dynamic arts, thrhlling sport, advanced technology, all

:55:19. > :55:26.these will help bring Britahn together. Because that's wh`t

:55:27. > :55:30.culture and sport you. It jtst so happens that these things are worth

:55:31. > :55:36.a fortune to the UK, and help us make our mark in the world ,- that

:55:37. > :55:40.is what culture and sport do. But over the individual basis they also

:55:41. > :55:47.improve our lives. We have ` tremendously exciting opportunity

:55:48. > :56:19.with culture, media and sport. I hope you'll join. Thank you.

:56:20. > :56:25.Thank you, Karen. A special thank you to all the Olympians and

:56:26. > :56:29.Paralympians who joined us today. We will shortly be hearing frol Andrea

:56:30. > :56:33.Leadsom, Secretary of State for in Rome and food and rural aff`irs But

:56:34. > :56:40.before she joined us on stage, let's hear from her in her own words. I'm

:56:41. > :56:43.Andrea Leadsom, member of Parliament. Northamptonshird and

:56:44. > :56:46.Secretary of State for Defr`. I think the figure I most admhre from

:56:47. > :56:55.history is William Wilberforce. You know, from the backbenches he

:56:56. > :56:57.single-handedly is attributdd with abolishing the slave trade.

:56:58. > :57:01.Obviously loads of people wdre involved in that, but I really

:57:02. > :57:04.admire the fact that he was so committed, so dedicated to `chieving

:57:05. > :57:07.that fantastic goal, and of course today there is a lot that wd need to

:57:08. > :57:13.do to try and ensure that hhs legacy has gone to waste. My favourite

:57:14. > :57:17.thing about my constituency? I think there are three things. The first

:57:18. > :57:26.has to be the beautiful countryside. It's stunning. I have 92 villages

:57:27. > :57:29.and parishes in my area. Secondly is the fact that my family comd from

:57:30. > :57:32.there for generations, so I love it for that reason, it's got lots of

:57:33. > :57:37.history. The third it is right bang in the beloved England, it hs easy

:57:38. > :57:43.to get anywhere. Ten years on, my biggest ambition was getting into

:57:44. > :57:46.grammar school. -- ten years old. It was quite a big thing in my junior

:57:47. > :57:50.school, to get into the girls grammar. It was such a huge

:57:51. > :57:53.achievement, I was so pleasdd when I did it. Yeah, I think that's

:57:54. > :57:59.probably the thing I was most ambitious to achieve. My department

:58:00. > :58:03.is superb. I'm loving the job. I guess the thing that excites me most

:58:04. > :58:10.is the huge opportunity of leaving the EU, the chance to reallx make

:58:11. > :58:15.our food and farming exciting and exported all around the world, and

:58:16. > :58:18.of course, really importantly, is the opportunity to put our

:58:19. > :58:21.environment at the heart of everything we do, and to crdate

:58:22. > :58:25.policies that really works for the UK's spaces and wildlife and habitat

:58:26. > :59:02.and so on. Hello. I can't tell you what a great

:59:03. > :59:07.pleasure it is to be here today As you all know, I am so optimhstic

:59:08. > :59:12.about our future following our decision to leave the EU and the

:59:13. > :59:14.chance we now have the plot a new cause for ourselves in the world.

:59:15. > :59:26.APPLAUSE And I'm particularly proud to be

:59:27. > :59:30.here as part of the reason lay's first Cabinet, and part of `

:59:31. > :59:35.government that is building a country that works for everxone As

:59:36. > :59:40.Environment Secretary, I fedl I have a key role to play, not just in

:59:41. > :59:46.seizing the opportunities that await us outside the EU, but also in

:59:47. > :59:52.making sure that we are the first generation to leave our envhronment

:59:53. > :00:02.in a better state than we found it. APPLAUSE

:00:03. > :00:07.This is a job I'm passionatd about. I don't think anything can be more

:00:08. > :00:13.important than the food we dat, the air we breathe, and the watdr we

:00:14. > :00:18.rely on. In contrast to what Labour is up to, we are getting on with the

:00:19. > :00:22.job. Putting the country first. Now, I don't know about you, but it

:00:23. > :00:25.seemed to me their leadershhp election dragged on far too long.

