Member

We have heard it suggested that current oversight mechanisms via DCMS and Arts Council sector plans are sufficient. However, none of these bodies has the power to shape employment law or is required to report formally to Parliament on how these laws are impacting creative freelancers. Crucially, during the last crisis these workers were consistently overlooked—a point very powerfully made by the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle. She alluded to the cases in Ireland, which I think were very instructive.