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THREADThis week we briefed parliamentarians on how the #Brexitdeal impacts #musicians and called for transparency in the negotiation process.
Thank you to all the fantastic contributions in today’s @UKHouseofLords debate - see below for roundup
1/11
Lord True started by telling the house that mobility provisions for #musicians and the creative industries were rejected by the #EU. How did this happen? 2/11
in response, @LordLypsey asked the government why, despite assurances, the #tradedeal failed to protect the UK’s #classical #musicindustry.
‘We must not let today’s diminuendo for music be the end of our great European symphony'. 3/11
‘We must not let today’s diminuendo for music be the end of our great European symphony'. 3/11
Lord Hunt called for reciprocal #visafree travel arrangements agreements for #touring #musicians and crews working in #Europe, to move ‘from an era of mitigation to an era of opportunity’. 4/11
@EdVaizey called for pragmatism to protect the #arts.
'There is a whole to-do list to support our world beating creative industries which I hope ministers will focus on in the months and years to come'. 5/11
'There is a whole to-do list to support our world beating creative industries which I hope ministers will focus on in the months and years to come'. 5/11
@LordPhilofBrum highlights that the #tradedeal is a blow to #artists and #musicians
‘what steps are they now going to take to protect the #UK #musicsector, making good on the many assurances made just a matter of weeks ago?’. 6/11
‘what steps are they now going to take to protect the #UK #musicsector, making good on the many assurances made just a matter of weeks ago?’. 6/11
‘ #musicians need the capacity to move swiftly and cheaply and study at the lowest cost’
@Baroness_Nichol asks how and when the #Government will reach an agreement with the #EU to save #UK #music and the #creative industries. 7/11
@Baroness_Nichol asks how and when the #Government will reach an agreement with the #EU to save #UK #music and the #creative industries. 7/11
‘Our creative industries make us a soft-power superpower, and an economic powerhouse’
@jbonham_carter calls for a #visafree #cultural work #passport and assurances on costly red tape for the creative workforce who need to #tour the #EU. 8/11
@jbonham_carter calls for a #visafree #cultural work #passport and assurances on costly red tape for the creative workforce who need to #tour the #EU. 8/11
'this deal is a bad deal for our musicians and our crews who work and perform in the EU’
@aliciakennedy07 calls on the #Government to give clarity on rejected frictionless travel for #uk musicians in #Europe. 9/11
@aliciakennedy07 calls on the #Government to give clarity on rejected frictionless travel for #uk musicians in #Europe. 9/11
‘The fishing industry contributes £1.4 billion to the #uk #economy compared to the #Musicindustry which is worth £5.8 billion. Will the Government provide similar financial support to mitigate against the loss of work for #touring #musicians ?’ @MichaelBerkele2. 10/11
Read our latest #Brexit update to learn more about what @ISM_music is doing to fight for the #musicsector. 11/11 https://www.ism.org/advice/brexit-update-january-2021
11/11 https://www.ism.org/advice/brexit-update-january-2021