:00:26. > :00:36.APPLAUSE If only they'd come to me for advice

:00:37. > :00:48.on how to keep it short! LAUGHTER

:00:49. > :00:57.Unlike Labour, we know that the cost of division is too great. Unity and

:00:58. > :01:01.sound government are the drhving forces behind everything we

:01:02. > :01:05.Conservatives do, both at home and abroad. And it's one of the key

:01:06. > :01:10.reasons I was drawn to this party as a teenager. And the Conserv`tives

:01:11. > :01:16.have always been the party of the environment. It's at the he`rt of

:01:17. > :01:19.our political full loss of view It was eight Conservative government

:01:20. > :01:24.that created one of the first environment departments in the

:01:25. > :01:28.world. A Conservative government that led global efforts on tackling

:01:29. > :01:33.the hole in the ozone layer. And that was amongst the first to make

:01:34. > :01:39.the case for action on clim`te change. And it was a Conservative

:01:40. > :01:41.government that established our national forest, regenerating

:01:42. > :01:49.thousands of acres of industrial land in the Midlands.

:01:50. > :01:55.APPLAUSE And today we're continuing to lead

:01:56. > :02:02.from the front with a superb team at Defra. We have George Eustis, our

:02:03. > :02:05.excellent food and farming Linister who is a real champion of otr

:02:06. > :02:11.world-class farming and fishing industries. Our environment and

:02:12. > :02:16.rural life opportunities Minister is taking forward are highly albitious

:02:17. > :02:20.plans for the environment. John Gardner, our Minister for r`w

:02:21. > :02:25.affairs and bio-security, who is working hard to keep our cotntry

:02:26. > :02:30.safe from animal and plant disease. And we are supported in Parliament

:02:31. > :02:32.by our excellent colleagues Cheryl Murray, Simon Hall, Mark Spdncer and

:02:33. > :02:48.Colin Chisholm. Now, I know from my own constituency

:02:49. > :02:53.of South Northamptonshire that the British countryside is some of the

:02:54. > :02:58.most beautiful in the world. Our stunning landscapes are famous right

:02:59. > :03:04.across the globe. They've inspired paintings, poems, and pop songs

:03:05. > :03:07.They attract millions of visitors, underpinning a rural tourisl

:03:08. > :03:15.industry that is worth more than ?30 billion per year. I hear th`t

:03:16. > :03:17.tourists or even buying bottled English countryside are for up to

:03:18. > :03:22.?80 per ago. LAUGHTER

:03:23. > :03:28.But that doesn't tell the whole story, by any means. The English

:03:29. > :03:34.countryside is also home to one in five people, and over half ` million

:03:35. > :03:40.businesses. We want to make the most of this vast economic potential As

:03:41. > :03:45.well as making sure there is a great quality-of-life on offer to those

:03:46. > :03:50.who live in rural areas, I want people living in our market towns

:03:51. > :03:56.and villages to have the sale life opportunities as those who live in

:03:57. > :04:01.our cities. So if you are a local school leavers looking for `n

:04:02. > :04:05.apprenticeship, if you are ` single working mother seeking access to

:04:06. > :04:10.pre-childcare, or if you or an elderly couple needing local

:04:11. > :04:21.transport, our plan aims to keep our village is thriving and growing

:04:22. > :04:28.And it's great to be working closely with Karen and her team on

:04:29. > :04:33.connecting up the countryside. We're both determined to improve lobile

:04:34. > :04:38.phone coverage and the roll,out superfast broadband. I know so well

:04:39. > :04:41.how frustrating it is to se`rch the House just for a single bar of

:04:42. > :04:46.signal when you're trying to send the text. Or, worse still, hf you

:04:47. > :04:50.can't get onto your Pokemon Go account!

:04:51. > :04:55.LAUGHTER Building resilience is key to the

:04:56. > :05:00.success of the raw economy. And nowhere more so than in protecting

:05:01. > :05:04.our communities from the impacts of increasingly extreme weather. None

:05:05. > :05:08.of us will forget the harrowing images of last winter but slack

:05:09. > :05:11.floods. And as I saw for myself last week in York and Leeds, the

:05:12. > :05:20.devastation caused the commtnities. The maintenance and improvelent of

:05:21. > :05:27.flood defences across the country is crucial and that is why we `re

:05:28. > :05:41.spending to 5p on 1500 scheles that will better protect 300,000 homes.

:05:42. > :05:45.-- one and a half billion pounds. We will also be investing ?1 bhllion of

:05:46. > :05:51.flood maintenance over the course of this Parliament and learning the

:05:52. > :05:55.lessons of last winter, we're quadruple in the number of temporary

:05:56. > :06:00.flood barriers and making otr critical infrastructure mord

:06:01. > :06:13.resilient. We want a brutal economy that works for everyone. -- rural.

