Extract from oral answer (Lords) on Brexit Opportunities Unit - July 19
Tuesday, 20 July 2021 07:45
Lord Strasburger (LD) [V]: While the benefits of Brexit remain so
elusive, should we not instead be tackling the serious downsides of
the EU trade deal, such as the huge hit to our £111 billion
creative arts sector? British performers now face major obstacles
to touring in Europe, including prohibitive costs and mountains of
red tape. Meanwhile, musicians from Tonga and other third countries
can tour freely in the EU. Since their negotiators were so much
more successful than ours, should not...Request free trial
(LD)
[V]: While the benefits of Brexit remain so elusive, should we not
instead be tackling the serious downsides of the EU trade deal,
such as the huge hit to our £111 billion creative arts sector?
British performers now face major obstacles to touring in Europe,
including prohibitive costs and mountains of red tape. Meanwhile,
musicians from Tonga and other third
countries can tour freely in the EU. Since their negotiators were
so much more successful than ours, should not this new director be
recruited from Tonga?
The Minister of State, Cabinet Office () (Con): My Lords, we stand fully behind our great
creative industries and support them in touring around the European
Union. As is well known, we have launched a campaign in the small
minority of member states that do not allow relatively easy
touring. We are actively lobbying the member states concerned and
will continue to do so, in the hope that they change their
arrangements to make them as liberal as ours.
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