Oral Question·Cabinet Office
“What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on strengthening the Union.”
Tabled: 16 September 2021Answered: 23 September 2021
Asked by
Sir Desmond Swayne
Conservative — New Forest West
Answering Minister
the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism (Chris Bryant)
As the right hon. Gentleman knows, a large proportion of the creative industries are constituted as small and medium-sized enterprises, and the vast majority of those are protected from the increase in national insurance contributions. Importantly, as many of them have said to me, they fully understand the need for greater expenditure on our public services, and that has to be matched by finding the money from somewhere.