:06:14. > :06:21.Wherever you come from, wherever you live, you can play a part in our

:06:22. > :06:26.nation's success. Food and farming has helped shape some of our finest

:06:27. > :06:33.landscapes and with three qtarters of our country being farmed it has a

:06:34. > :06:37.key environmental role to play. It is also of huge economic importance,

:06:38. > :06:46.generating over ?100 billion a year and employing one in eight of us. It

:06:47. > :06:54.is our biggest manufacturing sector, Edgerton the car and aerosp`ce

:06:55. > :06:58.industries combined. -- bigger than the card. The British brand is known

:06:59. > :07:06.throughout the world for its quality, innovation and tradition.

:07:07. > :07:14.APPLAUSE Our farmers are world leaders in

:07:15. > :07:19.animal welfare, food safety and food traceability, something we should be

:07:20. > :07:24.proud of. Our fishermen braved the seas in all weathers to land the

:07:25. > :07:26.finest fish, there is is an industry that is dear to all of us.

:07:27. > :07:42.APPLAUSE Whether it is anguished chocolate,

:07:43. > :07:54.Scotch whiskey or a Welsh l`mb, everyone wants to buy our products.

:07:55. > :07:59.Last year, we exported more than ?18 billion of food and drink and in the

:08:00. > :08:10.first half of this year exports are up by 6% and growing strongly. I can

:08:11. > :08:14.tell you with particular satisfaction that only last month

:08:15. > :08:20.the French voted British lalb they are products of the year. -, their

:08:21. > :08:29.product of the year. APPLAUSE

:08:30. > :08:33.Just one small example of how International Trade is at the heart

:08:34. > :08:39.of our economy. Thanks to that momentous day in June, therd is no

:08:40. > :08:45.doubt that we now have a superb opportunity to establish new trading

:08:46. > :08:50.relationships across the globe. It is a chance to reassert ourselves as

:08:51. > :08:56.the great, outward looking, trading nation we have always been. The

:08:57. > :08:57.great nation of exporters, the great nation of Britain.

:08:58. > :09:15.APPLAUSE I want every person in everx corner

:09:16. > :09:20.of the globe to know that wd are open for business and ready to

:09:21. > :09:26.trade. At the beginning of this year we launched our great British food

:09:27. > :09:32.unit, to promote our food and worldwide. We are selling coffee to

:09:33. > :09:42.Brazil, sparkling wine to France, and Nan bread to India.

:09:43. > :09:47.APPLAUSE Now, under the leadership of Liam

:09:48. > :09:50.Fox, we have a department International Trade to further

:09:51. > :09:55.develop our trade and export opportunities. In the coming weeks

:09:56. > :09:59.and months, ministers from both our departments will be crossing the

:10:00. > :10:06.globe to fly the flag and b`nged the drum for great British food and rank

:10:07. > :10:12.-- banded Rumford great British food and rink.

:10:13. > :10:16.APPLAUSE To take advantage of this growing

:10:17. > :10:21.demand, we are working with industry to treble the number of

:10:22. > :10:26.apprenticeships in food and farming, helping young people into this

:10:27. > :10:29.high-tech sector, a sector that leads the world in innovation,

:10:30. > :10:36.producing more new products every year that France and Germanx

:10:37. > :10:41.combined. We are also investing in science and technology to cdment our

:10:42. > :10:44.status as a global research hub helping to boost our farmers'

:10:45. > :10:50.productivity and sharpen our competitive edge. Our ambithon for

:10:51. > :10:55.the industry will be reflected in our 25 year plan for food and

:10:56. > :11:01.farming, setting out how we can grow more, buy Moore and sell more

:11:02. > :11:06.British food. Where there are challenges, we are determindd to

:11:07. > :11:11.address these, working with the farming industry to boost its

:11:12. > :11:15.resilience to high prices, larket volatility, and animal and plant

:11:16. > :11:21.disease. Unlike Labour, we will not walk away from the battle against

:11:22. > :11:35.bovine TB. APPLAUSE

:11:36. > :11:41.As we prepare to leave you, it is crucial that we provide our farmers

:11:42. > :11:46.with certainty and continuity. - to lead the EU. It is important that we

:11:47. > :11:52.have been able to confirm the same amount of agricultural support until

:11:53. > :11:55.2020. We will honour all environmental agreements signed

:11:56. > :11:59.before the Autumn Statement for their lifetime, even if thex run

:12:00. > :12:10.beyond our departure from the EU. APPLAUSE

:12:11. > :12:19.Our farmers, our fishermen, and I food producers have a proud heritage

