Channel 4 Privatisation
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Lucy Powell MP Lucy Powell Labour MP for Manchester Central
Channel 4 Privatisation
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Perhaps the Secretary of State will give way on that point, then, Madam Deputy Speaker.
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Yes, well, it may be, but I do not think it is. [Interruption.] No, I think the hon. Gentleman has let the mask slip on his own side, because Conservative Members do think Channel 4 is a bit...
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Channel 4 Privatisation
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I will not give way; I am going to make some progress. Unlike Netflix, which is seeing the number of its subscribers going down, All 4 is a highly successful free streaming service, generating...
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Channel 4 Privatisation
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As I am going on to say, many of these things will disappear. Channel 4 occupies a very important part in the ecosystem, and all parts of the ecosystem feed one another. The reason that some...
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Okay, if the hon. Gentleman wants to come in on that point. This is my final giving way.
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I am not going to give way any more. I think the hon. Gentleman is down to speak later anyway. The Government seem to think that the year-on-year investment Channel 4 makes across the country can...
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Absolutely, because it’s great up north, isn’t it? It is not godforsaken. I think that was the word somebody else used.
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My hon. Friend makes an incredibly powerful point that I fully support. Film4 is also a global success story that costs the taxpayer nothing. It invests £25 million each year in British...
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Cardiff is another hub for the media, so I give way to my hon. Friend.
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My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. There is no guarantee whatever.
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No, I do not. This year, it is the most profitable and successful that it has ever been, so I think the right hon. Gentleman’s figures are wrong.
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So the hon. Gentleman now thinks that Channel 4 is not important to Leeds. Perhaps he might want to take up the issue with Leeds MPs and Leeds constituents, who take a very different view. They...
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My hon. Friend makes a really good point. I will come on to some examples in my speech. Secondly, Channel 4 unashamedly supports British jobs and the British economy. The UK’s creative...
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I do not know why the right hon. Gentleman thinks that large American media companies are more innovative than small, British-made institutions such as Channel 4, which has been innovating for...
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I could not agree more. My hon. Friend makes some excellent points, some of which I will turn to later in my speech.
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We have a very plural system. The argument that I am making is that private and public play different roles in that important ecosystem, but I hope that the House will today agree with my motion...
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Channel 4 Privatisation
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I beg to move, That this House supports the UK’s much loved cultural institutions, which are celebrated around the world while creating jobs and growth across the country; in the Jubilee...
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I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, West Derby (Ian Byrne) for securing this urgent question and for his powerful testimony of his experience. The champions league final last...
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