Yesterday, there was a debate in the House of Commons on DCMS spending. You can read the full debate here. There was agreement that the budget had brought some welcome initiatives and that the Culture Recovery Fund was to be welcomed, but many expressed concern that the cultural …
Environment Bill
The Environment Bill was due to have its report stage and third reading this Tuesday, but the government announced that the bill will again be delayed. It is now expected to return early in the next Parliamentary session and become law “by autumn”. Organisations working for wildlife and environmental …
Environment Bill
The Environment Bill is scheduled to report to the House of Commons on 2 December 2020. We continue to advocate for some small changes to the legislations to include the historic environment in the provisions for the Bill. You can see our latest briefing on …
Research Paper on the Impact of COVID on Diversity in the Creative Industries’
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Creative Diversity and the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre have jointly released a paper looking at the impact of the pandemic on diversity in the creative sector. The research involved bringing together practitioners from the creative industries in the form of …
Fisheries Bill Receives Royal Assent
Last week, the Fisheries Bill received Royal Assent after 10 months in Parliament. The Fisheries Act 2020 gives the UK full control of its fishing waters for the first time since 1973. The Alliance is pleased the new Fisheries Act includes and takes into account heritage when …
Heritage Alliance Members Discussed the future Environment Bill with DEFRA
Members of the Heritage Alliance’s Rural Heritage Advocacy Group (RHAG), alongside members of DCMS, met with DEFRA to discuss concerns about the exclusion of heritage from the remit of the draft Environment Bill, as outlined in our paper Delivering the 25-Year Environment Plan for the historic …
Queen’s Speech
The State Opening of Parliament has taken place today (14 October 2019), with the Queen’s Speech outlining the government’s priorities on a variety of subjects. The main points of significance for the heritage sector are: There will be seven pieces of Brexit-related legislation, including measures to establish new …
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Industrial Heritage
An open session of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Industrial Heritage, chaired by Nicholas Thomas-Symonds MP, opened on 11th July at the V&A. It was attended by many stakeholders from across the public and private sectors, and saw plenary sessions featuring Ros Kerslake (CEO of …
Support for Heritage Railways from the House of Lords
In a recent debate in the House of Lords on the 2018 report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Heritage Rail (APPGHR): ‘Engaging the Next Generation: Young People and Heritage Railways’, the Heritage Railways Association (HRA) [Alliance member] President Lord Faulkner drew unchallenged support for heritage …
Time for a strategy for the rural economy, says Lords Committee
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Rural Economy has published their report on the rural economy and called on the Government to develop a rural strategy and help realise the potential of rural economies. The report sets out a range of recommendations across different policy …
High streets and town centres in 2030: response to the Select Committee report
The Government has published its response to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee’s 11th report of session 2017 to 2019 on high streets and town centres in 2030, published on 21 February 2019. The Committee’s report set out a bold vision for the high street based …