:12:20. > :12:29.and I am convinced that outside the day have an even brighter ftture. --

:12:30. > :12:33.outside the EU. Those with good memories will remember Mrs

:12:34. > :12:41.Thatcher's speech nearly 30 years ago. In it she said that no

:12:42. > :12:46.generation has a freehold on this earth, all we have is a lifd tenancy

:12:47. > :12:53.with the repairing lease. I could not agree more. Today we continue to

:12:54. > :12:57.lead on the environment, colmitting to being the first generation to

:12:58. > :13:04.leave it in a better state than we found it. Connecting people with

:13:05. > :13:10.nature and developing a long-term plan for the environment ard central

:13:11. > :13:15.to our ambition. Many are ltcky that their children can just step outside

:13:16. > :13:21.to enjoy the outdoors, but fortune or a luxury have nothing to do with

:13:22. > :13:28.it. It is shocking that in the last year one in nine children h`s not

:13:29. > :13:32.visited a single green spacd. We now two thirds of people live whthin 30

:13:33. > :13:39.minutes of a national park or an area of outstanding natural beauty.

:13:40. > :13:44.Our plans set out how we want to engage children at every st`ge of

:13:45. > :13:51.their education, introducing them to the wonder of the great outdoors. As

:13:52. > :13:55.part of our manifesto commitment to plant 11 million trees by 2020,

:13:56. > :14:01.we're working with the Woodlands trust to get more trees into the

:14:02. > :14:05.grounds of schools and making great progress on the English coastal

:14:06. > :14:13.path, a 3000 mile footpath dxtending around the entire English coastline,

:14:14. > :14:17.opening up our countryside to all. I want everyone, whatever thehr

:14:18. > :14:22.background, wherever they lhve, to have access to a clean and healthy

:14:23. > :14:33.environment. APPLAUSE

:14:34. > :14:38.By tackling problems of air quality and cleaning up our rivers `nd

:14:39. > :14:44.beaches, we can have an envhronment that works for everyone. As well as

:14:45. > :14:50.connecting people with nature, they are taking action on the environment

:14:51. > :14:56.as a whole. Our national pollinator strategy will help support our bees

:14:57. > :15:02.and pollinators who are crucial to our environment and our food. The

:15:03. > :15:06.charge on plastic bags will see 6 billion fewer bags and circtlation

:15:07. > :15:11.this year, reducing the litter on the street and the amount of plastic

:15:12. > :15:15.in our rivers and seas. In coming weeks I will be taking steps to ban

:15:16. > :15:16.the use of micro beads in cosmetics and personal care products.

:15:17. > :15:32.APPLAUSE I am truly excited that our

:15:33. > :15:38.departure from the EU means we can develop policies that are t`ilored

:15:39. > :15:42.to our most precious habitats and wildlife, not a one size fits all

:15:43. > :15:52.for 28 member states. APPLAUSE

:15:53. > :15:58.It is this opportunity we whll be seizing as we work on our albitious

:15:59. > :16:02.25 year plan for the environment, using nature's or on building blocks

:16:03. > :16:10.and landscapes to benefit plants and animals. And globally I want to see

:16:11. > :16:16.us playing an even greater leadership role. Last year, as

:16:17. > :16:21.energy Minister, I was proud to see the UK taking a central rold in the

:16:22. > :16:25.Paris climate change agreemdnt. It was great to hear the Prime Minister

:16:26. > :16:35.said there we will be putting that agreement into the law this year.

:16:36. > :16:38.APPLAUSE Two weeks ago, I announced our

:16:39. > :16:44.intention to ban the trade hn modern-day ivory. This will make the

:16:45. > :16:49.UK's rule some of the toughdst in the world and it will help to ensure

:16:50. > :16:53.that the elephant is around for centuries to come and not consigned

:16:54. > :17:06.to the museum or history books. APPLAUSE

:17:07. > :17:10.We are doubling the size of the blue belt around our overseas

:17:11. > :17:15.territories, creating a protected area four times the size of India

:17:16. > :17:22.and safeguarding the incredhble seas and wildlife of Ireland's. ,- of

:17:23. > :17:32.various islands. This is thd start of our ambition. There is mtch more

:17:33. > :17:37.to do. I am determined that this Government will continue to champion

:17:38. > :17:43.our countryside and environlent I truly believe our best days are

:17:44. > :17:46.ahead of us. That is why we are putting in place the policids to

:17:47. > :17:54.deliver an economy that works for everyone. And environment that works

:17:55. > :17:57.for everyone. And a country that works for everyone. Thank you.

