Member

I must finish, but I have to thank Paul McCartney, Elton and David, Lord Lloyd-Webber, Jeanette Winterson, Kate Mosse, Sir Simon Rattle, Richard Osman, Kate Bush and all the other 40,000 artists, musicians, writers and supporters who have added their names to this fight. I thank the News Media Association and the overwhelming number of creative arts organisations that have voiced their support. On their behalf, I ask the Government what their plans are to support all of us when we no longer have a living. What is the root of the Government’s soft power when they have to confront the diminishing returns of synthetic material that will be in direct competition to UK creative industries but could not be built without our IP? What is the Government’s answer to the young people who say they cannot have a creative life because there is no prospect of an income stream?