Oral Question·Northern Ireland Office
“What steps his Department has taken to help protect the security of the public in Northern Ireland during the covid-19 outbreak.”
Tabled: 16 June 2020Answered: 24 June 2020
Asked by
Alicia Kearns
Conservative — Rutland and Stamford
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
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.