:17:58. > :18:46.APPLAUSE Thank you. It now gives me great

:18:47. > :18:53.pleasure to welcome a man who is truly passionate about Brit`in's

:18:54. > :18:55.place in the world. Before we enter the Secretary of State for

:18:56. > :19:00.International trade to the stage, we can hear from him himself. H am Liam

:19:01. > :19:11.Fox and nine the Secretary of State for International trade and I

:19:12. > :19:22.represent North Somerset. I grew up in the West of Scotland. Thdre was a

:19:23. > :19:26.Government falling apart and we were being dictated to by the tr`de

:19:27. > :19:33.unions, and I thought there must be a better way. That was when Margaret

:19:34. > :19:37.Thatcher was becoming prominent not yet Prime Minister. I thought, that

:19:38. > :19:44.is where I want to go and the country I want to have. When I was

:19:45. > :19:48.ten years old I transitioned from wanting to be a train driver to a

:19:49. > :19:52.doctor, and medicine was wh`t I wanted to do from that point

:19:53. > :19:57.onwards. I had ten years working as a doctor in the health servhce and I

:19:58. > :20:02.think if you have one career that you love in your life then xou are

:20:03. > :20:10.lucky. If you get to that you have enjoyed that is even better. Someone

:20:11. > :20:15.I admire that a lot of people will know this Thomas Wakeley, who came

:20:16. > :20:25.from Somerset, he also becale a doctor and he then became a corner.

:20:26. > :20:30.He famously had a case wherd two soldiers had been flogged to death

:20:31. > :20:32.and then he became a member of Parliament and was responsible for

:20:33. > :20:40.having flogging abolished in the Army. I think he is a picture of

:20:41. > :20:43.someone with real conviction all the way through and took the decisions

:20:44. > :20:49.he had to make to get what he wanted a cheap. -- wanted achieved.

:20:50. > :21:13.APPLAUSE There was a time when the tdrms

:21:14. > :21:18.Britain and free trade would have been almost synonymous. For over two

:21:19. > :21:23.centuries, we were the tradhng nation. From the intellectu`l

:21:24. > :21:28.pioneers such as Adam Smith, whose book, the Wealth of Nations, make

:21:29. > :21:31.the case for free trade, to the Royal Navy's patrol of the world's

:21:32. > :21:35.trade routes, to the might `nd resilience of the British mdrchant

:21:36. > :21:40.Navy, this country was at the forefront of a free and open trading

:21:41. > :21:45.world. And this party also played its part. When Sir Robert Pdel

:21:46. > :21:50.fought against the vested interests of the data to repeal the corn laws

:21:51. > :21:53.and prevent the exploitation of the poor, he set the tone for a

:21:54. > :21:59.Conservative Party that was to become the most successful that the

:22:00. > :22:07.democratic world had ever known It is astonishing then that for the

:22:08. > :22:11.last 43 years trade has not been a primary responsibility for the

:22:12. > :22:17.United Kingdom, but outsourced, alt source to the Common Market that was

:22:18. > :22:20.then to become the European Union -- outsourced. All of that is `bout to

:22:21. > :22:30.change. APPLAUSE

:22:31. > :22:37.As a result of our historic decision taken on the 23rd of June to leave

:22:38. > :22:43.the European Union, our new Prime Minister has decided to put trade

:22:44. > :22:46.back at the heart of governlent And the new Department for International

:22:47. > :22:51.trade will undertake that t`sk, and I am proud to be the first dedicated

:22:52. > :22:53.Secretary of State for tradd in decades in this country.

:22:54. > :23:08.APPLAUSE We meet here in Birmingham `t a

:23:09. > :23:14.moment of great national ch`nge The result of our referendum in June was

:23:15. > :23:17.clear - the British people instructed us that they wanted to be

:23:18. > :23:22.given more control over the decisions that affect them. And that

:23:23. > :23:26.is what we're working hard to deliver. And that includes getting

:23:27. > :23:31.the deal right for Britain `broad, making a success of our exit from

:23:32. > :23:35.the European Union and shaphng a ambitious global role that puts

:23:36. > :23:39.Britain's interests first. @nd on the task ahead, I'm very fortunate

:23:40. > :23:45.to be assisted by three of the most talented ministers in government.

:23:46. > :23:49.Greg hands, Mark Bright and Mark Garnier. Not only did they bring

:23:50. > :23:53.expertise and endless hard work to the task, but they are amongst three

:23:54. > :24:00.of the nicest people I've ever worked with in government. @nd we

:24:01. > :24:07.are a bully assisted by our terrific PDSs, -- we are a bully asshsted.

:24:08. > :24:17.Please, thank all of them -, we are ably assisted.

:24:18. > :24:25.In the 43 years since we last had responsibility for our own trade,

:24:26. > :24:30.the world has changed beyond recognition. We've seen the fall of

:24:31. > :24:34.the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism. Our technological

:24:35. > :24:37.revolution with the rise of the internet and e-commerce and the

:24:38. > :24:41.emergence of new economic ghants such as China and India, who will

:24:42. > :24:47.influence the world of the future. The nominal and that we havd come to

:24:48. > :24:50.notices the mid-19 90s as globalisation -- the phenomdnon It

:24:51. > :24:53.represents an acceleration of the trend in the world which is

:24:54. > :25:00.impressing the oppressed economic week, culturally and politically. --

:25:01. > :25:05.it is, press. There is in the dependence, we cannot insul`ted

:25:06. > :25:08.ourselves from instability hn the global economy. But it has `lso

:25:09. > :25:14.brought the chance to share prosperity. Liberty, and

:25:15. > :25:20.empowerment. With millions of our fellow human beings across the world

:25:21. > :25:24.who had only ever known povdrty hopelessness and depression. The

:25:25. > :25:28.ability to trade every minute and everywhere means that we have the

:25:29. > :25:33.opportunity to influence our links with those trading partners and

:25:34. > :25:37.markets who are functionallx like ours, but not necessarily

:25:38. > :25:43.geographically close to us. Technological advances are

:25:44. > :25:49.dissolving away the barriers of time and distance. I've often sahd that

:25:50. > :25:53.if the writer Francis Fukuy`ma had called his book the end of geography

:25:54. > :25:58.rather than the end of history, he'd have been more accurate abott the

:25:59. > :26:01.world we now find ourselves. I think the term globalisation could almost

:26:02. > :26:05.have been written with Brit`in in mind. It's an era where we have a

:26:06. > :26:11.tremendous opportunity to hdlp shape the world around us for the benefit

:26:12. > :26:16.of all. And it is into this new environment that the Departlent for

:26:17. > :26:20.International trade has comd. The Department has three tasks. First,

:26:21. > :26:25.to promote the export of Brhtish goods and services around the world.

:26:26. > :26:31.To help create sustained prosperity for all our people. Second, to

:26:32. > :26:35.facilitate investment, conthnuing the phenomenal flow of forehgn

:26:36. > :26:39.direct investment into the TK that has helped produce a sustained and

:26:40. > :26:45.strong economy. As well as dnsuring that our overseas investments

:26:46. > :26:51.produce future income with help and expand as much or the markets that

:26:52. > :26:55.we want to sell into. Thirdly, to generate the trade negotiathng

:26:56. > :26:59.capability that we will reqtire as we leave the European Union and take

:27:00. > :27:06.our place as an independent trading nation, championing the cause of

:27:07. > :27:12.free and open trade. Intuithvely, we are a trading people. We got canals

:27:13. > :27:18.and built railways to get otr goods to market more quickly, and in the

:27:19. > :27:21.process, helped build our great industrial cities. Raw materials

:27:22. > :27:24.would enter Lancashire mill towns and be transported to far-flung

:27:25. > :27:31.places on the globe thanks to the expertise and the might of the

:27:32. > :27:34.British merchant Navy. This small island nation, sitting at the

:27:35. > :27:37.northern edge of Europe, became the worlds largest and most powdrful

:27:38. > :27:46.trading nation. APPLAUSE

:27:47. > :27:53.Not only did we create and dominate whole areas of global trade but we

:27:54. > :28:00.even managed, quite literally, to sell T-Tip Finer and boomer`ngs to

:28:01. > :28:06.Australia. And our best performing sectors -- to sell heated Fhner We

:28:07. > :28:11.continue that today. 1.68 mhllion vehicles were made in 2015, and

:28:12. > :28:15.forecasts suggest that our current performance, 2 million will be made

:28:16. > :28:22.by 2020, beating a record that has stood since 1972. Car menu factoring

:28:23. > :28:28.generated more than ?63 billion in turnover in 2016 and generates 12

:28:29. > :28:32.billion in net value to the British economy every year. It is bhg

:28:33. > :28:37.business again. In the north-west of England, a car rolls off thd

:28:38. > :28:44.production line at JL's Elwood plant every 80 seconds, being exported to

:28:45. > :28:49.many countries worldwide, and every 2.5 seconds, a plane takes off all

:28:50. > :28:51.lands somewhere in the world powered by British Rolls-Royce engines.

:28:52. > :28:52.Trade has been the building block of who we are.

:28:53. > :29:06.APPLAUSE But, there are two problems that we

:29:07. > :29:11.have to tackle. The first is a slowdown in the world trading

:29:12. > :29:13.activity. The World Trade Organisation has just downgraded its

:29:14. > :29:19.forecast for the growth in international commerce. It will be

:29:20. > :29:25.the first time that we have seen a fall in the share of trade `s a

:29:26. > :29:31.share of global activity since 001 and the events of 9/11. Let me tell

:29:32. > :29:36.you, the voices of protectionism are out there. And we need to drown them

:29:37. > :29:40.out by a clear and passionate defence of free trade. We h`ve

:29:41. > :29:46.learned from history that isolationism and protectionhsm never

:29:47. > :29:50.end well. We must take everx opportunity to make the casd for

:29:51. > :29:55.open markets, with reducing tariffs and the dismantling of nont`riff

:29:56. > :29:58.barriers that practices and regulations that make it more

:29:59. > :30:03.difficult to do business. And we need to deal with the second problem

:30:04. > :30:10.here at home. Despite the spectacular successes of sole of our

:30:11. > :30:15.biggest exporters, which ard now global brands, the UK has

:30:16. > :30:19.experienced a deteriorating trade performance since 2011, with our

:30:20. > :30:23.exported growing more slowlx than some of our G7 counterparts in the

:30:24. > :30:30.United States, Germany and France. As I set out in a speech on free

:30:31. > :30:35.trade last week in Manchestdr, export is now only account for 7%

:30:36. > :30:42.of our GDP. Compared to an DU average of over 47%. Even if we take

:30:43. > :30:50.the most favourable measure of value added estimate, we still tr`il

:30:51. > :30:56.behind by 21% to 33%. We cannot but the challenge of a current `ccount

:30:57. > :31:00.deficit which currently stands at a record 5.9% of GDP. Improving the

:31:01. > :31:03.UK's productivity must be at the heart of this, which is why the

:31:04. > :31:10.Chancellor Philip Hammond h`s made it such a priority, but we lust also

:31:11. > :31:15.rebalance our economy with dxporting playing the sort of role th`t it has

:31:16. > :31:21.done in the past. It may cole as a surprise to many, to find ott that

:31:22. > :31:26.only 11% of British companids today export anything at all beyond our

:31:27. > :31:31.borders. We know from the performance of the best that we can

:31:32. > :31:35.do much better overall, so we need to stimulate and support our export

:31:36. > :31:39.potential. That is why we whll be setting out a range of meastres to

:31:40. > :31:44.help in courage those busindsses who do not currently export to help play

:31:45. > :31:49.a greater role in our national prosperity. The Americans and the

:31:50. > :31:51.Germans can do it in the sale global trading environment, then I'm

:31:52. > :32:02.absolutely convinced so can we. APPLAUSE

:32:03. > :32:08.In our department, we already moving our staff, who support our dxporters

:32:09. > :32:12.to wear the best market opportunities exist, that is why,

:32:13. > :32:17.for example, we are opening three new offices in the United States, in

:32:18. > :32:22.San Diego, Minneapolis, and more new centres to help our exporters will

:32:23. > :32:28.follow. These are challenges that we would have to face whether or not we

:32:29. > :32:32.remained in the European Unhon. But tackling them now will help us take

:32:33. > :32:37.advantage of the opportunithes that await us following the Bravd and

:32:38. > :32:41.historic decision of the Brhtish people to leave. The Prime Linister

:32:42. > :32:47.has said clearly that Brexit means it. And for those who believe it can

:32:48. > :32:52.beat indefinitely postponed or that there might be a second refdrendum,

:32:53. > :32:56.or that we might stay by sole back door mechanism, let me tell you

:32:57. > :32:59.this, Theresa May is not solebody who is known for saying anything

:33:00. > :33:00.other than what she absolutdly means.

:33:01. > :33:18.APPLAUSE Now, well we remain inside the

:33:19. > :33:23.European Union, we are bound by its rules not to negotiate any new trade

:33:24. > :33:29.agreements, as Boris repeatddly reminds me. But we are able to

:33:30. > :33:33.discuss the impediments that we might wish to eliminate the head of

:33:34. > :33:39.agreements that we might re`ch with other countries when we leave. And

:33:40. > :33:42.that's why you will hear evdn the most fervent advocates of a

:33:43. > :33:45.free-trade agreement with the United Kingdom reiterate that they have to

:33:46. > :33:52.deal with the EU first. And as long as we remain a member, we whll push

:33:53. > :34:00.continually for EU agreements that open up global trade, such `s the EU

:34:01. > :34:05.trade agreement with Canada. Their prosperity increases our prosperity,

:34:06. > :34:10.and a more "Bull market can genuinely be a win-win for ts all.

:34:11. > :34:14.And while we remain in the TS and after we leave, we will continue to

:34:15. > :34:21.push the case for Britain as a great place to do business. Now, hn case

:34:22. > :34:25.any of you haven't noticed, the sky didn't fall down on the 24th of

:34:26. > :34:35.June. APPLAUSE

:34:36. > :34:43.For, instead of investors fleeing the UK, we've seen a record amount

:34:44. > :34:47.of inward investment. We saw the ?24 billion investment by the J`panese

:34:48. > :34:51.company in Cambridge, as well as a whole host of others, including

:34:52. > :34:55.Apple and GSK. And wide does investment come to Britain? It comes

:34:56. > :35:01.because we have many natural advantages, advantages that we will

:35:02. > :35:04.continue to exploit. We havd a system of law, including colmercial

:35:05. > :35:16.law, that is admired across the whole world. We have a skilled

:35:17. > :35:18.workforce, low levels of industrial disruption, no regulation, low

:35:19. > :35:21.taxation, some of the best universities in the world, ` strong

:35:22. > :35:23.research base, we speak English and we are in the right times of global

:35:24. > :35:25.trading. Why would anyone not want to invest in this country? ,- the

:35:26. > :35:40.right time zone. And it's the success of global

:35:41. > :35:43.trading that is key, not only do our own future prosperity, but hn the

:35:44. > :35:47.rating the millions of our fellow human beings who still live in the

:35:48. > :35:52.scandal of global poverty. @ccording to the World Bank in the three

:35:53. > :35:57.decades between 1981 and 2000, we have succeeded in producing the

:35:58. > :36:02.single greatest decrease in material and human deprivation in history. At

:36:03. > :36:07.a time when the population of the developing world has increased by

:36:08. > :36:13.almost 60%, the number of those in extreme poverty has dropped from

:36:14. > :36:18.around 50% to around 20%. That is a staggering achievement. Yet

:36:19. > :36:22.free-trade by itself will not be enough on its own to be the

:36:23. > :36:29.empowering and liberating tool that many of us want to see. Resdarch

:36:30. > :36:32.tends to suggest that our trade does indeed reduce poverty, but ht can

:36:33. > :36:40.only do so effectively when there are a number of pre-existing

:36:41. > :36:43.conditions. These are high levels of education, developed financhal

:36:44. > :36:54.sectors, and, importantly, good governance and minimal corrtption.

:36:55. > :36:59.In a classical analysis, thd good news is that there are many more

:37:00. > :37:04.developing countries that s`tisfy their tests. Our continued focus on

:37:05. > :37:11.good governance, mediated and encouraged by international aid and

:37:12. > :37:17.assistance programmes and combined with a liberal trading environment,

:37:18. > :37:23.art the best hope to see poverty consigned to history. Trade and

:37:24. > :37:28.development can and should work together, which is why I'm delighted

:37:29. > :37:30.that the Secretary of State for International Development, Priti

:37:31. > :37:35.Patel, and I will be undert`king a joint visit to Africa in thd New

:37:36. > :37:37.Year. A first for Theresa M`y's government.

:37:38. > :37:52.APPLAUSE There is much to celebrate hn the

:37:53. > :37:58.success of the era of globalisation, the emergence of China from poverty

:37:59. > :38:02.into a new era of prosperitx and expectation, the rise of India, the

:38:03. > :38:06.increasing global trade and the reduction of poverty. And ydt we

:38:07. > :38:12.must also be aware that manx people are wary about the rate of change in

:38:13. > :38:17.the era of globalisation. Wd've met many of them in our daily lhves

:38:18. > :38:21.They may fear that the tradhtional occupations in which they h`ve spent

:38:22. > :38:27.their entire lives will dis`ppear, as a result of developing

:38:28. > :38:32.technologies. They maybe unsettled by the high impact of immigration,

:38:33. > :38:35.worried about the loss of jobs as markets become more competitive for

:38:36. > :38:40.labour. Of course change can saddling, which is why we mtst

:38:41. > :38:42.reassure people that the Government will play its part in a gripping the

:38:43. > :38:45.country for change.